Why don't cannibals eat clowns?
Think about the phrase "they taste funny"...
Because they taste funny.
What does a frog do when its car breaks down?
"Toad" to the nearest mechanic!
It gets toad!
What do bumblebees put in the bathtub first?
Think about what bumblebees are known for collecting and storing...
Their bee-hinds.
What position do pigs play on the baseball field?
Think about a common phrase associated with pigs, and how it might relate to a position on the baseball field...
Short-stop.
What do you give a sick pig?
Think about a common medical treatment, and consider the wordplay involved...
An "oinkment"
What animal keeps the best time?
Think about an animal that is often associated with a specific sound or noise that is repeated at regular intervals...
A Watchdog
What happens to the dog when it stands in front of the hot sun?
The answer is not a physical change, but rather a wordplay...
It becomes a hotdog.
How do you make a strawberry shake?
"Think outside the blender..."
Tell it a scary story!
Why was the chicken forbidden from sending e-mails?
Think about a common email address format and a characteristic of chickens...
Because he kept using fowl language.
Which part of the mermaid weighs the most?
Think about the word "weighs"... it's not just about physical weight. Consider the importance or significance of different parts of a mermaid.
Her scales.
Why don't dogs make good dancers?
Think about a dog's body structure and a common problem they have with their legs...
Because they have two left feet.
Why are police officers so strong?
They have a lot of "backup"!
Because they can hold up traffic.
What time does a duck get up?
"At the crack of..."
At the quack of dawn.
What did one slug say to the other slug?
I'll get you next slime.
What happened when the crooks fell into the ocean?
They started a crime wave.
Captain Kirk of Star Trek has the usual left ear and right ear, but he also has a third ear. What is his third ear called?
The final front ear.
What did the bored cow say when he got up in the morning?
"Just an udder day."
Why are people in jail the slowest talkers ever?
They can spend 25 years on a single sentence.
When does a cup become a criminal?
When it's a mugger (British word for someone who attacks and robs people).
Which way did the thief go when he stole the computer?
Data-way.
It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?
A Pig.
What do Christmas and crabs have in common?
Sandy claws.
What do you call bidding for the highest rated cash vault?
A safe-bet.
What do you get if you cross a skunk with a fairy?
Stinkerbell!
What would you get if you crossed a giraffe with a rooster?
You'd get an animal that wakes people who live on the top floor.
Did you hear about the boy who went to his senior prom dressed in a t-shirt and jeans? He was arrested by the fashion police. What was he charged with?
Tux evasion.
Why can't skeletons tell jokes?
Because they don't have a funny bone!
Why can't a herd of elephants ever get really clean?
Because they can't take off their trunks.
Have you seen a car without its wheels?
It's totally unwheel!
What do you call a person who crosses the road twice without taking a shower?
A dirty double crosser.
What do you get if you cross an elephant and a canary?
A very messy cage.
What did the falling space rock say when it landed on a pig farm?
Move over bacon, here comes something Meteor!
What do you call a girl who's more than an eight hot and less than a five crazy?
A unicorn because they don't exist.
What did Obi-Wan say to Anakin during the fancy banquet?
Use the forks (force).
How many different types of gnus are there?
Two. Good gnus and bad gnus.
Why should a doctor never be seasick?
Because he is accustomed to see (sea) sickness.
Why would it be boring to eat at a restaurant on the moon?
Because there is no atmosphere.
Why does a chicken coop have two doors?
Because, if it had four it would be a sedan.
Why doesn't Suzy's Husband gamble anymore?
Think about Suzy's name and how it might relate to the reason her husband doesn't gamble anymore...
Casinos better!
Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?
Think about the chief's "head" status in his tribe...
To keep his wigwam.
Why were the clothespins arrested?
Think about what clothespins are used for, and how that might relate to a crime...
For holding up a pair of pants.
How do you hold a bat?
Think about a situation where you might encounter a bat, but it's not necessarily a living creature...
Upside down by it's feet.
Why kind of entertainment does Yosemite National Park have?
Think "natural" performances!
Bear-itones.
Who's fault will it be if California falls into the ocean?
"Think about a common phrase used to assign blame, and consider the last name of a famous historical figure..."
San Andreas fault.
Why was Miss Cow sad?
Think about a common phrase people use when they're upset, and how it might relate to a cow...
Her boyfriend was in a bullfight!
When is a pistol like a young horse?
Think about the sounds they make...
When it is a colt.
Why isn't the moon a good vacation destintion?
Think about the "atmosphere" of a typical vacation spot...
It lacks atmosphere.
How did hikers come across a patch of poison ivy?
They were "leafing" through the underbrush...
The itch hiked.
How does a river flood?
Think about what's "overflowing" with emotions...
When it gets to big for its bridges.
Why is an old man like a window?
Think about something that happens to both as they get older...
Because he is full of pains (panes).
How do you make a violin laugh?
Think about the different ways you can manipulate the sound of a violin...
Tell it a fiddle riddle!
Where do zombies go for a night out?
Think about a place that's "dead" at night, but still has a lively atmosphere...
Club Dead.
What do you call a deer with no eye?
Think about a word that sounds similar to "no eye"...
No idea (no eye deer).
What do you call a ghost with a broken leg?
Think about a common phrase used to describe someone with an injury...
A Hoblin Goblin.
What does the cow say when he agrees with the duck?
Think about the sounds animals make...
The feeling is mootual.
Why did the banana run from the outlaw?
Think about a common phrase associated with outlaws, and how it might relate to bananas...
Because it was yellow.
What do you call 8 hobbits?
Think about a common phrase used to describe a group of people, and replace a word with a number that's significant to the hobbits...
A hobbyte.
What do you get when you cross Santa Claus and a duck?
Think about a festive holiday character, but with a quacky twist...
A Christmas quacker.
What does a skunk do when it gets angry?
Think about a common phrase associated with a strong, unpleasant smell...
It raises a stink
What snack does the Man in the Moon like?
Look to the night sky for a celestial clue...
Space-chips.
What animal has more lives than a cat?
Think about a creature that undergoes a transformation, and its "lives" are counted in stages...
A frog, he croaks every night!
What shows do prisoners like to put on?
Think about the type of "show" that prisoners might be forced to participate in, rather than a TV or theater show...
A cell-out (sell out).
What sings and has ten feet?
Think about something you might find in a choir or a musical performance...
A quintet.
Where do dead outlaws go on a saturday night?
Think about a place where outlaws might "rest" and a popular activity people often do on Saturday nights...
To ghost towns.
What is the difference between a hungry man and a glutton?
"One is eager to eat, while the other eats eagerly..."
One longs to eat and the other eats too long.
What snacks do you serve at a robot party?
Think about the "mechanical" aspect of robots and how it might relate to a common snack...
Assorted nuts.
Where do Generals keep their armies?
Think about a place where Generals would store or keep track of their armies, but it's not a physical location...
Up their sleevies!
Why are opera singers good sailors?
Think about the unique skill that opera singers possess, and how it might be surprisingly useful on the high seas...
Because they can handle the seas!
What did the big firecracker say to the little firecracker?
"You're a blast!"
My pop is bigger than your pop.
What is the proper length for a lady's skirt?
Think about the era when ladies' skirts were a staple of fashion, and the answer might just "measure up" to the correct response...
A little above two feet.
Where do astronauts leave their spaceships?
Think about a common phrase used when arriving at a destination...
At parking meteors
Who is a painstaking man?
Think about a profession that requires a lot of attention to detail and meticulous work...
The dentist.
What did Geronimo say when he jumped off the plane?
"Think about the unexpected twist on a famous phrase..."
ME!!!!!!
What do witches ask for when they stop at a hotel?
Think about what you typically ask for when you check into a hotel... but with a magical twist!
Broom Service or A broom with a view.
How do chiropractors swim laps?
Think about a common chiropractic technique...
They do the back stroke.
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
Think about a typical activity you'd find on a playground, and how it might relate to the chicken's motivation...
To get to the other slide!
Why did the prison about to get hanged say when he got pardoned?
Think about a phrase that's often used when someone is given a second chance...
"No noose is good noose."
How can you tell if a ghost is about to faint?
It's a "transparent" sign...
He gets pale as a sheet.
How did the chimp fix the leaky faucet?
Think about a common tool that's often used to fix leaky faucets, and how a clever chimp might use it in a rather unconventional way...
With a monkey wrench.
Why do prisoners like to eat a lot of sweets?
Think about the "sentence" they're serving...
Because they would like to break out
How did the court know the judge was ready for bed?
Look for a subtle change in the judge's attire...
He was wearing his robe.
What be the best way to escape the inside of a whale?
"Think about the whale's daily routine and a natural process that occurs regularly..."
Running as hard as you can until you’re all pooped out.
Why did Superman wrap himself in bread?
Think about Superman's arch-nemesis and a common type of bread...
To make himself a hero sandwhich!
What is an executioners favorite hobby?
Think about what an executioner does for a living, and how that might relate to a common hobby or activity that people enjoy in their free time...
Hang gliding.
What kind of sandwich sinks to the bottom of the tub?
Think about a type of sandwich that's often eaten in a relaxing setting, and consider the wordplay involved in the phrase "sinks to the bottom of the tub"...
A submarine sandwich!
How do you make a strawberry shake?
Think "outside the kitchen" for this one...
Introduce it to Jesse James.
What do fathers sing in the shower?
Think "family ties" and a common musical term...
Pop.
Why can't a cook swallow his apron?
Think about the word "swallow" in a different way...
Because it goes against his stomach.
How are people like animals?
Think about the way people are often categorized or grouped together...
We have bare (bear) feet, frogs in our throats, calves on our legs and bull on our tongue.
Why did the shower bar turn red?
Think about what often happens when you take a hot shower...
It's towel fell off.
Why don't chickens play baseball?
Think about the physical characteristics of chickens that might make it difficult for them to participate in a particular aspect of the game...
Because they hit fowl balls.
Where do Turkeys go to dance?
Think about a type of event or gathering where people often dance, and consider a clever play on words related to turkeys...
The Butter Ball.
What was the pilgrim favorite type of music?
Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower... Think about the sound of the sea!
Plymouth Rock.
What famous nurse wore her pajamas all day long?
Think about a type of nurse that doesn't necessarily work in a hospital...
Florence Nightingown.
When does one become soured?
Think about a common food item that can turn sour over time...
When he is in a pickle.
What animal probably likes doors?
Think about an animal that often finds itself "knocking" on doors...
A doormouse.
What does a newspaper reporter use to dry himself after his shower?
Think about the tools of the trade...
Paper towels.
Why did the jelly roll?
Think about a common phrase associated with music and dancing...
It saw the apple turn over.
Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge?
Think about how both coffee and an axe with a dull edge can be "ground" down...
Because it must be ground before it is used.
What is the difference between a deer fleeing from hunters and a midget witch?
Think about the words that describe their movements...
One is a hunted stag and the other a stunted hag.
What do bumblebees sing in the shower?
Think about a popular song genre that's often associated with water...
BeeBop.
When are eyes not eyes?
Think about a common object you might find in a kitchen or a desk drawer...
When the wind makes them water.
What's a physicist's favorite snack?
Think about a type of particle that's often associated with physicists, and how it might relate to a tasty treat...
A "GRAM"-cracker.
What does the artist like to draw best?
Think about what an artist might use to create their artwork...
His salary.
Why did the clock get sick?
"Think about the clock's internal workings and how they might be affected by a common human ailment..."
It was run down.
What do you call it when two mice almost collide?
"A whisker away from..."
A narrow squeak.
Who robbed stagecoaches and wore dirty clothes?
Think about a wordplay involving a type of clothing and a notorious figure from the Wild West...
Messy James.
What is the best way to get from earth to mars?
Think "not" in terms of transportation...
PLANET!
Why are mortgages like burglars?
Think about what both mortgages and burglars "take" from you...
They secure (seek your) money.
Why should you always carry a watch when crossing a desert?
