Riddles are a fun way to spend with friends or family. Many of the riddles are fun and very easy to solve. These tricky riddles going to cause you challenge. It is not the most obvious answers that can solve these riddle. One must in fact think outside the box. However, do not get frustrated if you have difficulty, click on the riddle and an answer will emerge. Good luck.
What turns everything around without moving?
A Mirror.
What work can one never finish?
An autobiography.
There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted, is punishable, but if it is committed, is not punishable. What is the crime?
Suicide.
What has no beginning, end, or middle?
Doughnut or a circle.
The following sentence is false
The preceding sentence is true.
Are these sentences true or false?
Neither, it’s a paradox; if the first sentence is true then the second must be false so the first must be false.
What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?
The answer is 0. Anything multiplied by 0 will equal 0.
A man kills his wife. Many people watch him doing so.
Yet no one will ever be able to accuse him of murder. Why?
He’s an executioner, it’s his job.
Travel a mile and I will change, travel a million and I will end as I started, What am I?
An odometer.
What kind of kitten works for the Red Cross?
A first-aid kit.
What has to be broken before you can eat it?
An egg.
What has six faces but does not wear makeup? It also has twenty-one eyes but cannot see.
A die (dice).
Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your coach. Who is asleep on your couch?
Your dad.
A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?
Yet.
Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take!
Haste.
What Can You Catch, but Not Throw?
A cold.
When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?
Fleas.
A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday. He stayed two nights and left on Friday. How could that be?
His horse was called Friday.
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
A bullet.
What two accidents happen every 24 hours?
Day breaks and night falls.
If there’s a frog, dead in the centre of a lilypad which is right in the middle of the pond, which side would it jump to?
Neither, the frog is dead!
What Tastes Better than It Smells?
A tongue.
You’re a bus driver. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second stop 8 people on, at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the forth stop everyone got off. The question is what color are the bus drivers eyes?
The same as yours, you’re the bus driver.
A man was at a bar feeling poor he sees a rich man take 50's out his pocket to pay the cashier.The poor man says to the rich man 'I know all the songs known to man.' The rich man laughed and said,'I bet you all the money in my pocket that you can't sing a song with my daughter's name in it, Sarah Lee Greyson.' The poor man went home rich and the rich man went home poor. What song did the man sing?
The Happy Birthday song!
Spell electricity with three letters.
NRG (energy).
What is Harder to Catch the Quicker You Run?
Your breath.
You go in through one hole, you come out through three holes. Once you're inside you're ready to go outside, but once you're outside you're still inside. What is it?
A sweater!
You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?
History.
What Runs around the House, but Doesn't Move?
A fence.
What is big and yellow and comes in the morning, to brighten mom's day?
The School Bus.
What type of building has the most stories?
Library.
What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
How can a man go eight days without sleep?
He can sleeps at night.
Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead!
A match.
One night, a man receives a call from the Police. The Police tell the man that his wife was murdered, and that he should reach the crime scene as soon as possible. The man drops the phone, shocked, and drives 20 minutes to the crime scene. As soon as he reaches the crime scene, the police arrest him, and he is convicted of murder. How did the police know that he committed the crime?
The Police didn’t tell the man where the crime scene was, but the man knew.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
Cupcake.
Armed robbers invaded a bank. They were busy looting when suddenly a phone rang. The phone happened to be at the reception. One of the robber asked the receptionist to attend the call and talk without giving away the situation. The call happen to be from her mother. She spoke, 'Do you have any emergency mom? Can you give me a call when I get home, I could really use your help in buying new curtains?' Then she hangs up.
The robbers are busy when the police arrives suddenly along with the mother of the receptionist. How did she know about the robbery?
The receptionist was pretty clever she played with the mute button of the phone while talking with her mother. She muted everything except the word emergency, call and help. So while talking, she sounded like ‘Emergency… Call… Help’ to her mother and thus she called the police.
What has a ring, but no finger?
A Phone.
A rich and handsome man named Dan Clinton was murdered on a Sunday afternoon. At the time of the murder there was: the maid, the cook, the butler, the gardener and the wife.
Maid: I was fixing the table.
Cook: I was cooking breakfast.
Butler: I was polishing the silverware and the dishes.
Gardener: I was planting tomato seeds.
Wife: I was reading a book.
Who did it?
The cook. You don’t cook breakfast in the afternoon.
There are three light switches outside a room. Inside is a single light bulb, controlled by one of the three switches. You need to determine which switch operates the bulb. You can turn the switches on and off as many times as you wish (they are all off to begin with), but may only enter the room once. There is no one there to help you. The door to the room is closed, and there are no windows, so you cannot see inside. How can you discover which switch operates the bulb?
Do the following: 1. Turn ON two switches, and leave one OFF. 2. Wait a few minutes. 3. Turn one switch from ON to OFF. One is now ON and two are OFF 4. Enter the room. – If the light is ON, it is controlled by the switch you left ON. – If the light bulb is OFF, touch it. If it is warm it is controlled by the switch you turned ON and OFF. If it is cold, it is controlled by the switch you never turned on.
Solve the number series by identifying the last number.
1 4 5 6 7 9 11 ?
The answer is 100. Series of number that do not contain letter ‘T’.
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
An onion.
More amazing tricky riddles
A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: 'I can't go on. I have nothing to live for.' Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?
The cassette had started at the beginning of the man’s utterance. Someone else had to be there to rewind the tape.
The more there is the less you see.
Darkness.
If you share me, you wont have me.
Who am i?
A secret.
People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Plates and cuttlery.
What is Greater than God, worse than evil, the poor have it, the rich require it, and if you eat it, you die?
The answer is ‘Nothing’.
What is full of holes, but can still hold a lot of water?
A sponge.
A local magician is performing his favorite trick to be under water for approx 10 minutes.
I went to the magician and told him that i can be under the water for 20 minutes.
He laughed and den responded 'I will give you 1000 pounds , if you can do this'
I won the bet and get 1000 pounds.
How did i do it?
I filled a glass full of water and held it over my head for 20 minutes.
I am a strong as ten men Yet ten men cannot stand me up. What am I?
Water.
Mark leaves home. He makes a left turn then another left followed by another left. When he gets back home, there are two men waiting for him, both wearing masks. What is Mark's occupation?
He’s a baseball player.
We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
Words.
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed.
How come?
A parachute that didn’t open.
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet, try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim.
Death.
Tricky riddles are the best
Riddles keeps your brain going, yes they are not only fun but gives your mind exercise it needs. You learn to think in a whole different way that enables us to see solutions where you previously saw problems. It’s always more fun to solve riddles with friends or family, here you can in fact make a contest out of it and see who can solve them first. These tricky riddles is not very easy to solve, therefore you need to be a little patient and give yourself a little extra time to think. I hope you enjoyed these riddles.
Riddles are a fun way to spend with friends or family. Many of the riddles are fun and very easy to solve. These tricky riddles going to cause you challenge. It is not the most obvious answers that can solve these riddle. One must in fact think outside the box. However, do not get frustrated if you have difficulty, click on the riddle and an answer will emerge. Good luck.
