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199 riddles foundA man lives on the 20th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the…
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and some broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room.…
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money. What happened?
A man writes something on a piece of paper, places it face down on the table, and then flips a coin. He shows you the paper — his …
Two people stand on opposite sides of a bridge. They both walk toward each other, meet in the middle, and then each continues walk…
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The ma…
A woman turns off the light in her bedroom and manages to get into bed before the room is dark. The bed is 5 meters from the light…
A man is sentenced to death. He is given a choice between two rooms. One room is full of raging fire, the other is full of assassi…
A woman looks at a calendar and says, 'The day before yesterday I was 25, but next year I will be 28.' How is this possible?
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man sa…
A man is lying dead in an empty field. There is an unopened package next to him. No other person or animal was involved. How did h…
A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies. The boy is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy and s…
A man is found hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty locked room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he hang…
Two twins are born on the same day to the same mother, in the same year, at the same hospital, but they are not twins. How is this…
A completely deaf dog is sleeping in the middle of a road. A truck comes speeding toward it without honking. The dog is not hit. H…
A town has only one barber. The barber shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. A visitor notices the barber has a perfectly…
A man is found dead in a cabin in the woods. The cabin is not a building. How did he die?
The music stopped. A woman died. What happened?
At a party, everyone who drank the punch died. But the woman who drank the most punch survived. How?
A man shows you two cards. One is completely black on both sides. The other is black on one side and white on the other. He puts t…
Three men stand in a line. Each has a hat placed on their head — either black or white — from a set of three black and two white h…
Two trains are on the same track heading toward each other. One goes 60 mph, the other 40 mph. They are 100 miles apart. They do n…
A woman drops a raw egg onto a concrete floor from a height of two meters. The egg does not break. How?
A man is found dead, hanging from the ceiling in an otherwise empty room. There is a puddle of water beneath him. How did he die?
I have two coins that add up to 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?
A lake that existed for thousands of years vanished overnight, but no one drained it and there was no earthquake. What happened?
A man cuts into a tree and red liquid flows out. He panics and calls the police. Was the tree actually bleeding?
A scientist claims she saw a river flowing uphill. No pumps, no tricks, no illusions. Is she lying?
A waterfall was completely frozen solid, yet water was still flowing at its base. How is this possible?
A man holds a lighter to a snowball and the snow appears to burn and turn black. Is the snow actually on fire?
A hiker enters a lush green forest but hears absolutely no birds, insects, or animal sounds. The forest is healthy with no polluti…
After a storm, a man finds a live fish stuck in a tree several meters above the ground. Nobody placed it there. How did it get the…
There was no moon and no artificial lights, yet the night sky was bright enough to read a book outdoors. What caused the brightnes…
A river is boiling hot in one spot but ice-cold just a few meters downstream. There are no hot springs or volcanic vents visible. …
A traveler walks across a desert and the sand starts making a deep humming sound beneath their feet. No machines or speakers are a…
Villagers reported that a cloud fell from the sky onto a hillside. Scientists confirmed something did cover the hill. What actuall…
A fire has been burning underground for over fifty years. Nobody keeps feeding it fuel. How is it still burning?
A woman touches a plant and its leaves instantly fold shut and droop down. She didn't break or damage it. Is the plant alive and h…
It was the middle of summer and suddenly white flakes began falling from a clear blue sky. It wasn't snow. What was falling?
A man finds an animal lying perfectly still on the road, tongue out, eyes glazed, not breathing. He assumes it's dead. Thirty minu…
Red rain fell from the sky for several days. It wasn't blood and it wasn't pollution. What caused the rain to be red?
During a dry windstorm at night, the air around power lines began to glow blue and purple. Nothing was on fire. What was happening…
Hikers near a frozen lake hear strange musical tones coming from the ice. No one is playing an instrument. What causes the sound?
A woman looks at a broken clock that has stopped. She smiles and leaves for work, arriving exactly on time. She never checked any …
A man is found dead in a locked room with a puddle of water and broken glass on the floor. There is no furniture in the room. How …
Two twins were born on the same day, same year, same mother, same father, but they are not identical and not fraternal twins. How …
A woman walks into a library and asks the librarian for books about paranoia. The librarian whispers, 'They're right behind you!' …
A man needs to cross a wide river. There is no bridge, no boat, and he cannot swim. Yet he crosses it safely without getting wet. …
A photographer takes a picture of a completely dark room with no flash and no light source. When the photo is developed, you can c…
A man offers you a bet. He flips a coin 10 times and gets heads every single time. He then bets you that the next flip will also b…
A woman was born in 1990 but she only celebrated her 7th birthday in 2018. How is this possible?
