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Riddles in this collection
- A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
- A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
- A man left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men. Who…
- A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father. Then who is the doctor?
- A man condemned to death has the option of picking one of the mentioned three rooms. The first room is a furnace filled with flames. The second has armed men with loaded guns, while the third has lio…
- A man rode in to town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
- A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
- A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine died, how many did he have left?
- A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, “I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son.” But the doctor was not the boy’s father. How could that be?
- A woman shot her husband. Then she held him underwater for 5 minutes, then she finally hung him. 5 minutes later they both walked out and enjoyed a nice dinner. How is this possible?
- A man was shot to death while in his car. There were no powder marks on his clothing, which indicated that the gunman was outside the car. However, all the windows were up and the doors locked. After…
- A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and lo…
- A man moved into a new house and decided he was tired after the journey and turned of all the lights and went to bed. The next morning he had killed 365 people how could this be? he does not sleep wa…
- At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
- A certain number has three digits. The sum of the three digits equals 36 times this number. Seven times the left digit plus 9 is equal to 5 times the sum of the two other digits. 8 times the second d…
- A man was stabbed in the heart, no one tried to save him but he didn’t die. How is that possible?
- A one-seeded fruit I may be, but all of your calendars are full of me. What am I?
- A pizza weighs ten pounds plus half its own weight. How much does the pizza weigh?
- A man is lying shot on the road. The police come to investigate. Right away, they know who shot him. Why?
- A woman is sitting in her room at night. She has no lights on, no candle, no lamp, no light at all and yet she is reading. How is that possible?
- A man is in his car. He sees three doors. A golden one, a diamond one and a silver one. Which door does he go through first?
- A man and his boss have the same parents, but are not siblings. How is this possible?
- A man is discovered dead sitting at his desk, alone in the locked office. He did not commit suicide and there was no weapons in the room. The only clue is a sealed envelope on the desk in front of hi…
- A prisoner is told 'If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you.' What can he say to save himself?
- A shimmering field that reaches far. Yet it has no tracks, And is crossed without paths.
- A tasty reward given to well behaved dogs and kids
- A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
- A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?
- A train was on its way to Florida and derailed. Where would they bury the survivors?
- A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is rarely cons…
- A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives tow…
- A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?
- A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on th…
- A man is lying drowned in a dead forest, far from water. How did this happen?
- A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon. A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the…
- At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen.
- A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The f…
- A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
- A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother. How could this be?
- A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
- A man was found dead out in a field of snow. The only tracks that were left was a set of footprints between two parallel lines. Who should the police be looking for?
- Be you ever so quick, with vision keen, by your eyes, we are never seen. Unless perchance it should come to pass, you see our reflection in a looking glass. What are we?
- A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven'…
- A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man'…
- A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
- A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking…
- At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep.
- An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
- A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel. Where is the best place for a claustrophobic person to sit?
- A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?
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