Riddles
Lateral Thinking Puzzes
Riddles #2
Rebuses
Maths Riddles
100

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

reflection

100

A black cat is walking through the middle of a road where there is a broken street lamp. A man is driving his vehicle with headlights that do not work. Despite all of this, he is able to avoid harming the cat.

The man avoided the cat because it was daylight.

100

What fruit is always sad?

Blueberry

100
rebuse 1 

try to understand

100

What number comes next: 5, 2, 7, 9, 16, 25...?

41

200

A kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

palm!

200

Kevin clapped his hands and all the others in the room died. What happened? 

He killed some mosquitoes 

200

What is made of water but if you put it into water it will die?

An ice cube

200

rebuse 2 

travel overseas 

200

How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550? Can you figure it out?

Draw a line on the first plus sign that turns it into a 4! The equation then becomes true: 545+5=550.

300

What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

teapot

300

A man was trying to fall asleep but he couldn't do that. He took this phone and called someone but he didn’t wait for the answer. Finally, he was able to sleep. What happened?

The man’s neighbor snored and he called him to wake him up. When the neighbor stopped snoring, the man finally could sleep.

300

Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?

A coffin

300

rebuse 3

metaphor

300

If it is given that 81 x 9 = 801, how can you make this equation true?

You need to flip your page upside down, and the equation will be true. Because 108 = 6 x 18.

400

I occur once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a thousand years

letter M

400

A woman walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water. Instead, the barman pulled out a gun and pointed it at the woman. The woman thanked the man and left the bar. Why?

The woman had hiccups and wanted a drink of water to stop them. The barman had a better idea to stop them and decided to frighten her instead. It worked and the woman was pleased.

400

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

Silence
400

rebuse 4

scrambled eggs 

400

I add five to nine, and get two. The answer is correct, but how?

5 p.m + 9 hours = 2 a.m. 

500

When you have me, you want to share me. But if you share me, you don’t have me any longer. What am I?

Secret

500

Francis dies of a heart attack at work. His colleagues are there when it happens. However, they do not call for help until Francis dies.

Francis was a theather actor and suffered a heart attack in the middle of a performance. However, he was playing someone who was having a heart attack. Therefore, both his colleagues and the audience simply thought that he was giving a really impressive performance.

500

Name a place where there is a divorce before marriage.

Dictionary

500

rebuse 5

potatoes

500

How can you change 9 into 6 with one line? 

9 = IX

S I X = 6