Think about what you'd need to survive in the desert, and how a watch could be more useful than just telling time...
It has a spring in it
What do ghosts do before they enter a haunted house?
Spooky spirits! Here's a hint: Think about what you do before entering a new place...
Wipe their sheets.
What is yellow and sucks sap from trees?
Think about a creature that's often associated with autumn and has a sweet tooth!
A yellow-bellied sap sucker.
How do you make an orange giggle in the tub?
Think about a common phrase associated with baths, and how you might "orange" it...
Tickle its navel.
Which of the witch's friends eats the fastest?
Think about a wordplay related to a common activity that witches are often associated with...
The goblin.
Why was the dog kicked out of the flea circus?
Because it didn't have a "clue" about its role in the show...
Because he stole the show!
What would happen if a girl swallowed her spoon?
She'd be stirring up trouble!
She couldn't stir.
What does a turkey do when it flys upside down?
Think about the physical characteristics of a turkey and how they might relate to flying...
It gobbles up.
How do you communicate with a monster that lives on the seabed?
"Think about a way that doesn't involve speaking or writing..."
Drop him a line.
What do computer programmers sing in the shower?
Think "algorithm" and "melody"...
Disc-o.
Why didn't the butterfly go to the dance?
Think about the physical characteristics of a butterfly that might make it difficult for it to participate in a certain activity...
Beacause it was a moth ball.
Did you hear about the soilder who bought a camouflage sleeping bag?
"He's going to have a hard time finding it..."
He can't find it
Knock, Knock! Whos there? Ivan. Ivan who?
Think about a famous historical figure with a similar name...
Ivan to suck your blood.
What do Japanese people wear to bed?
Think about a word that is similar to a type of clothing, but is also a word that is closely related to Japan...
Tea-shirts.
What is the name of a movie about cows that attack each other?
"Moove" over to the answer, but first, think about a film genre that's udderly intense and dramatic...
Steer Wars.
When was pork first introduced into the Navy?
Think about a phrase that is often associated with the Navy, and how it might be related to pork...
When Noah brought Ham into the ark.
Why did Frankenstein's monster get indigestion?
Think about what Frankenstein's monster is made of...
He bolted down his food.
When should you charge your electric toothbrush?
Think about when your electric toothbrush is likely to be "exhausted" or "drained"...
When you can't pay cash.
What do you call an elephant's skin doctor?
Think about a profession that deals with skin, and add a "tusk"-worthy twist!
A pachydermatologist!
Why was the fisherman arrested?
Think about the fisherman's daily routine and a common phrase associated with it...
For packing a rod.
What should you say when you meet a ghost in your bedroom?
"Think about what you would normally say when someone drops by unexpectedly..."
"How do you boo?"
When is a bump like a hat?
Think about a type of hat that is often worn on a specific part of the body...
When it is felt.
What is a comedians favourite food?
Think about the "punchline" of a joke...
Cheese! Get it, cheesy jokes Plz comment!
What did the faucet say to the shower?
Think about a common phrase that people use to greet each other, and how it might be adapted to a conversation between two plumbing fixtures...
"You're a big drip."
What do angels sing in the shower?
Think about a common phrase associated with music, and consider what angels might do differently...
Soul.
What do you call a bus full of white kids?
A subtle and intriguing start! Here's a hint: Think about a common, innocent phrase that might be used to describe a particular scene or situation. The answer is not meant to be offensive or provocative, but rather a play on words.
A twinkie.
What does a rain cloud wear under their raincoat?
Think about what's underneath a raincoat, and what might be a clever play on words...
Thunderware.
Why did Silly Sarah race to the bathroom?
Think about a common problem people often have in the bathroom, and how Sarah's name might relate to it...
Her boyfriend told her he'd left a ring in the tub.
What wears an eyepatch and robs ships at night?
Shiver me timbers! Think about something that's often associated with pirates, but isn't a pirate itself...
A vampirate.
Why are pirates pirates?
"Arrr, think about the reason they 'arrr' doing what they do..."
Because they just Arrrrr!
What do you call a man with no shins?
Think about a common title or nickname that people use to address a man...
Tony.
What do you call an out of work Ghost?
Spooky unemployment! Think about a common phrase associated with someone who's not working...
Lazy Bones.
Why did the game warden arrest the Ghost?
"Think about a common rule in many outdoor activities, and how the Ghost's nature might make it difficult to follow that rule..."
He did not have a current haunting license.
Who do witches stop for on the highway?
Think about a common road sign that witches might encounter on a highway, and how it relates to their magical nature...
Witch-hikers.
Why do witches buy magazines?
"For a spell-binding reason..."
They like to read the horrorscopes.
How far is it from March to June?
Think about the calendar, but not just the months...
One spring.
Which is the largest room in the world?
Think about a space that's not enclosed by walls...
The room for improvement.
What's a plumber's favorite song?
"Think about the tools of the trade..."
"Singing in the Drain."
Why do Egyptian pyramids have doorbells?
Think about the purpose of a doorbell... and the fact that these structures have been around for thousands of years.
So you toot-'n'-come-in.
What's the most romantic part about the ocean?
The answer lies in the "depth" of the ocean's vocabulary...
When the buoy meets gull.
What do goblins sing in the shower?
Think about a popular song that has a similar sound to a type of soap...
Rhythm and boos.
Why was the student's homework in his father's handwriting?
Think about the student's family dynamics...
Because the student borrowed his pen.
When is a baby not a baby?
Think about a specific moment in a baby's life when it's no longer considered a "baby"...
When it's a little cross.
You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don't know which is which. So, What do you ask?
Think about what you can ask that would get a consistent answer from both the truth-teller and the liar...
You ask one twin, "Are you twins?". If he says "Yes", he is telling the truth. Therefore, you ask the other twin which way to go and go the opposite way because he is lying. If he says "No", he is the liar and you ask the other twin which way to go because he is telling the truth.
What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of stones?
Think about the unit of measurement...
The same. They both weigh a pound!
A logician with some time to kill in a small town decided to get a haircut. The town had only two barbers, each with his own shop. The logician glanced into one shop and saw that it was extremely untidy. The barber needed a shave, his clothes were unkempt, and his hair was badly cut. The other shop was extremely neat. The barber was freshly shaved and spotlessly dressed, his hair neatly trimmed. Why did the logician return to the first shop for his haircut?
Each barber must have cut the other's hair. The logician picked the barber who had given his rival the better haircut.
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.
Little Tommy Tittletat took two Ts, to tie two ups to two tall trees, to torment the terrible little tat. How many T's in all of that?
There are 2 T's in all of That.
A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream that he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - one at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?
Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
81 x 9 = 801. What must you do to make the this equation true?
Turn it upside down. 108 = 6 x 18.
One of the four words does not belong with the other three. Which word does not belong? What is it that the others have in common? 1. Green, yellow, red, blue. 2. April, December, November, June. 3. Cirrus, calculus, cumulus, stratus. 4. Carrots, radishes, potatoes, cabbages. 5. Fork, comb, rake, shovel.
1. Green. Yellow, red and blue are primary colors, green is not. 2. December. The other months have only 30 days. 3. Calculus. The others are cloud types. 4. Cabbage. The others are vegetables that grow underground. 5. Shovel. The others have prongs.
If you have two coins which total 35 cents and one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?
A quarter and a dime. One coin is not a dime, but the other one is.
Open me, and you can't see me without a mirror. Close me and you can't see me at all. What am I?
Your eyes.
I am a 5-letter word. Take away the first letter and I am a place's name. Take away the first two letters and I become the opposite of the 5 letter word. What am I?
Woman, oman, man.
You buy me taken apart, To redo what has been undone; Four of my pieces have one sharp corner, The rest of them have none. What am I?
A jigsaw puzzle.
It's raining, and you pass a bus stop. There are three people there; your trustworthy friend, the love of your life, and a woman about to go into labor. Your smart car only has two seats. What do you do?
You first give your keys to your friend and let them take the woman to a hospital, then you wait for the bus with your love.
What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
Four. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already.
What's 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Chicago. The first three words out of seven of chicken are CHI, the first two words out of 3 of cat are CA, and the first two words out of goat are GO. Therefore making, (CHI)(CA)(GO).
I can hold you prisoner Or set you free I can swing with ease (Though not from a tree) I have many shapes I have many sizes Yet, 'til we shake hands I'll hide my surprises. What am I?
A door.
Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that his estate would be left to the child who would sing him half as many songs as days that he had left to live. The eldest son said he couldn't comply because he didn't know how many days his father had left to live, and besides he was too busy. The youngest son said the same thing. The man ended up leaving his money to his third child, a daughter. What did his daughter do?
Every other day, the daughter sang her father a song.
If you see me, I see you. If you move, then I'll move too. When you touch me, I touch you. I do everything you do except for one thing. No matter how hard I try, I can never speak. What am I?
Your reflection in a mirror.
I always come in second, but I always finish sooner than anyone else. What am I?
February.
If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?
64. The space that comes after the 64th spoke, would be just before the first spoke.
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.
I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but last a lifetime. What am I?
A Memory.
What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
Stone Remove 'St' and you're left with 'One'
I like to twirl my body but keep my head up high, after I go in, everything becomes tight. What am I?
A screw.
Wednesday,Tom and Joe went to a restaurant and ate dinner. When they were done they paid and left. Tom and Joe didn't pay. Who did?
Wednesday. The name of the third person in the group, not the day.
A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?
The cassette had started at the beginning of the man's utterance. Someone else had to be there to rewind the tape.
These are a series of riddles. They are all connected. 1) There are 100 bricks on a plane. One falls off. How many are left? 2) What are the three steps to put an elephant in a fridge? 3) What are the four steps to put a giraffe in a fridge? 4) A lion was having a party and he invited all the animals. All of them came except one. Which one was it? 5) A lady crossed a crocodile-infested river and survived. How? 6) She crossed back and died. How?
1) 99 2) Open the door, put the elephant in, and close the door. 3) Open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in, and close the door. 4) The giraffe. It was in the fridge. 5) The crocodiles were at the party. 6) The brick from the plane hit her in the head.
If a father frog goes, "Ribbit, ribbit." and a mother frog goes, "Erbit, erbit." how does a baby frog croak?
It doesn't. A baby frog is a tadpole.
I can deliver but cannot walk, I can say things but have no mouth, I am small but can contain big things. What am I?
An Envelope.
There is a word. It has five letters. Its last three letters refer to a skill of creating objects. Its middle three letters refer to one of the parts found at either side of your head. Its first two letters signify a male. The first four letters of it is the ability to use its middle three letters to detect sound. Its whole is found in you. What word is it ?
Heart.
A plane crashes between the America-Mexico border. There are ten people on the plane, not including the pilot. Where so you bury the survivors?
You don't. They are SURVIVORS. Share this with your friends!
I have 11 friends and I am the shortest out of all of them. What am I?
February.
A magician had a water glass that was filled to the top. Holding the glass above his head he let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill any water?
The glass was filled, but not with water.
Which word does not belong? Hat, What, Spat, That, or Chat?
Spat! all of the words have HAT in them except Spat.❤️
Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all?
The one that doesn't work is best. It will always be correct twice a day, but the one that loses a minute a day will not be correct again for 720 days (losing 720 minutes or 12 hours).
I wear striped sweaters and have a real green thumb. My favorite things are flowers and the taste of ripe plums. My home is shared with family and we all work together. We live beneath our queens decree, always striving to be better . When I kill myself it hurts you too, and leaves a stinging pain. Everything I say is true: now tell me, what's my name?
Bee.
A wealthy man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money. When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a short while later, it was gone. Only two other people could have seen the bill. One was the maid; the other was the butler. The maid told him that she had hidden it for safekeeping under a green book that was on the desk. But when they looked the bill was not there. The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had left it. He had placed it inside the book, where he thought there was less chance that somebody would find it. He had written down the page numbers so that he would not forget them. The bill was between pages 35 and 36, he said. But when they looked, there was no money in the book. After Mr. Ellis had talked to the maid and the butler, he called the police. He knew who had taken the money. Who was it, and how did he know?
