Riddles are a fun little way to give your mind a workout. They challenge us to think outside the box and apply our knowledge, and critical thinking skills, in novel ways.
We're going to give you 15 riddles. Read them through and let them marinate. When you're ready for the answers, they're at the bottom.
Here are some numbers:
16 - 06 - 68 - 88 - ? - 98.
What should the fifth number — ? — be?
Two people are playing a game of chess. When it was all over, both of them won.
How could this be possible?
On a bus, you can find: a 26-year-old pregnant lady, a 30-year-old policeman, a 52-year-old woman, and a 65-year-old driver.
Of these people, who is the youngest?
The combined age of a father and is son is 66 years. The age of the father has the same digits as the age of the son.
How old are they?
You have ten fingers on your hands. I have ten fingers on my hands.
How many fingers would there be on ten hands?
Twelve apples hanging high, twelve men passing by, Each took an apple and left eleven hanging there.
How is this possible?
A basket contains five apples.
How would you divide them evenly among five kids so each kid has one apple, and one apple remains inside the basket?
A man goes for ten long days with no sleep, but he isn't even tired.
How is this possible?
You threw a blue stone into the Red Sea.
What will the stone become?
In the morning, I lose my head. In the evening, though, I get it back again.
What am I?
I have a head. I also have a tail. Despite this, I have no arms, legs, torso, or feet.
What am I?
We are two brothers. We're on opposite sides of the road. We see a lot, but we never see each other.
Who or what are we?
You can't see me, but somehow, I can see right through you.
What am I?
I have a tongue. I can't talk, though. I can't walk either. Despite this, I'm known to get around.
What am I?
A woman was born in 1948. You'd think she'd be over 70, but she only recently celebrated her 16th birthday.
How is this possible?
The number is 78. When read upside down, the numbers are 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91.
Both players were playing separate games, against separate opponents.
The youngest is the baby of the pregnant lady.
There are fifty fingers on ten hands.
Three possible answers: dad is 60, son is (0)6, dad is 51 and son is 15, or dad is 42 and son is 24.
"Each" is the name of one of the men.
Take out four apples and divide them among the first four kids. Give the fifth kid the basket with the apple inside.
He only sleeps at night, not during the day.
What will the stone become? Wet.
A pillow, obviously.
Head and tail, no other body parts? Must be a coin.
Eyes. Eyes never see each other.
An x-ray machine.
A shoe.
She was born on February 29th, meaning she only gets a birthday every four years.
