Simple Riddles
I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
A shadow.
The geography teacher was found dead on the first day of school. The gardener was busy fixing the new saplings, the science teacher was taking a mid-semester test, the coach was playing basketball, and the principal was in the office. Who killed the geography teacher?
The science-teacher. He cannot conduct a mid-year test on the first day of school.
Melanie lived with her siblings in a small town. One afternoon, Melanie was found dead in the living room. When the police questioned her siblings, they both were in the pool from the morning on and hadn’t killed her. But after taking a closer look at them, the police arrested Melanie’s siblings for her murder. Why?
The police checked their hands for wrinkles, which weren’t there.
Marissa and Juliana went out for drinks together. They ordered the same drink. Juliana was very thirsty and finished five in the time it took Marissa to finish one. The drinks were poisoned, but only Marissa died. How?
The poison was in the ice. Since Marissa’s ice had time to melt, she was poisoned but Juliana wasn’t.
A detective told his wife he’d be home at 8:30 and came home at 8:30. Then why was the detective’s wife angry with him?
He said he’d be home at 8:30 P.M and came home at 8:30 A.M!
One winter day, there was a man standing in the middle of someone’s front yard. The person stayed there for several weeks without moving and the owner of the yard didn’t mind. Eventually the man left. Who was he?
A snowman.
A couple went on a climbing trip. When only the husband returned from the vacation, he said that his wife slipped off a cliff while climbing and died. On investigating, the local sheriff arrested him saying, “Your travel agent called. The information we received makes us aware you murdered your wife.” How did the agent deduce it was a murder?
The man bought only one-way ticket for his wife whereas he bought two-way ticket for himself.
A dead body is seen outside a four-story building. The detective ran up to the first floor and checked the window. Continued the same process for the second, third, and fourth too. When he came down, he said it must have been a murder. How?
All the windows were closed, and a dead man will never be able to close the window.
A chemist was killed in his own lab. The crime scene had no evidence to be found except a piece of paper with the names of chemical substances Nickle, Carbon, Oxygen, Lanthanum, and Sulphur on it. On the day of his murder, he had only 3 visitors; his nephew Nicolas, his wife, Martha, and his friend John. Who was the killer?
Combine the symbols of the chemical substances to get a name, Ni-C-O-La-S.
A lady is unlocking the door to her round house when she hears a scream. She goes in and finds her husband dead. The Butcher says, "I was chopping meat." The Cook says, "I was cooking fish." The maid says, "I was sweeping the corners." Who killed the husband?
The maid, there are no corners in a round house!
I can fly but I have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
A cloud.
A man was found dead while on his work trip to California. The suspects were Mars, Mason, Barry, Lisa, and Alex. On the calendar, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 were written in blood. Who is the killer and why?
Mason. Each number corresponds to the first letter of a month, spelling Mason.
At a crime scene, the police found a cassette recorder and a gun in a dead man's hand. After playing the cassette, they heard the man's voice saying, "I have committed sins and have nothing to live for", and a gunshot. Even then, the police knew it was a murder. How?
A dead man cannot rewind the recorder to play from the start.
A killer gives his victims 2 pills to play a game. One of the pills is a vitamin pill, and the other is deadly. The victims choose one pill and gulp it down with a glass of water, and the killer swallows the other at random, and still every one of the victims dies. How?
The water is poisoned.
Paul's is six feet tall, an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat.
I’m at the beginning of the end and the start of eternity, at the end of time and space, in the middle of yesterday but nowhere in tomorrow. What am I?
The letter 'e'.
Melissa was killed on a Sunday morning. Her roommates gave the following testimonials: Agnes was getting the mail, Angela was doing laundry, Maggie was cooking, Carl was planting in the garden. Who killed Melissa and how did the police know who to arrest?
Agnes killed Melissa as no mail is delivered on Sunday.
A Japanese ship was leaving the port for open sea. The captain went to oil some parts of the ship and took his ring off so it wouldn’t get damaged. He left it on the table next to his bunk. When he returned, it was missing. He had suspected three crew members could be guilty and asked them what they had been doing for the ten minutes that he had been gone.
The cook said, “I was in the kitchen preparing tonight’s dinner.”
The engineer said, “I was working in the engine room making sure everything was running smoothly.”
The seaman said, “I was on the mast correcting the flag because someone had attached it upside down by mistake.”
The captain immediately knew who it was. How?
It was the seaman. The Japanese flag cannot be hung upside down.
A girl is at the funeral of her mother. She meets a nice guy that she didn’t know who also was at the funeral and they hit it off. She was busy at the funeral and didn’t have time to ask him for his number before he left. She tried hard to track him down, but no one knew who he was or how to contact him. A few days later her sister dies, and the police suspect it to be a murder. Who killed her sister?
She killed her sister hoping the man she met at her mother’s funeral would show up again.
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?
Your breath.
I am a 5-letter word. Take away the first letter and I am a country's name. Take away the first two letters and I become the opposite of the 5-letter word. Who am I?
Woman...(woman, oman, man)
Joey is found dead in his office, at his desk.
Sheriff Sam was working on this case and has narrowed the suspects down to three people:
1. His Friend, Mr. Johnathan Sayer
2. Joey’s wife, "Molly"
3. His secretary, "Jason Kumar"
All three suspects visited Joey on the day of his murder for various reason.
Sheriff Sam was able to find a note at the corner of the wall. "7B91011" was written on it.
Sheriff Sam wasted no time in announcing the killer. Who was the killer?
Jason. The B is an 8, and the numbers correspond to the first letter of a month.
A man killed his wife for he was not sure of her fidelity. He stabbed her in the heart with a knife. To cover up his crime, he pushed her body in his car. He drove a few miles and then threw her body in an alley. He carefully wiped his fingerprints and threw the knife on the crime scene.
Then, he drove back to his home. After an hour, he received a call from the local sheriff. The sheriff told him that his wife was murdered and that he must reach the crime scene. But when he reached the crime scene, he was arrested by him.
How did the sheriff know that he was the culprit?
The Sheriff never said where the crime scene was.
A woman was in court for killing her husband. She said she wasn’t guilty and that she dearly missed him. In the closing statement, the woman’s lawyer stands up and says, “Her husband was just missing. Everyone, look at the doors. He’s going to walk through them in about 30 seconds.”
The entire jury stares at the doors waiting for waiting for this woman’s husband to walk through the doors. The lawyer and the woman stare at the jury.
The jury immediately gave a guilty verdict. Why?
The woman was watching the jury, instead of watching the doors for her dear husband.
At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
Stars.