The butler did it. Mr. Ellis knew the butler was lying because pages 35 and 36 in a book are always printed on opposite sides of the same piece of paper.
A man is on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crossed the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen.
There were 5 children in a room. Iris drew a picture, Barry played video games, Andrew played chess, and Trina read a book. What is the fifth child, Mindy, doing?
Mindy is playing chess with Andrew. You can't play chess alone!
Take eight small sticks, four of which are half the length of the other four. How can you make three equal squares out of the sticks?
Use the longer four sticks to be sharing sides between the squares and at the end their should be three intertwined squares.
Your friend invites you to a party. She says you have to bring something. To get inside have to go through a green. Only certain things go through. You can bring a poodle but you can't bring a dog. You can bring a stool but you can't bring a chair. You can bring a rabbit but you can't bring a hare. What is three examples of something you could bring?
Anything with a double letter.
What number and word combine to create a word that is a synonym of 'everlasting'?
4-ever.
I only have two backbones and thousands of ribs. What am I?
A railroad.
Someone stole $20 off your desk at school. You find 4 suspects: Gina, Kelly, Peter, and Liam. You ask them all about the money: Gina: Hey, I didn't take it! Kelly: I'm pretty sure Peter took it! Peter: No way! Kelly is lying! Liam: Gina's telling the truth! One of these people is telling the truth. Who took your money?
Gina took the money. She, Kelly, and Liam are lying while Peter is telling the truth. If any of the other people had taken it, then there would be only 1 liar and 3 people telling the truth.
There are two statues of pennies. One is highly tilted and one is perfectly straight. Which is to fall over first?
They're both gonna stay up because they're statues.
Soldiers line up spaced with pride, Two long rows lined side by side. One sole unit can decide If the rows will unite or divide. Tell me, tell me, scream it out. What's the thing I talk about?
Think about a common, everyday object that you might find on a desk or in a classroom...
A zipper.
I have legs but walk not, a strong back but work not, two good arms but reach not, a seat but sit and tarry not. What am I?
Think about a common, everyday object that serves a specific purpose, but doesn't actually perform the actions it seems like it should...
An Armchair.
If 1 equals 5, 2 equals 10, 3 equals 15, 4 equals 20, then what does 5 equals to?
Think about the pattern of addition...
1 -- because 1 equals 5 :)
A woman who lived in Germany during World War II wanted to cross the German/Swiss border in order to escape Nazi pursuers. The bridge which she is to cross is a half mile across, over a large canyon. Every three minutes a guard comes out of his bunker and checks if anyone is on the bridge. If a person is caught trying to escape from the German side to the Swiss side they are shot. If caught crossing the other direction without papers they are sent back. She knows that it takes at least five minutes to cross the bridge, at which time the guard will see her crossing and shoot her. How does she get across?
Think about the guard's routine and how the woman can use it to her advantage. Consider what would happen if she started crossing the bridge, but not necessarily from the German side...
She waits until the guard is inside his hut, then walks halfway across before starting to walk back. The guard, seing she has no papers, sends her "back".
You entered a Formula 1 race and are starting last of the 20 cars. By the final lap, you are in first place, passing all 20 cars. But this is actually not possible. Why?
You didn't pass all 20 cars...
There are 20 cars including yourself. You can’t pass yourself.
I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curved, others are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?
Think about something you use every day, and its purpose is to serve as a connector or a holder. The "right place" for it is crucial for it to function properly.
Jigsaw puzzle pieces.
How much dirt is in a hole that was dug 5m deep and 6m wide?
Think about what happens to the dirt when a hole is dug...
There is no dirt because it was dug out.
What six letter word when you take one letter away there is still a word, take another letter away and you still have a word and do that until you have one letter left?
Think about a word that refers to a sequence of events or a story...
Estate. Estate, state, stat, sat, at, and a.
I am cold to the touch but yet I burn if held. What am I?
Think about something that can be physically cold, but can also cause a burning sensation if you hold onto it for too long...
I am dry ice. Dry ice is frozen, solid, carbon dioxide that freezes at −109.2F. The extreme cold makes it dangerous to handle with bare skin.
What has many rings but no fingers?
Think about something you might find in a natural setting, often associated with growth and age...
A telephone.
I'm not alive but I have five fingers. What am I?
Think about something you might find on a desk or in a drawer, something that helps you create or communicate...
A glove.
You and a your friend are trapped in a room. There are two exists (a+b). a) One exist leads to a roaring Inferno with a thin bridge crossing to the other side, but there is a risk that it will fall. b) The other lead to lions which have been satrved for 2 months, so they will eat you and your friend on the spot. Which exist is the safest for you and your friend?
Think about the lions' situation... what happens to living things when they don't eat for a long time?
B is the safest. Taking exist A might gurantee your saftey but not your friend as it will probaby fall under your weight. On the other hand the lion have been starved for two months which probably means they are dead.
There are 8 brothers. Brother 1 is playing checkers. Brother 2 is eating. Brother 3 is watching video games. Brother 4 is dancing. Brother 5 is texting. Brother 6 is at school. Brother 7 is sleeping. What is Brother 8 doing?
Think about the situation and the activities mentioned... Are you sure there are 8 brothers?
Brother 8 is playing checkers with Brother 1 because checkers includes two people to play.
A man goes upstairs to grab his time machine. He walks downstairs then goes back in time 200 years. Why did he go downstairs?
Think about the physical constraints of using a time machine...
Because if he went back in time from upstairs, that would be a nasty fall because the house wouldn't have been there 200 years ago
A man went to a party. There was a bartender at the party, and while the man was recieving his drink, the bartender said," I bet $50 I can write your exact age on this slip of paper." Since the first man had never met this man before, he agreed. In the end he ended up paying the bartender $50. What did the bartender write?
Think about what the bartender could have written that would be applicable to anyone, regardless of their age...
“Your exact age”.
You eat this after lunch, It's sweet and tastes really good but backward it will make you stressed. What is it?
Think about a common dessert that people often enjoy after lunch, and pay attention to how its name sounds when spelled backwards...
Desserts. That's stressed backwards
From house to house I go, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. And whether there's rain or snow I always stay outside. What am I?
Think about something that connects houses, has varying widths, and is always exposed to the elements...
A Path.
You are sitting at a table eating lunch and there are ten flies on the table. With a quick swat, you are able to kill three flies. How many flies are left on the table?
Think about what's happening to YOU, not just the flies...
You killed three flies which remain on the table. The others flew off when you swatted.
At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red, and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man in the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct." What color suit is each man wearing?
Think about what Mr. Red said: "You're absolutely correct." If Mr. Red were wearing a red suit, he would be saying that he himself is wearing a suit that matches his name, which would contradict the initial statement. So, what color suit must Mr. Red be wearing?
Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. We then know that Mr. Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.
I always point in the right direction. My instructions are written in black and white. Disobey me and pay the consequences. I will never say more than two words at a time. What am I?
"Look for something you might find on a street corner or in a parking lot..."
A "One Way" sign!
I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone. What am I?
Think about something that brings light to the world at dawn, but disappears by mid-day, leaving behind a subtle presence...
The morning dew!
I begin the earth and end the eclipse, I occur in seconds and minutes, but never in a hand although I am in a lifetime. What am I?
Think about units of time and how they relate to the concepts mentioned in the riddle...
Letter E.
You walk into your house you see three doors you've never seen before. One vampire bats that will suck your blood. Two zombies that will eat your brain. Three a lion that hasn't eaten for over six months. Which one do you go through?
Think about the lion's situation...
Three a lion that hasn't eaten for over 6 months because he would be dead.
A is the father of B. But B isn't the son of A. How is this possible?
Think about the possibilities of B's gender...
B is the daughter of A.
Why can't a woman, who is now living in Canada, not be buried in the USA?
Think about the woman's past, not her present or future...
Because she is still alive!
What brightens your day when it's dark, although it's usually in the shade?
Think about something you often find outdoors, but not necessarily in direct sunlight...
A lamp.
If what goes up must come down, what comes down that must go up?
Think about something that is affected by gravity, but also has a cyclical nature...
The Sun.
What is the last thing you take off before going to bed?
Think about the daily routine you follow before sleeping...
Your feet from the floor.
It's easy to see me, Not easy to atop me, Clouds hang around me, And people like to slide down me. What am I?
Think about a natural wonder that's often associated with winter sports and weather phenomena...
A mountain.
What is the easiest way to throw a ball, have it stop, and completely reverse direction after traveling a short distance?
Think about a situation where you're not directly throwing the ball, but rather, using a surface to make it change direction...
Toss it straight up in the air.
My thunder rolls beneath me, my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove. What am I?
Think about something that can cause a big impact, has a powerful "thunder" and "lightning", and can move or "shove" things around when it "busts"... and it's not a living thing!
I am a volcano.
We are a pair, We can dart here and there, Though we always stay in one place. We can smile or shed tears, Show our pleasure or fears, And you'll find us on everyone's face. What are we?
Think about the features on a face that can change expression, but remain in the same location...
Two eyes.
If a rooster laid 11 eggs and the farmer took 5 of them and another rooster laid 14 eggs and 5 of them were rotten. How many eggs were left?
Think about the fact that roosters, being male, cannot lay eggs...
0, Roosters don't lay eggs.
I am everywhere yet not seen; I was dead yet I'm alive; a Son to a man who is dead yet a Son to One Who's forever alive; suffered, not for myself but for others. I have disproved many beliefs and many laws. Who am I?
Think about something that is omnipresent, yet invisible, and has undergone a transformation from non-existence to existence...
Jesus Christ.
What liquid is represented by "hijklmno"?
Think about the alphabetical order of the letters and how they might relate to a liquid's name...
Water. Hijklmno is "H to O" in the alphabet. Water is H20.
I'm made for one but meant for two; I can be worn for many years but usually just a few; You won't ever need me unless you say you do. What am I?
Think about something that's typically used by one person, but is often shared with someone else, and its usage is often linked to a specific commitment or promise...
A Wedding ring.
bcdfgh__?
The answer is a common, everyday object, and the blank spaces represent a part of it that you might find on a keyboard.
J (this is a sequential list of consonants).
I'm hard as a rock, and as light as a feather. I'm passed on to one another. Poor people need me, and rich people have me. What am I?
Think about something that can be both physically heavy and yet weightless, and is often shared or given to others...
Money.
I cannot be felt, seen or touched; Yet I can be found in everybody; My existence is always in debate; Yet I have my own style of music. What Am I?
Think about something that is abstract, yet universal, and has a cultural significance that sparks discussion and creativity...
I'm a soul.
I am one with eight to spare, lest I lose my one. I'm not a number. What am I?
Think about something you might find in a pocket or a purse, and how it relates to the concept of "one" and "eight"...
A Cat. ( Nine Lives )
A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?
Think about something that would make the barrel weigh LESS, not more...
He put a hole in the barrel to make it weigh less.
If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been?
Think about the number of possible pairs of people in the group...
Twenty one. Most people would think there were 42 handshakes. The first person shakes the hand of 6 others, the second person shakes the hand of 5 remaining people, the third person shakes the hand of 4 remaining people, the fourth person shakes the hand of 3 remaining people, the 5th person shakes the hand of 2 remaining people and the sixth person shakes the hand of 1 remaining person. 6+5+4+3+2+1=21
While mixing sand, gravel, and cement for the foundation of a house, a worker noticed a small bird hopping along the top of the foundation wall. The bird misjudged a hop and fell down one of the holes between the blocks. The bird was down too far for anyone to reach it and the hole was too small for it to fly out of. Someone suggested using two sticks to reach down into the hole and pull the bird out, but this idea was rejected for fear it would injure the fragile bird. What would be the easiest way to get the bird out of the hole without injuring it?
Think about the materials available at a construction site...
