riddles
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
what is A candle.
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
what is Because he was outstanding in his field.
If a rooster lays an egg on the very top of a slanted roof, which side will the egg roll down?
what is Roosters don’t lay eggs.
What comes next in this sequence?
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ?
what is 64
I have hands but cannot clap. I have numbers but cannot count. Guess what I am.
what is A clock.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
what is Your name.
Why did the math book look so sad?
what is Because it had too many problems.
You’re running a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
what is You’re now in second place (you passed the person who was second).
You have 3 hats: one red, one blue, one green. You also have 3 boxes labeled “Red,” “Blue,” and “Green.” Each box currently has the wrong hat inside. You may open only one box and look at only one hat. How can you figure out which hat goes in each box?
what is Open the box labeled “Red.”
I have a neck but no head, two arms but no hands. Guess what I am.
what is A shirt.
I have keys but no locks, space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
what is A keyboard.
I told my computer I needed a break…
what is and now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads.
A truck driver is going down a one-way street the wrong way, but he doesn’t break any laws. How is that possible?
He’s walking, not driving.
Puzzle 3 (Medium – Logic): Three friends—Alex, Blake, and Casey—are wearing hats that are either black or white. They can see the others’ hats but not their own. They are told:
At least one of the hats is black.
There are no mirrors or reflections.
Alex looks at Blake and Casey and says, “I don’t know my hat color.” Blake then looks at Alex and Casey and says, “I don’t know my hat color either.” Casey hears both of them and then says, “I know my hat color.”
What color is Casey’s hat?
what is Casey’s hat is black.
I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flies. Guess what I am.
what is A cloud.
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. I can be dry, dark, inside, or practical. Sometimes I even fall flat. What am I?
what is A joke.
I asked my dad why he talks to the TV during football games.
what is He said, “Because it listens better than you do.”
A man looks at a painting and says, “Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
what is his son
Puzzle 4 (Medium/Hard – Weighing coins): You have 9 coins. One of them is heavier than the others; the rest all weigh exactly the same. You have a balance scale (left side vs right side) and can use it only twice. How can you guarantee finding the heavier coin?
what is
First weighing:
Split the 9 coins into 3 groups of 3: A, B, C.
Weigh A vs B.
If they balance, the heavy coin is in C. If not, it’s in the heavier group.
Second weighing:
Take the 3 coins from the heavy group (or group C if A and B balanced).
Weigh 1 vs 1.
If they balance, the 3rd coin is heavier. If not, the heavier side has the heavy coin.
I build up castles, I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. Guess what I am.
what is Sand.
I am a word of letters three, Add two and fewer there will be. What am I?
what is few.
I told my boss I needed a raise because three companies were after me. He said, “Which ones?”
what is I said, “The electric company, the water company, and the internet company.”
A man is found dead in a room with 53 bicycles. The room is locked from the inside, there are no windows, and no one else is there. The man has a small wound, but there are no weapons in the room. What happened?
what is The “bicycles”
they are Bicycle playing cards, not actual bikes.
You’re on an island with two types of people:
Knights, who always tell the truth.
Knaves, who always lie.
You meet three people: A, B, and C. You know at least one of them is a Knight.
They make these statements:
A says: “B is a Knave.”
B says: “C is a Knave.”
C says: “A and B are the same type.” (Both Knights or both Knaves.)
Figure out who is a Knight and who is a Knave.
what is
A is a Knight
B is a Knave
C is a Knave
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. Guess what I am.
what is Pencil lead (graphite in a pencil).