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332 riddles for age 9

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A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it

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?

Hint: A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds…

✨ Get a drill He put a hole in the barrel to make it weigh less
L2 · brain teaser

A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?

A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?

Hint: A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible…

✨ he was born in room 1898 in the hospital
L3 · brain teaser

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

Hint: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning…

✨ It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!
L3 · logic

A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?

A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn’t pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?

Hint: A man was going to buy a $5000 car…

✨ It's not free He didn't pay a penny, he payed $5000 for the car!
L3 · brain teaser

A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn

A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?

Hint: A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn…

✨ He was an astronaut on a space walk, doing repairs
L2 · brain teaser

A murderer is condemned to death

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Hint: A murderer is condemned to death…

✨ The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead
L2 · logic

a person was building a house, and then it fell down, he did not get hurt nor get mad,on the count o

a person was building a house, and then it fell down, he did not get hurt nor get mad,on the count on, he knew it was going to fall and he did not expect any one to live in it.what happened?

Hint: a person was building a house…

✨ the person was a little boy who was building a house of cards!
L2 · what am i

A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears

A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears.”A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn’t say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

Hint: A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats e…

✨ The parrot was deaf!
L3 · logic

A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it

A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it. A horse eats 9 pounds of grain. A bannana grows 9 inches evry day. and the computer gets 9 mail messages every day. What is always in the above paragraph ^?

Hint: A phone rings 9 times…

✨ Letters and words
L3 · brain teaser

A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara

A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?

Hint: A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique…

✨ Sound of music Tilly. She seems to follow the scale Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, and then Ti
L3 · brain teaser

A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel

A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel. Where is the best place for a claustrophobic person to sit?

Hint: A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel…

✨ In the back. See, the train is still accelerating as it is leaving the station so the train will be moving faster when the back of the train enters the tunnel
L3 · logic

A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years

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?

Hint: A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the …

✨ It was 1/2 its Max height in year 9 so.. Nine Years. Because on the 10th year it doubled for the last time and reached the maximun height
L2 · math

A white dove flew down by the castle

A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.

Hint: A white dove flew down by the castle…

✨ Snow melted by the sun
L3 · brain teaser

A woman shoots her husband

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Hint: A woman shoots her husband…

✨ The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry
L3 · brain teaser

A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea

A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same tea!”How did she know?

Hint: A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea…

✨ Sugar She had already put sugar in it and when she tasted the new tea it was already sweet
L2 · logic

A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight

A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight. The young boy weighs 98 pounds. The young boy also has 3 balls that each weigh 1 pound each. The yougn boy needs to get across the bridge with all the balls at the exact same time. How does he get across the bridge with all 3 balls at the same time?

Hint: A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight…

✨ The Boy juggles all 3 balls while he walks across the bridge
L2 · brain teaser

All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard

All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. What is it?

Hint: All about…

✨ It blows The wind
L2 · what am i

All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals had power

All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals had power. A dark limousine was cruising down the newly paved blacktop, with its headlights off. A young boy dressed totally in black (with no reflectors) stepped out to cross the street. The moon wasn?t out and the boy had no flashlight, yet the driver stopped to let the boy cross the street. How did the driver see the boy?

Hint: All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic sig…

✨ The driver saw the boy because it was during the daylight hours
L2 · logic

Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks

Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?

Hint: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me…

✨ A window
L1 · what am i

An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B

An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?

✨ BC is before Christ. Christ was not yet born when the coin would have been made and the date would be impossible
L3 · brain teaser