Since they had plenty of sand available, they could pour a little at a time into the hole. The bird would constantly keep shifting its position so that it stood on the rising sand.
You get many of me, but never enough. After the last one, your life soon will snuff. You may have one of me but one day a year, When the last one is gone, your life disappears. What am I?
Think about something that people often want more of, but when it runs out, their time is up...
Your birthday.
I am used to bat with, yet I never get hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What I am?
Think about a sport where a ball is involved, but the object in question is not the one being thrown or hit...
Eyelashes .
What is the first thing a gardener sets in his garden?
The answer is not a living thing...
His foot.
If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?
Think about what happens when you "combine" things... you don't create new ones, you just put them together!
One. He Combined them into one.
In the olden days, you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decided to be a little lenient and let you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose?
Think about a method of execution that would ultimately lead to your survival, and it involves the king's own words...
Choose to die of old age.
James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally, James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!
Think outside the box (or package)! Consider the way the fishing rod is packaged, rather than the rod itself.
Insert the fishing rod into a box which measures 4 feet on all sides, the fishing rod will fit within the diagonal of the box with room to spare.
An electric train is going south at 98 mph. The wind is blowing northeast. Which direction is the smoke blowing?
There is no smoke.
There is no smoke. it's an electric train!
How far can a dog run into the woods?
Think about the question's wording... it's not asking about the dog's physical ability to run, but rather...
Halfway, any farther and he would be running out of the woods.
To solve this puzzle riddle you can only move one match to make a square. Which match do you need to move to make a square?
Think vertically!
Move the bottom match just down far enough to make a square using the bases of each map as the sides of the square.
We both come together, But one comes first. What am I?
Think about a common, everyday occurrence that involves two things happening in a specific order...
Twins.
What goes up, but at the same time goes down, up to the sky and down to the ground, my present tense and my past tense too, lets go for a ride just me and you... what am I?
Think about something that moves in opposite directions, has a strong connection to time, and can be experienced with someone else...
A see-saw
I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am colored; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I?
Think about something you might find in a room, but also something you might find in nature...
I am an eye.
I trap warmth, Spray forth ice and water, and slip through your fingers with ease What am I?
"Think about something you might find in the winter, but also something you might hold in your hand on a hot summer day..."
Clouds.
Test Mars. What is the anagrammed word?
Think about a planet in our solar system and a sweet treat you might find in a bakery...
Smartest.
Cameron Fitzgerald, a famous scientist, was found killed in his laboratory. Detective R.I. Dill was called to the scene. The only clue was a written note saying "66, 57, 7 - P.T" Detective Dill found 4 suspects who were nearby at the time of the murder. Jake Willow, Cameron's best friend, Samantha Fitzgerald, Cameron's wife, Dylan Hemlock, Cameron's assistant, and Amy Dill, Det. Dill's sister and Cameron's chauffeur. After re-reading the note, Detective Dill immediately knew who it was. Who was the killer and how did Detective Dill know? (Hint - The answer is science-related)
Hint: Think about the Periodic Table of Elements.
It was Dylan. The note was referring to the periodic table of elements, a.k.a 'P.T' The numbers 66, 57 and 7 are (in order): Dysprosium, Lanthanum and Nitrogen. Dysprosium is symbolized by 'Dy', Lanthanum for 'La' and Nitrogen is 'N'.
I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?
Think about a concept that is abstract, yet has a strong presence in various aspects of life, and is often associated with success and importance. The answer is not a living thing, but rather an idea or a symbol.
The letter V.
How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number?
Think about the way we spell out numbers in English... You'll find the answer in a number that's more than a handful, but not quite a thousand.
One thousand.
With a little detective work and deep thought, the following facts can make an accurate statement. 11 is a racehorse 12 is 12 1111 race 12112. Can you figure it out?
Look for a connection between numbers and a specific context where these numbers are used to represent something else... Think about a particular field where these numbers are used to identify or describe entities.
11 is a racehorse 12 is one too 11 won one race 12 won one too
There is a lamp inside a photography darkroom. When the darkroom door is closed, it is impossible to tell from outside the room whether or not the lamp is on. There are two switches outside the door of the darkroom. One or both of the switches may control the lamp. It also could be that neither of the switches controls the lamp. All you know is that the light bulb is currently off and that the lamp and bulb are in working condition. The darkroom door is closed and once you open the door you cannot touch either of the switches. If you can only open the dark room door one time, how can you tell which switches, if any, control the lamp?
Here's a hint: Think about how you can use the switches to create a sequence of events that will give you the most information about the lamp's state when you open the door. Consider flipping one or both switches before opening the door, and think about what you can infer from the lamp's state when you finally see it.
Turn the first switch on and leave it on for ten minutes. After ten minutes, turn that switch off and turn the second switch on. Open the darkroom door, and lightly (in case it is hot) touch the bulb. If the lamp is on, and the bulb is quite hot, both switches work the lamp. If the lamp is on, and the bulb is cool, the second switch controls the lamp. If the lamp is off, and the bulb is hot, switch one controls the lamp. If the lamp is off, and the bulb is cool, neither switch controls the lamp.
Ronald is a chef. He is going to cook a meal. He has three stoves in front of him-a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove–but he only has one match. What should Ronald light first?
Think about what you need to light in order to light any of the stoves...
Ronald should light the match first because the match needs to be lit up before he can light up anything else. After all, I never said that the match was lit in the first place!
Does Brittain have a 4th of July?
Think about the significance of the 4th of July and what country it's really celebrating...
Yes, it also have July 1, 2, 3, 5 and so on.
Under no circumstances compute the number of your barnyard fowl previous to their incubation. What is the proverb?
Think about a common saying that advises against counting or celebrating something before it's actually happened...
Do not count your chickens before they hatch.
There are 10 fish in my fish tank. Suddenly, two of them drown, three of them swim away, and four of them die. How many fish are left in the tank?
Think about the words used in the riddle... "drown", "swim away", and "die". Are they really possible for fish in a tank?
There are still 10 fish left. For one thing, fish can't drown. Plus, none of the fish could have swam away because they're still in the tank.
An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of this soup. What is the proverb?
Think about a common saying that warns against having too many people involved in a particular task...
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A rotating fragment of mineral collects no byrophytic plants. What is the proverb?
Think about a common phrase that advises against accumulating something, and consider the words in the riddle as clever substitutions for the usual words in that phrase...
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
You have two coins, and their total value is 11¢. One of the coins is not a penny. What are the two coins?
Think about the possibilities for the non-penny coin...
The two coins are a dime and a penny. I said "ONE of the coins is not a penny"; if one of the coins is not a penny, then the other coin IS a penny. The coin that is not a penny has to be a dime because the total value should be 11¢.
Someone's grandfather was born in 50 BCE. How old was this man in 25 CE?
Think about the timeline: 50 BCE to 25 CE is a big jump in years... and consider what happens when you switch from "before" to "after" Christ...
This man was 74 years old. There was no year 0; after 1 BCE, there was 1 CE.
A feathered Biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery. What is the proverb?
Think about words that are used to describe birds, body parts, and types of plants, and how they might relate to a common saying or phrase...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A green apple costs $1, a red apple costs $2, and a blue apple costs $3. If you have $3, but only two bills, what apples can you buy?
Think about the possible combinations of bills you can have with only two bills...
There are two solutions; you can either buy one green apple and one red apple using a $1 and a $2 (yes, $2 bills are a thing), or you can buy three green apples using the same two bills. You could have bought one blue apple using those bills, but blue apples don't exist!
Exercise your visual faculties prior to executing a jump. What is the proverb?
"Look before you leap."
Look before you leap.
This is a coded riddle. Crack the code and answer the riddle. What is the riddle and answer? The cipher for this coded riddle is hidden somewhere on Riddles.com. Hint: #5000 Wklv sodfh kdv kdugob dqb oljkwv, exw d orw ri fuhdnlqj iorruv. Wkhuh duh doo nlqgv ri vwudqjh qrlvhv dqg vrph udqgrp vodpplqj grruv. Zkdw lv lw?
Hint: Look for a specific riddle on Riddles.com with an ID of #5000, and pay attention to the comment section. The cipher is hidden in plain sight.
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Walker has to unlock his locker to get his uniform and get dressed for his basketball game. However, his lock requires a three-digit code to be unlocked. Walker doesn't know the exact code, but here are some clues. A) 8-6-5 One number is correct and in the right position. B) 8-4-0 One number is correct but in the wrong position. C) 3-5-0 Two numbers are correct but in the wrong positions. D) 3-6-9 Nothing is correct. E) 7-6-9 One number is correct but in the wrong position. What is the code?
Pay close attention to the correct digits and their positions in clues A, B, and E, and think about how they can be rearranged to fit the descriptions in clues C and D.
The code is 0-7-5. Starting with Clue D, we can eliminate 3, 6, and 9, and all instances of those numbers, because none of them are in the final code. 8 cannot be in the final code because Clues A and B would contradict each other if it was in the code. This means that 5 is in the code, and it takes the third position; we can therefore eliminate 4, too. From Clue C, we can conclude that 5 and 0 are part of the code, because 3 is not (we already eliminated it based on Clue D). And based on Clue E, the last digit we need is 7, because we already eliminated 6 and 9 based on Clue D. We do not know the positions of 0 and 7, however, but we know that 5 takes the third position, which leaves us with just two options for the code: either 7-0-5 or 0-7-5. 7-0-5 cannot be the code because it would contradict Clue E since 7 cannot go in the first position; it can only go in the second position, while 0 goes in the first position. This means that the correct code is 0-7-5.
Mr. Green, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Black meet up for coffee one Monday morning. Mr. Green says, "Hey, do you realize that we're all wearing shirts of colors that don't match our names?". The man wearing the brown shirt says, "Wow, Mr. Green, you're right"! What colored shirt is each man wearing?
Think about what the man wearing the brown shirt says...
Mr. Green cannot be wearing the green shirt, because his statement that all three men are wearing shirts that don't match their names is correct. And he cannot be wearing the brown shirt, because the man wearing the brown shirt replied to his words, and let's be honest–it doesn't make sense to reply to your OWN words, right? This means Mr. Green can only be wearing the black shirt. Mr. Brown can either be wearing a green or a black shirt. The black shirt is already taken, so Mr. Brown is wearing the green shirt. And Mr. Black is wearing the brown shirt.
Tom walks into a room and see three monkeys. One monkey holds a banana, another monkey holds a stick, and the last monkey holds nothing. Who is the smartest primate in the room?
Think about who is observing the scene...
Assuming that Tom is a human, then he is the smartest primate in the room because humans are also primates.
Imagine that you have three eggs. Now, I give you four eggs. And your rooster lays two more eggs. How many eggs do you have now?
Think about the role of a rooster in an egg-laying scenario...
You have four eggs–the ones I gave you. Those three eggs from the start don't count because they're imaginary (IMAGINE that you have three eggs). And those two eggs your rooster lays don't count either because roosters don't lay eggs.
There are two rooms in front of you. On the door to each room, there is a sign; only one of the signs tells the truth. The sign on the door to the first room says, "There is treasure here. A monster lurks in the other room,". And the sign on the door to the second room says, "The treasure and the monster are in different rooms,". Where is the treasure?
Think about what would happen if the sign on the first room was telling the truth... would the sign on the second room still make sense?
The treasure is in the second room. If the first sign is true, then the second sign is true, too. This contradicts the terms of the game. Therefore, the first sign is false, and the second sign is truthful.
A pig lives on a pig farm, a cow lives on a cow farm, a sheep lives on a sheep farm, and a chicken lives on a chicken farm. Where do horses live?
Think about the names of the farms, and how they relate to the animals that live on them...
On a ranch.
Ira, run, go get it. What is the anagrammed word?
Think about a common phrase people shout to encourage their dogs...
Regurgitation.
Care on lip. What is the anagrammed word?
Pay attention to the phrase "Care on lip"... think about a common activity people do to take care of their lips!
Porcelain.