Four people need to cross a dark bridge at night with only one flashlight. The bridge can hold at most two people at a time. Perso…
A prisoner must choose between two doors. One leads to freedom, the other to death. Each door has a guard. One guard always tells …
At a party, everyone drinks from the same punch bowl. All guests who arrived early are fine, but all guests who arrived late died …
A man receives a letter in the mail. The envelope has his address written correctly, proper postage, and a return address. He open…
A woman carries a heavy suitcase through the airport. At security, the officers scan it and find nothing unusual. She boards the p…
In a small town, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. A stranger asks: does the barber shave himself? The bar…
A window washer falls from a 40-story building, lands on concrete, and walks away completely uninjured. How?
A boy throws a ball as hard as he can. The ball comes back to him without hitting anything or anyone, and no one else touches it. …
You are running a race and you overtake the person in second place. What position are you in now?
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money. What happened?
A truck driver goes down a one-way street the wrong way. A police officer sees him but does not stop him. Why?
A man looks at a photograph and says: 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the …
A plane crashes exactly on the border between two countries. In which country do they bury the survivors?
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?
A man is found dead in a locked room. The only clue is a puddle of water on the floor. What happened?
A woman enters a large department store, walks through the perfume section, and suddenly starts crying. She hasn't lost anything o…
A man dies in his own home. Police find fifty-three bicycles outside. The bicycles have nothing to do with his death. How did he d…
A photographer spends hours in a completely dark room every day. Is there something wrong with the lights?
A famous painter cut off part of his own ear. Did someone attack him?
A musician deliberately smashes his guitar at the end of every concert. Is he angry at the audience?
A ballerina's feet bleed after every performance. Is she being forced to dance?
An actor dies on stage every night but shows up to work the next morning. Is he a ghost?
A woman shoots people for a living and everyone is happy about it. Is she a criminal?
A satellite sends a signal to Earth. The signal travels at the speed of light, yet the message arrives before it was sent. Is this…
Two trains start at the same time from cities 300 km apart, heading toward each other. One goes 60 km/h, the other 90 km/h. A bird…
A programmer sets a password that is impossible to type on a keyboard. Yet she logs in every day without any special hardware. How…
A clock stops at exactly 3:15. The owner looks at it twice, six hours apart, and both times believes it shows the correct time. Ho…
A bridge can only hold one vehicle at a time. Two cars enter from opposite ends simultaneously, yet both cross safely. How?
A spaceship has enough fuel for a one-way trip to Mars. It reaches Mars and returns to Earth without refueling. How?
An elevator has no buttons inside. People still reach every floor they want. How?
A pilot flies over an island every day. One day the island is gone but it hasn't sunk. What happened?
A traveler sees the sun at midnight. She is not in space and not using any device. Where is she?
A scientist stands in a room where nothing has weight. She is on Earth, not in water. Where is she?
Hundreds of people attend a concert. The musicians play for two hours, but nobody in the audience hears a single note. Why?
A woman swims across a lake but her hair stays completely dry. She wears no cap or helmet. How?
A man throws a glass off a 50-story building. It doesn't break. How?
A safe has a five-digit code. The owner never memorized it and has no written copy. Yet he opens it instantly every time. How?
A spy writes a message that nobody can read. She uses no code or cipher. The recipient reads it easily. How?
You face two doors. One leads to freedom, one to a trap. Two guards stand there — one always lies, one always tells the truth. You…
A man enters a room that gets smaller every minute. After an hour, the room is tiny but he is unharmed. How?
A river flows uphill for several kilometers. There is no pump or mechanical device. How?
A man makes a phone call with a phone that has no battery. He is not near any power source. How?
A woman takes a perfect photo but she has no camera, phone, or any device. How?
Twins are born minutes apart, but they celebrate their birthdays on different days. How?
A man claims he hasn't slept in ten years. Doctors confirm he's perfectly healthy. Is he telling the truth?
A man opens a safe that has been locked for 50 years. Inside he finds something that was not there when it was locked. Is this pos…
A woman found her prize roses destroyed every morning, yet the garden gate was always locked. No footprints in the soil. Did an an…
A farmer harvested his entire wheat field, but the next morning his barn was completely empty. There were no tire tracks or footpr…
A factory worker heard a scream during the night shift, but when security checked, every worker was calmly at their station. No on…
Every morning a man rides the elevator alone to the 20th floor, but his coworkers say no one works on that floor. The building dir…
A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack. The backpack is empty. There are no footprints or tracks around him. How…
A very rich man gives away all his money every day, yet he always has more money the next morning. He has no job, no business, no …
A man is caught stealing from his employer and is immediately dismissed. The next day, he shows up for work and the employer allow…
A man has two identical boxes. He fills one with feathers and one with lead. The box filled with feathers is heavier. How is this …
In a small town, the barber shaves all men who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?
