Riddle 1
Two girls are out at a fancy restaurant for dinner. Both order iced coffee. One girl drinks quickly and finishes four iced coffees in the time that it takes the other girl to drink just one. The girl who had one drink dies, while the other girl survives. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the girl who drank the most survive?
The poison was in the ice cubes as a result, the girl who drank the coffee quickly consumed less poison.
A wealthy man has been found dead on a Sunday morning. Upon realizing her husband is not responding, his wife calls the police. The police question the wife and staff and receive the following alibis:
The police arrested the maid who lied because the post office doesn't deliver mail on Sundays.
An elderly woman lived alone in a small cottage and had everything delivered to her. One Thursday, the mailman delivering a letter noticed that the woman was lying dead on the floor. When the police arrived, they found four untouched bottles of milk, Monday's paper, flyers, and unopened mail on the porch. Upon surveying the scene, the police immediately suspected foul play. Who do you think they suspect, and why?
The delivery man only brought the paper on Monday as he knew no one was there to read it on other days.