Zoe wants to do a science experiment where she drops two tennis balls into two buckets. She will drop the first tennis ball into a bucket filled with water at a temperature of 20°C, and she will drop the second tennis ball into a bucket at 20°F. Assuming that both tennis balls are completely identical and that they are both dropped into the buckets simultaneously, which ball will reach the bottom of its bucket first?
Think about the state of the water in each bucket...
The tennis ball dropped into the second bucket will reach the bottom first. The water in the first bucket will slow down the first tennis ball, and thus, it will take longer for that ball to reach the bottom of the bucket. Did you think the "water" in the second bucket had to be frozen at 20°F? Well, I didn't say that there was water in the second bucket–the bucket ITSELF was at 20°F. Therefore, there is no water or ice to slow the first tennis ball down.
Wendy and Maverick are participating in a mathematical game show. Their scores are tied, so whoever gets the last riddle correct wins. The riddle goes like this: I am thinking of a number. It is a five-digit whole number. It can be read the same way forwards, backwards, and upside-down. The second digit is half of the third. The last digit is the product of the first and last digits. And the sum of all five digits is 10. What number am I thinking of? Wendy says, "12,421". Maverick says, "10,801". Who is correct?
Think symmetry!
Maverick is correct. The number is 10,801. This is why: Both numbers meet most of the requirements, but 12421 does not meet the second requirement because it CANNOT be read the same way upside-down as right-side-up. Many think 10801 does not meet the third requirement, but 0 CAN be half of 8 if you cut 8 in half horizontally. This way, you will get two zeros, and 10801 DOES meet the third requirement. Since only 10801 meets all the requirements, it is the correct answer, and Maverick is right!
Cooper wakes up in a room and sees three piles of shattered glass; each pile contains a few shards of glass with letters on them. His task is to rearrange the piles of glass into words and find out which word doesn't belong. Can you unscramble these words and help Cooper out? CBNAO | PCEUCKA | VLEO
Hint: Think about things you might find in a typical household, and consider the possibility that the words are related to each other in some way.
The three words are BACON, CUPCAKE, and LOVE. This riddle is open to many interpretations, so there are multiple answers. For example, BACON doesn't end with an E (unlike CUPCAKE and LOVE). However, CUPCAKE has three vowels (while BACON and LOVE have two each). On the other hand, LOVE is an emotion (while BACON and CUPCAKE are foods). No matter which word you pick, there is at least one reason for it being correct.
There are four cards in front of you. You don't know the suits, but that's not important. Assume that all of the following statements are true: 1) There are no ace cards. 2) The difference between the third card and the first card is 8. 3) The difference between the fourth card and the second card is 7. 4) There are no face cards. 5) The card on the left cannot be greater than the card on the right. What are the four cards?
Pay attention to the "left" and "right" clues, and think about how the differences between the cards can help you determine their relative positions...
The card on the far left is a 2, the card next to it is a 3, then there is a 10, and there is a 10 next to the first 10 card. Hey, I didn't say there couldn't be any cards of the SAME value!
There are five doors in front of you in the following order: black, blue, black, black, blue. Only one door will lead you to freedom, and you only have one chance to pick it. Assuming that all three hints are true, can you pick the correct door? 1) The correct door is black. 2) The correct door is not next to the leftmost or the rightmost door. 3) The correct door is not in the middle.
Pay close attention to hint 2, it's not just telling you what the correct door is not, but also giving you a subtle clue about the other doors...
The leftmost door is the correct door. There are only three black doors, so it's one of them (we can eliminate doors two and five because they are blue and not black). The fourth door should be eliminated next because it's next to the rightmost door, which contradicts the second hint (we can't eliminate the first door because it's not correct to say that the leftmost door is next to itself). And the middle door is a trap, too. Therefore, the first door is the best choice.
"At the school recently, only the ___ students could solve the ___ equation." Can you complete this sentence using words that are anagrams of each other?
Think about a type of student who is often associated with being skilled in math and science, and a type of equation that is commonly studied in those subjects...
Brainy and Binary. Or, you can use Reserved and Reversed.
You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant, both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car?
Think about where you are, and what that means about your situation...
Just ask the merry-go-round operator to stop!
Claudia invented a game for her friends to play at her birthday party. Here is how it goes: she will place two marbles into a box– one yellow marble, and one purple marble. The player will have to pull out one of the marbles from the box. If the marble is yellow, the player will win $100.00, but if the marble is purple, the player will have to pay $10.00. Claudia decided to trick the players by putting two purple marbles into the box, rather than one yellow and one purple. Brian watched the other players lose the game one by one. But when it was his turn, he won $100.00! How did he do it?
"Think about what Brian saw before it was his turn, and how that information might have helped him..."
Brian pulled out one of the marbles, and, without showing it to anyone, quickly put it in his mouth, being careful not to swallow it. Then, he pulled out the remaining marble, which was purple, and showed it to everybody. According to the rules, it meant that the marble Brian had chosen was yellow. Claudia had to admit it, otherwise, everyone at the party would know that she was a liar.
Jake is a blogger who likes to look at how many likes his posts get. One day, he checks the likes on his most recent post. Only one of the following statements is true. How many likes did Jake get? 1) Jake got at least 1 like. 2) Jake got at least 50 likes. 3) Jake got fewer than 50 likes.
Think about what would happen if Jake got exactly 1 like...
Only the third statement is true; Jake got zero likes. If the first statement is true, then he has at least one like, but the third statement is also true, assuming that this number is less than 50; this contradicts the conditions. If the second statement is true, then Jake has at least 50 likes, but the first statement automatically becomes true, too. If the third statement is true, then Jake has fewer than 50 likes; this makes the second statement wrong, but for the first statement to be wrong, too, the post should have gotten less than one like. Therefore, Jake got zero likes on his most recent post.
There is an island with exactly 201 residents, 100 with blue eyes, 100 with brown eyes, and the island leader (who has green eyes). To leave the island, one must know their own eye color. There are no reflective surfaces on the island and no one can communicate with each other other than the leader of the residents. No one on the island knows how many of each eye color there is. Everyone on the island is a perfect logician, meaning that if there is a solution they'll find it. Every morning the leader gives anyone a chance to leave the island by guessing their eye color. One morning, the leader gathers all 200 residents to make an announcement, he says "At least 1 person on this island has blue eyes" How many people leave the island and in how many days after the announcement?
Hint: Think about what each resident can deduce from the announcement, and how they can use that information to make a logical chain of reasoning about the eye colors of the others. Consider the scenario from the perspective of a single resident with blue eyes, and ask yourself: "What is the minimum number of days it would take for me to be certain of my eye color?"
All 100 blue-eyed people in 100 days. EXPLANATION: imagine there is only 1 person on the island, he will look around and see that there are no blue-eyed people, he will then know his eye color in 1 day, if there are two, each will see that there is 1 blue-eyed person, of this person doesn't leave on the 1st day, that means that he must also have blue eyes so that the same rules apply to the other man's perspective, following this logic, n= blue-eyed people and d= days so d=n because for each person added, one more day is needed to know their own eye color. if you would like more info, search "100 blue eyes riddle"
A pig cannot be found where the ringmaster and the crowd make a loud sound. A pig cannot be found where lions, tigers, and bears roam around. What are these two places?
Think about where you'd typically find a ringmaster and a crowd making a loud sound, and where you'd typically find lions, tigers, and bears... and consider the words themselves, not just the context.
The circus and the zoo.
Two mothers and two daughters went to the grocery store to buy watermelons. Strangely, they only walked out of the grocery store with three watermelons, but this was enough for each of them to have one watermelon. How is it possible?
Think about the relationships between the mothers and daughters... are they all distinct individuals?
Only three people went grocery shopping: a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter. The grandmother is also a mother (she is the mother's mother), and the mother is also a daughter (she is the grandmother's daughter).
Lucy went onto a game show, and she was one task away from winning the grand prize: $500,000.00. She was shown four bags; one of these bags had the cash prize inside, while the other three were empty. Lucy had only one chance to choose the bag with the money. Each bag had a statement on it, but only one statement was true. A: The money is in either Bag B or Bag C. B: The money is in either Bag A or Bag D. C: The money is in this bag. D: The money is not in this bag. Which statement is true, and which bag has the money?
"Look for the statement that, if true, would make another statement false, and vice versa..."
Statement B is true. Bag D has the money. If Bag A had the money, then statements B and D would both be true. If Bag B had the money, then statements A and D would both be true. If Bag C had the money, then statements A, C, and D would all be true. But, we only need one true statement. If Bag D had the money, then the statements on all of the bags would be false, except for that on Bag B. This matches the conditions, so the money is in Bag D.
Chris wants to enter an exclusive club, but the security guard in front of the door always asks for a password. Chris decides to eavesdrop on clubgoers, and this is what he sees: A woman walks up to the security guard. The guard says "12", and the woman replies "6". The woman is granted access. A man walks up to the security guard. The guard says "6", and the man replies "3". The man is granted access. Another woman walks up to the security guard. The guard says "10", and the woman replies "5". This woman is NOT granted access. Chris thinks he's seen enough, and he walks up to the security guard. The guard says "4". What should Chris say to get into the club?
Pay attention to the numbers and the responses, but also think about the characteristics of the people who were granted access...
To get into the club, Chris should say "4". The task was not to divide the number by two (after all, not all numbers are divisible by two). Instead, the task was to say how many letters are in the number the security guard says. "Twelve" has 6 letters. "Six", in turn, has 3 letters. "Ten" also has 3 letters, so the second woman should have said "3", not "5". Chris should say "4" because "four" consists of 4 letters.
How can you say - "Robert and Richard Purchased A Rotweiler" without using any R's?
Think about how you can represent words without using their actual letters...
Bob and Dick bought a dog.
How is it possible to always find what you're looking for in the last place you look?
Think about the way you typically search for something...
If you find what your are looking for then you would stop looking so it would be in the last place you look.
Place three piles of matches on a table, one with 11 matches, the second with 7, and the third with 6. You are to move matches so that each pile holds 8 matches. You may add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains. All the matches must come from one other pile. For example, if a pile holds 6 matches, you may add 6 to it, no more or less. You have three moves. How can you do it?
Think about the pattern of addition, and how you can use the existing matches in each pile to your advantage. Focus on the pile with the most matches (11) and see how you can strategically use it to balance the others.
First pile to second; second to third; third to first: Pile Initial number First move Second move Third move First 11 11-7=4 4 4+4=8 Second 7 7+7=14 14-6=8 8 Third 6 6 6+6=12 12-4=8
You were in the garden. There are 34 people in the yard. You killed 30. How many people are in the garden?
Think about the wording of the riddle... "You were in the garden" is a crucial phrase.
Only 1, the killer. If he killed 30 the other 4 would have run away so the killer would be the only one left.
Craig died in Florida. Shortly after, Tracy died at sea. Nobody mourned, In fact, everyone was absolutey delighted. Why?
Think about a situation where names like Craig and Tracy are not associated with people, but rather with something that can "die" or come to an end, and where their "deaths" would be a cause for celebration...
They were both hurricanes.
Jordan is leaving from a small town in Wyoming and hiking through the wilderness to a post where he will spend the summer. The hike will take Jordan six days. One man can only carry enough food and water for four days. Jordan cannot take a mule or any other animal to haul his food and water, because there will be insufficient food and supplies for the animals at his destination. How can Jordan make it to his destination?
Think about what Jordan can do on the way back...
Jordan takes two other hikers with him. Each hiker starts out with a four day supply of food and water. After the first day, the first hiker gives a one day supply to each Jordan and the second hiker. This leaves the first hiker with a one day supply to go home and Jordan and the second hiker now each have a four day supply again. After the second day, the second hiker gives Jordan a one day supply and keep a two day supply for himself so that he can get home. This gives Jordan a four day supply of food and water, and now he has enough to reach his destination.