A man finds a note in a bottle washed up on shore. The note says: 'I dropped this bottle 10 miles out at sea at noon on July 4th.'…
A painter paints the inside of a room and then finds himself on the outside of the room. He did not go through any door, window, o…
A detective investigates a robbery and realizes he himself committed it. He has a perfect alibi and did not commit it while sleepw…
A man moves to a small town with only two dentists. One dentist has perfect teeth; the other has terrible teeth. Which dentist sho…
A musician performs a sold-out concert in a packed hall. He plays for an hour. Nobody in the audience hears a single note — yet th…
A man plants a tree in his garden. Ten years later, the tree has moved 3 metres from where he planted it. No one moved it. There w…
A man genuinely loves Mondays more than any other day of the week. He is not unusual in any medical way, does not work weekends, a…
One hundred people attend a party. By midnight, zero people have left. By 1 AM, zero people have left. Yet by 2 AM only one person…
A man is running from armed attackers. He ducks into a building and hides behind a door. The attackers enter the building, search …
Two planes collide mid-air over the ocean. All passengers on one plane survive. All passengers on the other plane die. The crash w…
A thief breaks into a house and finds a safe. The safe is unlocked. He opens it, looks inside, closes it, and leaves without takin…
A cartographer spends 20 years making the most accurate map ever created of a country. The government officially certifies it as t…
An election is held. Every single vote is cast, all votes are counted fairly and accurately, the result is certified. Yet nobody w…
A man places a coin on a table in full view of three people. Nobody moves. Nobody touches anything. One minute later the coin is g…
A man reads a newspaper headline, puts the paper down, and immediately goes home and kills himself. He had never met the people me…
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill, and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
A woman is found dead in a field. She has a pack on her back, but it is unopened. What happened?
A man shaves ten times a day and still has a beard. How?
A man is found dead in a locked room. There is a music player on the table and a pool of blood on the floor. What happened?
A woman wins the lottery. She gives all the money away within 24 hours and is perfectly happy. Why?
A man walks through the rain for 20 minutes without a hat or umbrella, yet not a single hair on his head gets wet. How?
Five people stand under a small umbrella in a rainstorm, and none of them get wet. How?
A woman dials a wrong number and ends up saving a stranger's life. How?
A scientist spends thirty years studying a single tree, and when she dies, the tree is younger than when she began. How?
A man is found dead in a locked room. He is holding the shortest match. Did he cause his own death?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately knows that someone has been murdered. He was not at the scene, and the newspaper does not …
A tree sings every day at the same time. There is no wind and no animals nearby. Is someone playing music?
A woman wins a race and bursts into tears. She trained for years and this was her dream. Is she unhappy with her result?
A man publishes a book with no words in it and becomes famous. Is the book fiction?
A man is arrested for murder. The murder weapon is a gun. The gun has never been fired. Is the man guilty?
An artist creates a sculpture that he knows will be destroyed. He is not upset about this. Is it vandalism?
A man enters a completely dark room and instantly knows exactly how many people are in it. He is not psychic, there are no sounds,…
Two identical twins are on trial for the same crime. Only one is guilty. The jury cannot tell them apart. They are both acquitted.…
A fisherman catches fish every day without ever being near water. Does he use a net?
A woman has a birthday every four years, yet she celebrated her 18th birthday this year. Is she 72 years old?
A teacher gives a lesson in silence. No words are spoken, no videos shown, no music played. Every student learns something new. Is…
A man is found dead in an open field. He is wearing a pack on his back. The pack was never opened. There are no footprints anywher…
A man sees his shadow and is terrified. He immediately calls the police. Why?
A woman's husband dies. She is happy. Why?
Two brothers look exactly alike. One always tells the truth, the other always lies. You can ask only one question to one of them t…
A man buys something very expensive, immediately throws away the most important part, then eats the rest. What did he buy?
A detective arrives at a crime scene. The victim's body is at the bottom of a lake. Without entering the water or using any equipm…
A man pushes his car and stops in front of a hotel. He immediately knows he is bankrupt. How does he know?
I run all day and all night but never go anywhere. What am I?
A tree is cut down and immediately becomes taller. How is this possible?
