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Our goal is to challenge your wit and give a little brain teaser.
Here you will find some of the best riddles and puzzles on the Internet from simple logic questions and word tricks to in-depth math problems like probability and geometry.
What am I?
I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep, for mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think critically and...
What are the people taking?
A steady stream of people enter Mike’s place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. Mike allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type...
In how many minutes?
You have accidentally left out the plug and are attempting to fill the bath with both 2 taps full on. The hot tap takes 6 minutes to fill the bath, the cold tap takes 4 minutes, and the water empties through the plug hole in 12 minutes. In how many minutes will the...
What?
What does man love more than lifeFear more than death or mortal strifeWhat the poor have, the rich require,and what contented men desire,What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves And all men carry to their graves?Nothing.more...
Two teasers about the sea…
1. A man’s body is found 1,000 feet below sea level, yet the cause of his death is not drowning. How and where did this man die?1. The man died of heat exhaustion in Death Valley.2. A scuba diver is 1,000 feet below the surface when the oxygen in her tank runs...
How old is clever little Sally?
Sally didn't like to tell her age, so when she was asked, her mother answered for her. Her mother said, "I'm just seven times as old as she is now. In twenty years, she'll be just half the age that I will be then."How old is clever little Sally?She is...
How did the man win the bet?
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter...
How much?
Grandpa was feeling generous, so he gave a total of $100 to his five grandchildren. Starting with the youngest, each got $2.00 more than the next younger one. In other words, the youngest got one sum, the next got $2.00 more, and so on. How much did the youngest...
What is the law?
You're in a place called Bobby's world and there is only one Law. There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or exit. What is the law?Everyting in Bobbys...