Four members of a band are walking to a night concert. They decide to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge. Luckily they have one flashlight. Because of the varying size of their instruments, it takes each member a different amount of time to cross the bridge - it takes the first person one minute, the second person two minutes, the third person five minutes and the fourth person ten minutes. They must cross the bridge in pairs, travelling at the slower speed so if the one minute person went with the ten minute person, it would take a total of ten minutes. Since there is only one flashlight, one person must come back across the bridge, then another pair can cross. They only have 17 minutes to cross the bridge and still get to the concert on time. What order should they cross to get everyone across and get to the concert?
Think about the most efficient way to use the 17 minutes, considering the "return trip" of the flashlight is a crucial part of the puzzle.
First, the one minute person and the two minute person must cross the bridge, for a total of two minutes. Then the one minute person should come back with flashlight - total of three minutes. The five minute person and the ten minute person cross together next, making the total thirteen minutes. Now the two minute person goes back and (total now fifteen minutes) and gets the one minute person and they cross together bringing the total to seventeen minutes.
If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
Think about using something you might find in a kitchen to help you out...
Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out!
Riddle Games - Image Riddle #3013 What is the hidden word, phrase or title in the below image?
"Look closely at the objects and think about a common phrase related to what you might do with them."
Upside-down cake.
Three matches are sitting on a table. Without adding another make for three matches four. You are not allowed to break any of the matches. How can this be done?
Think about the Roman numeral for 4...
Shape the 3 matches into a roman numeral four.
Place three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches to make eight. How can this be done?
Think outside the box... or in this case, think about the matches themselves!
Add two matches to make a roman numeral eight.
They are scenes of madness, grief, gaiety, seeming purpose, confusion and queerness often appearing in the dark hours of night. They stretch through time, seeming only but a few moments, yet when reality is not as kind. When appearing they are logical, but when reminiscing they are strange and odd. What is it?
"Think about the hours between sleep and wakefulness..."
Dreams.
Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, An upright where two semicircles meet, A rectangle triangle standing on feet, Two semicircles, and a circle complete. What is it?
Think about a common object you might find in a public place, often with a sign on it...
The word Tobacco.
An old fashioned bike wheel has 21 spokes. How many spaces are between the spokes - 20, 21, or 22?
Think about the fact that each spoke borders two spaces...
21
I go up and down the stairs without moving. What am I?
Think about something that remains stationary, yet its presence is felt on every step...
I am a carpet
In a contest, there are four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) which have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. There were 123 participants in the contest. The results are; 43 people guessed none correctly, 39 people guessed one correctly and 31 people have guessed two correctly. How many people guessed three correctly and how many people guessed all four correctly?
Think about the number of ways to guess 0, 1, or 2 fruits correctly, and how that relates to the total number of possible permutations of the fruits in the boxes...
It is not possible to only get three correct because the fourth would also be correct. Therefore, the answer would be (123-43-39-31 = 10) 10 people guessed all four correctly.
Did you hear about the soilder who bought a camouflage sleeping bag?
Think about where the soldier might take the sleeping bag...
He can't find it
Two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time is it now?
Think about the symmetry of time around 1 o'clock...
It would be 9:00 pm. There are 12 hours between 1:00 pm and 1:00 am and half of that is six hours. Half-way between would be 7 o'clock. Two hours later it would be 9:00 o'clock.
Morgan was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put?
Counting is not the only way to solve this problem... Think about the apricots in pairs!
She counted the pits!
A man grabbed a woman's ring and pulled on it, then dropped it. How did this save her life?
Think about a situation where a ring could be causing harm to the woman, and the man's actions might be a quick solution to prevent a disaster...
They were skydiving, and she was unconscious. He pulled the ripcord ring for her, and the parachute opened.
A man has Ten Horses and nine stables as shown here. [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] The man wants to fit Ten Horses into nine stables. How can he fit Ten horses into nine stables?
Think about the names of the horses...
One letter for each stable. [T][E][N] [H][O][R][S][E][S]
I have three envelopes, into one of them I put a $20 note. I lay the envelopes out on a table in front of me and allow you to pick one envelope. You hold but do not open this envelope. I then take one of the envelopes from the table, demonstrate to you that it was empty, screw it up and throw it away. The question is would you rather stick with the envelope you have selected or exchange it for the one on the table. Why? What would be the expected value to you of the exchange?
Hint: Think about the probability of the $20 note being in each envelope initially, and how that probability changes when one envelope is eliminated. It's not 50/50!
The answer might seem a little counter intuitive at first but we'll see... The short answer is that it is in your advantage to exchange. But why? Well initially there was a 1/3 chance that you were holding the envelope with the note in it and a 2/3 chance that the note was on the table. This is still the case after one of the envelopes on the table has been removed, there is still a 1/3 chance that you have the note and a 2/3 chance of it being on the table. If this is confusing then it may help to think that the questioner knows which envelope the $20 note is in, though in practice it doesn't actually matter. The questioner would always be able to demonstrate that the note was not in one of the envelopes on the table regardless of where the note was, so the fact that he was able to do this changes nothing. Consider a different example.... Say there are a 1000 envelopes on the table, 1 with a note inside. You pick 1 envelope, the chance that this has the note in it is clearly 1/1000, where as the chance that it is still on the table is 999/1000. Odds are its on the table. Now the questioner could, assuming he can remember where the note is demonstrate to you that the note is not in 998 of the envelopes on the table. In this case nothing would have happened to change the fact that there is only a 1/1000 chance of you having the note. That is why you exchange. What is the value of the exchange? Simply before the exchange you have 1/3 of $20 and afterwards you will have 2/3 of $20, ie the advantage to you is about $6.66
If place 1 cake of soap on a pan of a scale and 3/4 cake of soap and a 3/4-pound weight on the other, the pans balance. How much does a cake of soap weigh?
Think about what's balancing on the scale... it's not just the soap!
Since 1/4 cake weighs 3/4 pound, and entire cake weighs 3 pounds.
You and your friend are trapped in a space prison on an alien planet. The alien warden decides to give you and your friend a chance at freedom. He states that your friend shall be allowed to temporarily leave your cell and try to escape through an electric gate guarded by a 3-number passcode. If your friend answers incorrectly or says anything but the final answer, your friend will be thrown back in the prison. A computer will then tell your friend 4 clues if requested. If this passcode is properly answered, you and your friend shall be freed. You are then blindfolded and your friend leaves. You hear your friend walk down one of the numbered hallways to the gate. Your friend asks for the first clue. A voice answers, "The numbers are in ascending order so that the number is greater than or equal to the number before it." Your friend asks for the second clue. The voice says, "The product of the 3 numbers is 36." Your friend asks for the third clue. The voice says, "The sum of the numbers is the number of the hallway you entered." Your friend pauses for a moment and thinks. Your friend then asks for the fourth and final clue. The voice says, "The largest number only appears once in the code." You hear a beep. You hear your cell door swing open. You are free! What was the code?
Here's a hint: Focus on the third clue, "The sum of the numbers is the number of the hallway you entered." Think about what this means in relation to the other clues, especially the fact that the numbers are in ascending order.
2,2,9
An old parchment describes the location of buried treasure: "On the island there are only two trees, A and B, and the remains of a gallows. Start at the gallows and count the steps required to walk in a straight line to tree A. At the tree turn 90 degrees to the left and then walk forward the same number of steps. At the point where you top drive a spike into the ground. Now return to the gallows and walk in a straight line, counting your steps, to tree B. When you reach the tree, turn 90 degrees to the right and take the same number of steps forward, placing another spike at the point where you stop. Dig at the point exactly halfway between the spikes and you will find the treasure." However, our hero when he gets to the island finds the gallows missing. Is there any way he can still get to the treasure?
Think about what the instructions would have looked like from the perspective of tree A and tree B...
A simple experiment with a ruler and paper shows that any position for the gallows leads to the same point.
There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. "This barrel of wine is more than half full," said Curly. "No it's not," says Mo. "It's less than half full." Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?
"Think about the shape of the barrel..."
Tilt the barrel until the wine barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible then it is less than half full. If the barrel bottom is still completely covered by the wine, then it is more than half full.
Three cars had driven into a parking lot at the same time, and the three drivers left them all for the attendant to park. Unfortunately, he isn't too good at remembering exactly which driver drove which car. However, he is sure of these 6 facts: a. Colin drove the BMW if and only if Mr. Cooper drove the Avenger. b. Alan drove the Cortina if and only if Mr. Cooper drove the BMW. c. Colin is Mr. Brown if and only if Mr. Andrews drove the BMW. d. Brian is Mr. Andrews if and only if Colin drove the BMW. e. Mr. Cooper drove the Avenger if and only if Alan is Mr. Brown. f. Colin is Mr. Brown if and only if Alan drove the Cortina. Who arrived with which car?
Pay close attention to the names and the cars, and notice that each fact is an "if and only if" statement, which means you can swap the two parts of the statement without changing its meaning. Also, try to find a pattern or a loop in the statements that can help you figure out the correct combinations.
Brian Brown drove the BMW, Alan Andrew drove the Avenger, and Colin Cooper drove the Cortina.
George was cleaning the windows on the eighteenth floor of an office block when there was a massive power failure. The electric hoist on his platform was immoblized. So how did he manage to get down before the power was restored?
Think about what George was doing when the power failure occurred...
George walked down the stairs. He was cleaning the inside of the windows.
A man buys a rope from a woman for $3.00 and hands the woman a $10 bill. The woman goes into the grocery store next door to get change. She returns and gives the man $7.00. After the man leaves, the clerk from the store comes and says, "Hey, that was a counterfeit bill you gave me." The woman gives the clerk a good bill. How much has the woman lost?
Think about the flow of money and what the woman is left with at the end...
Seven dollars plus the rope.
A hiker comes to a fork in the road and doesn't know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The hiker doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
Think about asking a question that will give you a reliable answer regardless of whether you're talking to the truth-teller or the liar...
Either man should be asked the following question: "If I were to ask you if this is the way I should go, would you say yes?" While asking the question, the hiker should be pointing at either of the directions going from the fork.
A young man decides to buy a collector's baseball card. He pays $60 for it. After a month, the value of the card has increased to $70 and he decides to sell it. But already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the collector's item, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay $80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After a year of owning the baseball card, he finally decides to sell it for $100. What is his overall profit?
Think about the sequence of transactions and how they affect the young man's profit, rather than focusing on the individual prices of the baseball card.
$30.00. Overall profit, not net profit!
Two women and two doctors walk into an ice cream parlor. They each order an ice cream cone. When their ice creams come, there is only 1 strawberry,1 chocolate and 1 vanilla. How come they didn't complain?
Think about the relationships between the two women and the two doctors...
One of the women was a doctor!
There are 50 horses and 50 kings riding along an old dirt road. They came to a peach tree with 50 peaches. Each took one, yet there were still 49 left. How is this possible?
Think about the riders, not the horses...
Each is the name of one of the kings and he's the only one that took one!
I have 10 red socks and 10 blue socks in a drawer. How many socks must I take out to ensure that I have at least one matching pair? One how many to ensure I have at least a pair of red and a pair of blue?
Think about the worst-case scenario: you keep pulling out socks of different colors...
Three for one pair, and twelve to ensure one pair of each color.
A man walked in to a bar and asked for a glass of water the bar man took out a gun and poined it at him the man who asked for the glass of water just smiled and walked away happy Why?
The hint is: Think about the man's condition before he walked into the bar.
He had the hicupps
If the date of the last Saturday of last month and the first Sunday of this month do not add up to 33, what month are you in?
Think about the months with 31 days...
The same month you are reading this.
When completed in 1889 the Eiffel Tower was something of a sensation. Designed by the French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel its height is 492 feet plus half its own height. How high is the Eiffel tower?
Think algebraically!
984 feet.
I am a tick, I am usually black or white, You will find me on many clothing, People think I am cool. What am I?
Think about a common design element that is often featured on clothing, particularly casual wear, and is often associated with a "cool" or trendy vibe...
The Nike Symbol.
