85 tricky riddles
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Four men sat down to play. They played all night till break of day. They played for gold and not for fun. With separate scores for everyone. When they had come to square accounts. They all had made quite fair amounts. Can you the paradox explain. If no one lost, how all could gain?
Hint: Four men sat down to play…
Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
Hint: Four men were in a boat on the lake…
how do you make 30p with 2 coins? one of them is not a 20p..
how does the turtle with no legs cross the road????????? HINT take the f out of free and the f out of way!!!!!!!!!
Hint: how does the turtle with no legs cross the road…
How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that’s 20 feet long on all four sides and 20 feet high?
Hint: How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that’s 20 …
How many letters are in the alphabet?
How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
I am a word. If you pronounce me rightly, it will be wrongly. If you pronounce me wrongly, it will be rightly. What word am I?
Hint: This is a pure language trap — you have to step outside the literal meaning to figure it out.
I am a word of 5 letters. If you take away two letters, you only have one left. What word am I?
I am that which is hunted, and this panes me. Do you dig, Stone? What am I?
I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy. I come four times in every week, but only once in a thousand years. What am I?
Hint: I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy…
I have three letters. I can read you backward, but I cannot see. I can guide you forward, but I cannot move. What am I?
Hint: It sounds just like the letter “I”, and spelled backward it’s still the same.
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.
I’m related to you. I’m really close to you! I’m your cousins aunt. Who am I?
I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble. If you sqeeze me, I’ll pop. If you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you guess the riddle? 97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.
Hint: I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry…
If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?
If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?
In the NBA, how many men are on the basketball court for each team?
Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Tony lose the bet?
Hint: Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it …