Mind-Boggling Riddles We Solved In 2021

Riddle:

Two doors exist. One leads to the castle; the other brings certain death. You ask one question to one guard to choose the right door. One guard always lies; the other always tells the truth. How do you pick?

Answer:

Ask either guard which door the other guard claims leads out. Walk through the opposite door you were told to use to stay alive.

Riddle:

Twelve men stand on an island. Eleven weigh the same. One weighs slightly different. You use a seesaw three times. Find the odd man.

Answer:

Use the seesaw toweigh islandersWeigh 1-4 against 5-8. This gives three possible outcomes:

1-4 weigh the same as 5-8.

1-4 weigh heavier than 5-8.

1-4 weigh lighter than 5-8.

If 1-4 is heavier, one in 1-4 weighs more, or one in 5-8 weighs less. Also, men 9-12 weigh the standard weight; they are neither heavier nor lighter.

Weigh 1, 2, and 5 against 3, 6, and 9. If the scale tips the same way, either 1 or 2 is heavier, or 6 is lighter. Then weigh 1 against 2. The side that drops is heavier. If neither side drops, 6 is the lighter one.

If the second weighing tips the opposite way, either 3 is heavier or 5 is lighter. Weigh 5 against 12. If 5 goes up, 5 is lighter; if it stays level, 3 is heavier. If the second weighing balances, the first weighing told you either 4 was heavier or 7 or 8 was lighter. Now weigh 7 against 8. If one side goes up, it is heavier; if they balance, 4 is the heavier one.

Riddle:

How many sides does a circle have?

Answer:

Two, inside and outside.

Riddle:

Which president wears the largest hat?

Answer:

The one with the biggest head.

Riddle:

What does no man want, but no man wants to lose?

Answer:

A lawsuit.

Riddle:

What is always coming but never arrives?

Answer:

Tomorrow.

Riddle:

What is weightless, visible to the eye, and gets lighter in a barrel?

Answer:

A hole.

Riddle:

I have billions of eyes, but I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, but I rule two hemispheres. What am I?

Answer:

A human brain, which has billions of optic and auditory nerves, four lobes, and two hemispheres.

Riddle:

Which weighs more: all trains passing Grand Central Station in a day, or all trees cut down in a year to print US currency?

Answer:

They weigh the same—nothing. US currency does not come from paper made from trees, and trains use Grand Central Terminal, not station.

Riddle:

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Answer:

African or European?

Riddle:

Shades shift as I leave Earth and sky. My place is not on land; it is not up high. No one fears his exile like this, but I would make the world weep tears.

Answer:

A cloud.

Riddle:

Two coins total 15 cents. One coin is not a nickel. What are they?

Answer:

A dime and a nickel. One coin is not a nickel, but the other is.

Riddle:

A man hangs from the ceiling. The room ceiling is 15 feet high. The man stands 6 feet tall. The rope is only 4 feet long. There are no windows. One door bolts shut from inside. Water pools under the man. How did he kill himself?

Answer:

He stepped on ice. He hanged himself. The ice melted.

Riddle:

A hunter leaves his cabin. He walks 5 miles south, then 5 miles west. He shoots a bear. He walks 5 miles north and returns to his cabin. What color was the bear?

Answer:

White. It is a polar bear because he is at the North Pole.

Riddle:

I went to St. Ives. I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Every sack held seven cats. Every cat had seven kittens. Cats, sacks, wives, and kittens—how many went to St. Ives?

Answer:

Just one—the narrator.

Riddle:

Thirty white horses sit on a red hill. First, they charge. Then, they stamp. Then, they stop.

Answer:

Teeth.

Riddle:

A king of England translated the Bible. His reign included a US capital city.

Answer:

James Madison