A boy had just got out of the shower and getting ready for his prom, shaved, and with cologne and there was going to be an after-party, and his mom, and dad said to be home for the next sunrise and was home for the next sunrise but with a full-grown beard. How can this be?
Think about the timing and the event... the boy was getting ready for prom, which means it was likely in the evening. Now, consider the phrase "home for the next sunrise"... what does that imply about the current time of day when his parents gave the instruction?
He lives in Alaska and sunrises are every six months.
If a man is trapped in a room. There are no doors no windows how did he get out?
Think about the situation before the man was trapped...
Through the door way, there are no doors but a door way!
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
Think about something you might find in a kitchen, and how it can "fly" through the air...
A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly when it matures and becomes a butterfly.
If you have two quarters on a table touching each other, how can you move one of the quarters without touching it? You are only allowed to touch one quarter but not move it. You cant touch the quarter that you move. You want to get at least enough room between the two quarters to insert another coin between the two quarters.
Think about using the quarter you're allowed to touch to influence the environment around the two quarters, rather than trying to directly move the quarter you're not allowed to touch.
Hold down one of the quarters very firmly. Take another coin and hit it against the quarter you are holding down. Tap hard enough to move the quarter next to it aside.
A rogue pilot was about to bomb Germany! The commad was given, the hatch was opened and the bomb was released. Why didn't it ever hit the ground?
Think about the type of aircraft the pilot might be flying...
The plane was flying upside down!
You are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides, including the ceiling and floor. You have nothing but a mirror and a wooden table in the room with you. How do you get out?
Look closely at the mirror...
You look in the mirror you see what you saw, you take the saw and you cut the table in half, two halfs make a whole, and you climb out the hole.
Lauren and Alice are talking long distance on the phone. Lauren is in an East-Coast US state which borders the Atlantic Ocean, and Alice is in a West-Coast state which borders the Pacific Ocean. Lauren asks Alice: "What time is it?" Alice replies and Lauren says: "That's really odd. It's the same time here!" How can this be?
Think about the International Date Line and its effect on time zones...
Alice is in Eastern Oregon (in Mountain time) and Lauren is in Western Florida (in Central time). It is the night that daylight-savings time changes back to standard time any time after 1:00 and before 2:00 AM.
There are 4 borthers 3 of them want to buy a television which is 30 pounds. Each of them pay 10 pound each they give the money to the fourth brother and asked him to go into town and buy the television. When he got there the man said there was 5 pounds off so the fourth brother took the 5 pound and television and left. He decided to make some money out of this so he took 2 pounds and give the other 3 pounds to his brothers. So the 3 brothers only payed 9 pounds each. 3 times 9 is 27 were is the last pound?
Think about the original price of the TV and how much the brothers actually paid...
Add 3 on to 25 = 28 then add 2
Try deciphering this code - S T O E E I T A E S S S I N O Y (Hint - count and you will have the answer!)
Here's a hint: Look for a pattern in the frequency of each letter in the code.
Did you count the number of letters? There are 16 of them. Divide them in groups of 4. Then, put each group below the other, and read column wise. Here's how you do it... S T O E E I T A E S S S I N O Y The answer to the code is See it is not so easy.
What are the next 3 letters in this riddle? O T T F F S S _ _ _
The hint is: Think about a sequence of letters that often appear together in a specific order, and are commonly used to represent a particular concept or idea.
E N T. Explanation: Each letter represents the first letter of each number one thru ten.
Charlotte is 13 years old. Her father Montague is 40 years old. How many years ago was Charlotte's father four times as old as Charlotte?
Think about how old Charlotte was when her father was 4 times her age...
Four years ago. When Charlotte was 9 her father was 36, 4 times her age.
Jack had only $2, but he needed $3 for his cab fare home. He went to a pawn shop and pawned his $2 for $1.50. Jack then bumped into Don and told him that he would sell him his $2 pawn ticket for $1.50. Don agreed. Jack started out with $2 and he ended up with $3. Who is out the extra dollar and why?
Think about the concept of "ownership" and "value" in this riddle...
Don is out the extra dollar. Before the pawn broker will return the $2 to the ticket holder, he will want the $1.50 which he advanced returned to him. Don will give the pawn broker the ticket and the $1.50, and the pawn broker will then return the $2.
A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?
Think about the weight of the bird, but also think about the distribution of the truck's weight on the bridge...
No, it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half mile - you would subtract the gas used from the total weight of the truck.
What's the word inside the riddle?
The answer is a common, everyday word that you might find in a kitchen.
The iddl.
Use all letters of this sentence once each only to spell out three animals. 'TALL ELEPHANT OR APEMAN' What are the three animals?
Here's a hint: Think about the word "ape" and how it can be used to form another animal...
PANTHER, ANTELOPE, LLAMA
How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass.
Think about the short hand's movement in relation to the long hand's cycle...
21.
Find four numbers, the sum of which is 45, so that if 2 is added to the first number, 2 is subtracted from the second number, the third number is multiplied by 2 and the fourth number is divided by 2, then the four numbers so produced are all the same. What are the four numbers?
Think about the relationships between the numbers, and how the operations (add 2, subtract 2, multiply by 2, divide by 2) affect their values. You might want to consider what happens when you perform these operations on a number, and how you can "undo" them to get back to the original value...
8 + 2 = 10 12 - 2 = 10 5 x 2 = 10 20 ÷ 2 = 1045
DEFENDING, CALMNESS, SIGHING, CANOPY and STUMBLE. What do these words have in common?
Look for a common thread in the way these words sound when you say them out loud...
They each have 3 letters in common. CA NOP Y.
A forest exists somewhere on Earth. This forest has no life except for trees. After a storm, a tree was hit by lightning and falls. What sound would it make?
Think about the phrase "no life except for trees"... what does that really mean?
None. Sound does not exist if it is unheard.
What have these words in common? ASPIRATED GRANGERS PRELATES SWINGERS CHASTENS
Think about a specific part of the English language that these words all share...
All can be diminished by one letter (from begining and end alternately) forming a new word each time.
Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?
Think about sending the box to your friend in multiple trips, and consider the role of the locks and keys in each trip.
Send the box with a lock attached and locked. Your friend attaches his or her own lock and sends the box back to you. You remove your lock and send it back to your friend. Your friend may then remove the lock she or he put on and open the box.
The following numbers share a unique property: 1691, 1961, 6009, 6119, 6699, 6889, 8118. What is it?
Look at each number individually and rotate it 180 degrees...
Each number reads the same when viewed upside down.
A dog had three puppies, named Mopsy, Topsy and Spot. What was the mothers name?
The answer is not a traditional name, but rather a wordplay...
What
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king. Who am I?
Think about a Roman numeral that represents a number, and how its individual parts can be rearranged to spell out a famous king's name...
DAVID (Roman numerals)
Sally, Lisa, and Bernadette are triplets. But Sally and Lisa share something that Berandette does not. What is it?
Think about the names...
The letter L in their names.
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
Think about a word that has multiple meanings and can be transformed into new words by removing or adding letters, especially the first letter...
Stable.
Some cogs are tigs. All tigs are bons. Some bons are pabs. Some pabs are tigs. Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs.--- TRUE or FALSE?
Think about the relationships between the groups, and pay attention to the word "some" - it's not saying "all"!
False. Some cogs may be pabs, but not definitely all of them.
A woman who lives in new york legally married three men, she did not get divorce, get an enollment, or legally seperate. How is this possible?
Think about the timing and the context of the marriages...
She is a minister.
Fred is listening to the raido when it suddenly stops playing. Nobody is with Fred and nobody touches the radio. A few seconds later, the radio resumes playing. How can this be?
Think about the environment Fred is in, and a common phenomenon that can affect electronic devices...
Fred was driving his car through a tunnel.
I have ten or more daughters. I have less than ten daughters. I have at least one daughter. If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters do I have?
Think about the contradictions and what would make only one of the statements true...
If I have any daughters, there will always be two statements which are true. Therefore, I have no daughters.
A Queen has twins by Caesarean section so it's impossible to tell who was born first. Now the twins are adults and ready to rule. One is intensely stupid, while the other is highly intelligent, well-loved, and charismatic. Yet the unintelligent one is chosen as the next ruler. Why?
Think about the traditional rules of succession in monarchies...
He is a male.
While playing with a metal washer shaped like a ring, Dave accidentally pushed it on his finger too far and couldn't get it off. Trying to remove it using soap and water didn't work. The hospital sent him to a service station thinking they could cut the metal. Since the ring was made with specially hardened steel, it couldn't be cut. Just then Bob arrived on the scene and suggested an easy way to remove the washer in just a few minutes. What was his solution?
"Think about a common service station tool that can help 'inflate' the situation..."
Bob suggested that Dave hold his finger in the air while someone wound a piece of string tightly around his finger just above the metal ring. The string forced the swelling down. As they unwounded the string from the end nearest the ring, someone else slid the ring up. They continued winding and unwinding the string until the ring could be easily removed.
A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds fairly divide this money?
Think about the proportion of loaves each shepherd contributed to the total, and how that relates to the payment...
The shepherd who had three loaves should get one coin and the shepherd who had five loaves should get seven coins. If there were eight loaves and three men, each man ate two and two-thirds loaves. So the first shepherd gave the hunter one-third of a loaf and the second shepherd gave the hunter two and one-third loaves. The shepherd who gave one-third of a loaf should get one coin and the one who gave seven-thirds of a loaf should get seven coins.
Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters; Two husbands, with their two wives; Two fathers, with their two daughters; Two mothers, with their two sons; Two maidens, with their two mothers; Two sisters, with their two brothers; Yet only six in all lie buried here; All born legitimate, from incest clear. How can this be?
Think about the relationships between family members and how they can overlap...
Two widows each had a son, and each widow married the son of the other and then each had a daughter.
You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. How do you do it? Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied.
Think about sending the box to your friend in multiple stages, with each stage adding a layer of security...
Attach a lock to the ring. Send it to her. She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock.
You go to the doctor because you're ill and he prescribes you with 3 pills and tells you to take them every half hour. How long do the pills last you?
Think about the timing of when you take each pill...
An hour because the first pill doesn't take 30 min. to take.
There are 100 light bulbs lined up in a row in a long room. Each bulb has its own switch and is currently switched off. The room has an entry door and an exit door. There are 100 people lined up outside the entry door. Each bulb is numbered consecutively from 1 to 100. So is each person. Person No. 1 enters the room, switches on every bulb, and exits. Person No. 2 enters and flips the switch on every second bulb (turning off bulbs 2, 4, 6, ...). Person No. 3 enters and flips the switch on every third bulb (changing the state on bulbs 3, 6, 9, ...). This continues until all 100 people have passed through the room. What is the final state of bulb No. 64? And how many of the light bulbs are illuminated after the 100th person has passed through the room?
Think about the factors of each bulb number...
First think who will operate each bulb, obviously person #2 will do all the even numbers, and say person #10 will operate all the bulbs that end in a zero. So who would operate for example bulb 48: Persons numbered: 1 & 48, 2 & 24, 3 & 16, 4 & 12, 6 & 8 ........ That is all the factors (numbers by which 48 is divisible) will be in pairs. This means that for every person who switches a bulb on there will be someone to switch it off. This willl result in the bulb being back at it's original state. So why aren't all the bulbs off? Think of bulb 36:- The factors are: 1 & 36, 2 & 13, 6 & 6 Well in this case whilst all the factors are in pairs the number 6 is paired with it's self. Clearly the sixth person will only flick the bulb once and so the pairs don't cancel. This is true of all the square numbers. There are 10 square numbers between 1 and 100 (1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81 & 100) hence 10 bulbs remain on.
You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. That is, a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. The device enables you to conclude either that the contents of the dishes weigh the same or that the dish that falls lower has heavier contents than the other. The 12 marbles appear to be identical. In fact, 11 of them are identical, and one is of different weight. Your task is to identify the unusual marble and discard it. You are allowed to use the scales three times if you wish, but no more. Note that the unusual marble may be heavier or lighter than the others. How can you identify it and determine whether it is heavy or light?