A woman pushes her car up to a hotel and tells the owner she is bankrupt. How did she know she was bankrupt after pushing her car?
A man shaves several times a day yet always has a beard. How is this possible?
A man jumps off a 30-story building and survives without any net, mat, or safety device. He is completely uninjured. How?
A woman was born in 1960 and celebrates her 18th birthday in the year 2000. How is this possible?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
A man drives the wrong way down a one-way street and passes a police officer, who does nothing. Why?
A man with no fingers plays a piano perfectly. How?
I am born in water but I cannot swim. I live in water but I die when it rains. What am I?
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch exactly three fish and each person eats one whole fish. How is that possible?
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, rivers but no water, and mountains but no rocks. What am I?
A man is found dead in a field. He is wearing a backpack and surrounded by no one. There are no footprints leading to or from the …
A tree kills every other plant that grows near it. It does not release any poison. It is not blocking sunlight. The tree is perfec…
A newspaper has been delivered to a house every day for thirty years. No one in the house has ever read it. The residents are not …
A woman has two identical containers. She fills one with feathers and one with lead. The container with feathers is heavier. No tr…
A detective finds a man dead next to a locked safe. The safe is still locked and undamaged. The man died alone and no one else was…
A priceless painting is sold at auction. The next day, it is sold again at another auction for the same price. The second buyer is…
A man tosses a coin on the surface of the Moon. It comes up heads every single time for one hundred tosses. The coin is fair. He i…
The faster a man runs, the slower he moves toward his destination. The road is perfectly flat. He is running in the right directio…
A hotel has been fully booked every night for fifty years. Every room is always occupied. Yet the hotel has never turned away a si…
A wedding took place with no guests at all. The bride and groom were both happy about this. Why?
A thief broke into a bank vault and found millions of dollars. He took nothing and was later praised by the bank. Why?
A single tree caused an entire forest to die. The tree itself survived. No disease, fire, or human was involved. How?
A woman looked in a mirror and saw the future. She was not psychic and the mirror had no special powers. How?
A man deliberately finished last in a race and was declared the winner. The race was fair and the rules were followed. How?
An animal cast no shadow at noon on a bright sunny day in an open field. The animal was real and the sun was shining. How?
A man was convicted of murder. The victim's body was found and the man had motive and opportunity. Yet he was completely innocent.…
A celebrated chef who worked in a famous restaurant never ate the food he cooked. He was not ill, not on a diet, and had no allerg…
Two identical boxes were placed on a scale. Box A was full of feathers. Box B was empty. Box A weighed less. How?
A building was called a library and contained no books at all. This was not a mistake. People came to it every day and always foun…
A man fell from a height of one kilometre without a parachute. He hit the ground and walked away completely unharmed. How?
A man reads a newspaper and immediately goes blind. He is not ill and nothing is wrong with his eyes. Why?
A farmer plants seeds in a large field. Not a single plant grows. The soil is fertile, the weather is perfect, he watered regularl…
A scientist drops an egg onto a concrete floor from a height of two meters. The egg does not break. How?
A man is found dead in a cabin on a mountain. There are no windows, no doors, and no damage to the walls or roof. He is holding a …
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds her breath for five minutes. A few minutes later they go out to dinner together. How?
A woman hears a piece of music and immediately runs home. When she gets there, she finds her husband drowned. How did she know?
Four people need to cross a rope bridge at night. They have one torch. The bridge holds only 2 people at a time. They must use the…
A man is found dead in a room with 53 bicycles. There is a gun nearby. How did he die?
A man buys a brand-new birdcage and takes it home. He never owns a bird. Yet the cage serves its exact intended purpose. How?
All the fish in a lake die, but no one is worried. There is no pollution. The water is fine. Why is nobody concerned?
A thief robs a bank but the police never search for him. He is not caught. He keeps the money. Why?
A man attends a wedding he was not invited to. The bride and groom are delighted to see him. Security does not remove him. Why?
A woman stands before two doors. One leads to riches, one to ruin. One guard always lies, one always tells the truth. She asks one…
Every morning a man plays loud music for thirty minutes. His neighbor pounds on the wall and he immediately stops. Yet the neighbo…
A man checks into a hotel room. He goes to his room, opens the door, walks in and immediately checks out and demands a refund. He …
You have two ropes that each burn completely in exactly one hour, but they burn unevenly. How do you measure exactly 45 minutes us…
A woman sends a postcard from her vacation. The postcard arrives back at her home address three days before she returns. She is no…
Every day a man picks up a free newspaper from a pile outside a shop. One day the pile is gone. He goes inside and pays for a news…