Riddles are a fun way to give your mental faculties a bit of a workout.
The riddles we’re about to present to you are tricky but not impossible. Go ahead, think them over and let them marinate in your thoughts. Then, when you’re ready, go to the end for the answers.
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Ready?
1. Who and when?
At the time that I left, I didn’t know where I was going. When I arrived, I didn’t know where I was. And when I finally returned, I had no idea where I had been.
Who was I?
2. A weird walk.
I went for a little walk and it started to rain. I didn’t bring an umbrella. I didn’t even wear a hat. It rained harder and harder. Eventually my clothes were soaked. That said, not a single hair on my head got wet.
How is this possible?
3. Defying physics.
There was an emergency on a plane. A woman wanted to escape, so she threw herself out of the plane. She hit the ground and wasn’t injured, so she dusted herself off and walk away.
How is this possible?
4. Get well soon.
James recently needed to be in the hospital for a stay after a traumatic incident. Thanks to the doctors, he came out of the ordeal alive and well. Despite this, he was still carried out of the hospital.
Why?
6. Good eyes.
As I was driving along, my headlights were off and the moon wasn’t out. A woman dressed entirely in black stepped in front of my car, but I was easily able to see her and avoid hitting her.
How did I see her?
5. Must be opposite day.
I’m something that you throw away, completely out of sight when you really need me, but when you no longer need me, you pick me back up and carefully put me away.
What am I?
7. What could I be?
You use me every day of your life, but allow me to rest at night. I have an identical mate who’s with me all the time. You usually cover me up. I’m not alive, but I have a soul.
What am I?
8. Book dilemma.
Let’s say you have two books. One is upside down, while the other is rotated, which means the top of the book is facing you.
Given this information, what is the sum of the first page in each book?
9. Which door do you choose?
You’re in your car and you see three doors: one yellow, one blue, and one red. You want to go through each one of the doors.
Which door do you go through before the others?
10. Figure out the layout.
The hotel you’re staying at has four levels. The ground floor has four rooms, while each floor above it has two more rooms than the floor below.
What floor does the elevator stop at more than the others?
11. Won’t somebody please feed the poor horse?
A hungry horse is tied to a rope that’s fifteen feet long. The horse’s food source is inside the barn, which is fifty feet away. How will the horse be able to reach the food?
12. What’s the forecast?
It’s midnight, and the weather outside is windy and rainy. It should clear up soon, though — tomorrow’s forecast calls for sunshine while the next day looks even nicer.
In 72 hours’ time, will it be sunny outside?
13. What am I?
This thing is made by someone who doesn’t use it. It’s bought by someone who doesn’t use it. The only person who does actually use it doesn’t actually know that they’re using it.
What is it?
14. Turtles, man.
Three turtles are crawling along the ground. There are two turtles behind the first turtle, there’s one turtle in front of and one behind the second turtle, and two turtles in front of and one turtle behind the third one.
How is this possible?
15. Weird pricing.
A clothing store prices its items in an unusual but logical way. A vest will set you back $20, a tie costs $15, a onesie is $30 and underwear costs $45.
With this information, how much would boots cost?
Answer time!
Christopher Columbus when he arrived in the New World.
I’m bald.
The plane was on the ground, so she only fell a few feet.
James is a newborn baby.
An anchor.
It was broad daylight.
Your feet.
Two. The first page of each book is page one, regardless of how it’s rotated.
The car door.
The ground floor.
Easily, because the rope wasn’t tied to anything.
No, because in 72 hours’ time it’ll be midnight again.
Baby diapers.
The turtles are crawling in a circle.
$25. The store charges $5 for each letter needed to spell the item.