Hint: Think in terms of sets and subsets, and consider how you can cleverly divide the 12 marbles into groups to maximize the information you can gather from each weighing.
Number the marbles from 1 to 12. For the first weighing put marbles 1,2,3 and 4 on one side and marbles 5,6,7 and 8 on the other. The marbles will either they balance or not. If they balance, then the different marble is in group 9,10,11,12. Thus, we would put 1 and 2 on one side and 9 and 10 on the other. If these balance then the different marble is either 11 or 12. Weigh marble 1 against 11. If they balance, the different marble is number 12. If they do not balance, then 11 is the different marble. If 1 and 2 vs 9 and 10 do not balance, then the different marble is either 9 or 10. Again, weigh 1 against 9. If they balance, the different marble is number 10, otherwise, it is number 9. That was the easy part. What if the first weighing 1,2,3,4 vs 5,6,7,8 does not balance? Then any one of these marbles could be a different marble. Now, in order to proceed, keep track of which side is heavy for each of the following weighings. Suppose that 5,6,7 and 8 is the heavy side. We now weigh 1,5 and 6 against 2,7 and 8. If they balance, then the different marble is either 3 or 4. Weigh 4 against 9, a known good marble. If they balance then the different marble is 3 or 4. Then, if 1,5 and 6 vs 2,7 and 8 do not balance, and 2,7,8 is the heavy side, then either 7 or 8 is a different, heavy marble, or 1 is a different, light marble. For the third weighing, weigh 7 against 8. Whichever side is heavy is the different marble. If they balance, then 1 is the different marble. Should the weighing of 1,5 and 6 vs 2,7 and 8 show 1,5,6 to be the heavy side, then either 5 or 6 is a different heavy marble or 2 is a light different marble. Weigh 5 against 6. The heavier one is the different marble. If they balance, then 2 is a different light marble.
If it is 1,800 kilometers to America, 1,200 kilometers to Japan, 2,400 kilometers to New Zealand, and 1,400 kilometers to Brazil- How far is Morocco?
Think about the names of the countries mentioned, rather than their physical distances...
The answer is 1,700 kilometers, as vowels in the countries' names are worth 300 kilometers and the consonats are worth 200 kilometers.
I like indigo but not blue, I like onions but not turnips, I like forms but not shapes. According to the same rule, do I like tomatoes or avocados?
Think about the number of syllables in each word...
Avocadoes - I like all things that start with a preposition.
There are three guards and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time, and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of guards on either side of the river; otherwise, the prisoners will overpower the guards and, well, the story will come to an abrupt end. List each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat, and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip. How many trips it will take to safely transport all of the guards and prisoners across the river?
Here's a hint: Think about the initial state: 3 guards and 3 prisoners on one side, 0 on the other. To ensure the prisoners never outnumber the guards, consider sending one guard with one prisoner on the first trip. Now, think about how to return a guard to the initial side without leaving the prisoners in a vulnerable situation...
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How can this be true? Have a look at the picture. All the lines are straight, the shapes that make up the top picture are the same as the ones in the bottom picture so where does the gap come from?
"Think about the way the shapes are arranged, not just their individual forms..."
The green triangle has dimensions 2 x 5 and gradient 2 / 5 = 0.4 The red triangle has dimensions 3 x 8 and gradient 3 / 8 = 0.375 Hence the gradient of the green triangle is greater than that of the red triangle.
A man enters an expensive restaurant and orders a meal. When the waiter brings him his meal the man takes out a slip of paper and writes down 102004180, then leaves. The cashier hands the slip of paper to the cashier who understood it immediately. What did the slip of paper say?
Think about the format of a common restaurant bill...
I =1, 0=Ought, 2=To, 0=Owe, 0=Nothing, 4=For, 1=I, 8=Ate, 0=Nothing. I Ought To Owe Nothing For I Ate Nothing. 102004180
You are locked in a house and you have four objects. You have a wooden chair, a ladder, a piano, and a rubber ax. You can only pick one object and you can't get out by breaking anything. What would you use to get out?
Think about an object that can help you reach something, but not necessarily to break or destroy anything...
You use the piano KEYS to ulock the door!
Carl is trying to find solutions to a geometric puzzle. He has a square plot of land that he needs to reserve 1/4 for himself and divide the remaining 3/4 equally and in a similar shape, among his 4 children. There are two possible solutions. Can you solve the puzzle?
Think about dividing the square into smaller squares, and then rearranging those smaller squares to create four equal shapes for the children...
Solution #1 - Squares First, Carl divides his as to reserve to himself one-fourth in the form of a square. Then, Carl takes the remaining 3/4 shape and scales it down by 1/4. He then, multiplies the shape into 4 identically shaped pieces, and aranges them so that they fit into the original 3/4 shape. Solution #2 - Rectangles First, create a triangle that is 1/4 the size of the square. Now, with straight lines, create two squares. Proceed to disect the two squares with horizontal lines creating 4 triangles. Then, disect one of the resultuing triangles from each square. The shape of land for each of his four children is divided evenly and is the same shape.
Angry and Hungry are two words ending in 'gry" There are three words, (Using popular terminology) in the English Language, that ends in "GRY". The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is. What is the third word?
Pay attention to the phrase "If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
The answer is terminology. It's the third word ending in gry. Using popular terminology
Three working women have different careers. If only one of statements 1, 2 and 3 are true, can you tell whether or not Mary is a nurse? 1. This statement is only true if statement 5 is false. 2. This statement is true if statements 4 or 5, or both 4 and 5 are true. 3. This statement is false only if both statements 6 and 1 are true. 4. Mary is a nurse 5. Karen is an artist. 6. Sarah is a photographer.
Pay close attention to the relationships between the statements, especially statements 1, 2, and 3, as they will help you navigate the puzzle.
Mary is not a nurse. The way to solve this riddle is to consider statements 4, 5, and 6 and create a chart of all possible true and false answers. Next, fill in the chart according to statements 1 through 3. You will discover that there is only one line where only one of the statements one, two, and three are true. Thus, it is determined that: Statements 4 and 5 are false and statement 6 is true.
A man told his son that he would give him $1000 if he could accomplish the following task. The father gave his son ten envelopes and a thousand dollars, all in one dollar bills. He told his son, "Place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars I ask for, you can give me one or more of the envelopes, containing the exact amount I asked for without having to open any of the envelopes. If you can do this, you will keep the $1000." When the father asked for a sum of money, the son was able to give him envelopes containing the exact amount of money asked for. How did the son distribute the money among the ten envelopes?
Think about the powers of 2...
The contents or the ten envelopes (in dollar bills) should be as follows: $1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. The first nine numbers are in geometrical progression, and their sum, deducted from 1,000, gives the contents of the tenth envelope.
How can the number four be half of five?
Think Roman numerals...
It's true if you think of Roman numerals. FIVE, take away the F and the E and you are left with IV, half of the word FIVE, which is the Roman number for Four.
How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?
Think about the way the number 7 is represented...
Drop the "S" and "seven" becomes "even".
How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Think creatively about the different ways you can use the digit 8, and consider the various mathematical operations you can perform to reach a total of 1000...
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
Think about words, not numbers...
F I V E Remove the 2 letters F and E from five and you have IV which is the Roman numeral for four.
How many sides does a circle have?
Think outside the box... or in this case, inside the circle!
Two. The inside and the outside.
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Think about the question being asked... Are you being asked to find a numerical answer, or is there a clever trick involved?
Once, because after you subtract 5 from 25 it becomes 20.
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
Think about what's really changing (or not changing) over time...
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.
I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her. How old are we now?
Think about the ratio of your age to your daughter's age...
I am 40 and my daughter is 10.
What did one math book say to the other math book?
Think about a common phrase that people use to express a strong connection or similarity, and how it might be adapted to a conversation between math books...
Do you want to hear my problems?
Lily is a lilypad in a small pond. Lilly doubles her size each day, On the 20th day she covers the whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size of the pond?
Think backwards!
Day 19, it's not 10 because on day 20 she doubled from day 19, so 19 must be half the size of the pond.
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
Hint: Think about the words, not the prices...
$45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.
What did the triangle say to the circle?
Think about a common phrase people use to express a feeling, and how the triangle's shape might relate to that phrase...
You’re pointless.
One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number. What is the pattern?
Pay attention to the number of letters in the written form of each number.
One has three letters in the word three has five letters in it five has four letters and four has four letters in it (if you try more numbers they will always come back to the number four: so four is the magic number)
If a boy blows 18 bubbles, Then pops 6 eats 7 and then He pops 5 and blows 1. How many are left?
Think about what happens to the bubbles when the boy "eats" them...
1.
The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solutions).
Think symmetry: the digits of the father's age are the same as the son's age, just in reverse order. Consider the possible "reversible" numbers that add up to 66...
51 and 15. 42 and 24. 60 and 06.
What two whole, positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
Think about the smallest possible one-digit product...
1 and 9.
Pick a number from 1-10, multiply it by 2, add ten, divide it by 2, now subtract the number that you have from the number you picked. What is it?
Think algebraically and focus on the operations, not the numbers...
Do you have 5?
You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer, and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes?
Think about how you can use the timers in combination to measure a shorter time period than any one of them can measure on its own...
Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes have elapsed and it is time to take the egg out of the water. You don't need the four-minute timer for this riddle.
81 x 9 = 801. What must you do to make the this equation true?
Look at the equation from a different perspective... or should I say, a different "angle"?
Turn it upside down. 108 = 6 x 18.
How much will a 38° angle measure when looked at under a microscope that magnifies ten times?
Think about what magnification does to size, not shape...
It will still be 38°.
If 1=5, 2=15, 3=215, and 4=3215. What does 5 equal?
Look for a pattern in the way numbers are being "encoded" into new numbers, and think about how the original number is being "hidden" within the new number.
5=1, because 1=5.
How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550? Can you figure it out?
Think Roman numerals...
Draw a line on the first plus sign that turns it into a 4! The equation then becomes true: 545+5=550. You could also change the equal symbol to a crossed out equal symbol which means "not equal to".
In a certain city, 5% of all the people in town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from that city's phone directory, how many people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?
Think about what "selecting from the phone directory" means...
None. If their names are in the phone directory, they do not have unlisted phone numbers!
If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?
Think in terms of infinite geometric series!
Infinity! Technically you will never reach the door, as you can only move half the distance, no matter how small.
What did the little lobster get on its math test?
Think about a common grade or score that is often associated with excellence, and how it might relate to a lobster's physical characteristics...
Sea-plus.
I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
Think "patterns" and "sequences"...
Number 194.
How old is your son? asked a man to his neighbour. My son is five times as old as my daughter and my wife is five times as old as my son. Iam twice as old as my wife whereas my grandmother, who is celebrating her eighty-first birthday is as old as all of us put togeather. How old is the man's son?
Pay close attention to the relationships between the ages of the family members, and think about how the grandmother's age can be used to set up an equation that will help you solve for the son's age.
Five.
You have 6 eggs. You break 2, cook 2 and you eat 2 eggs. How many do you have left?
Think about the process, not the quantity...
4. The 2 you break are the ones you cook, which are the ones you eat.
A sphere has three, a circle has two, and a point has zero. What is it?
Think about the dimensions of each shape...
Dimensions.
If 4+2=26, 8+1=79 and 6+5=111. Then, what is 7+3?
Think about alphabetical positions!
410. 4+2=26 is because 4-2=2 and 4+2=6,so it is 26. Therefore, 7-3=4 and 7+3=10(410).
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Think backwards!
Nine Years.
What is the next number in the sequence? 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _
Think about the relationship between each number and the one that comes before it...
33. The pattern: Double the previous number and subtract 1.
Why is it easier to count cows than sheep?
Think about the physical characteristics of these two farm animals...
You can use a cowculator.