These riddles have standard questions, but not standard answers.
Test your wits and out-of-the-box thinking.
Please also send your answers.
1) The man was driving a big truck. The lights on the car were not turned on. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?
Answer: It was during the day
2) They claim that they do not glue, although they have not even tried to glue them.
Answer: Cases
3) On one island there is an apple tree with a boy, and on the other there is a hospital with a grandmother. Bridge between the islands. The boy needs to bring 2 apples to his grandmother, but the bridge can only support one boy and one apple. After the boy passes, the bridge will collapse. And there are sharks in the water. How can he move the apples?
Answer: The boy will juggle
4) Prison. There is a bypass river around the prison. 3 prisoners plan their escape at different times, without knowing about each other. The first convict escapes from prison, swims across the river, and is suddenly eaten by a shark. The 1st prisoner died. The 2nd escapes, swims across the river, suddenly the prison guards noticed him, quickly swam up on boats, stunned him, pulled him out by the hair and shot him while trying to escape. The 2nd prisoner also died. The 3rd prisoner escapes. Swims across the river, nothing stopped him, ran on and disappeared. The 3rd prisoner escaped. Question: where did I deceive you in three places? If you guess all three deceptions, I'll treat you to beer.
Answer: 1) There are no sharks in the river 2) The prisoners are bald 3) I won’t give you a treat
5) Marina dreamed of a chocolate bar, but she didn’t have 10 rubles to buy it. Vasya also dreamed of a chocolate bar, but he only needed 1 ruble. The children decided to buy at least one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. What is the cost of a chocolate bar?
Answer: Cost - 10 rubles (Marina has no money at all)
6) What in our life always increases and never decreases?
Answer: Age
7) How can you increase the number 666 by one and a half times without performing any arithmetic operations on it?
Answer: Write 666 on a piece of paper and turn it upside down
8) What word can be written from right to left, turned upside down, mirrored, and it will still remain unchanged?
Answer: It
9) What can you share only once?
Answer: Secret
10) How to pronounce “yes” as “no”?
Answer: Maybe
11) What cannot be held for even ten minutes, although it is lighter than a feather?
Answer: Breathing
12) Not a camel, but spitting. Not a calculator, but a counting one. Not a radio, but broadcasting.
Answer: Man
13) Soviet janitors had their brooms shortened and shortened. For what?
Answer: Soviet janitors liked to stand leaning on a broom.
14) There were five apples on the plate for five children. Each child took an apple. However, one apple remained on the plate. How is this possible?
Answer: Last child took the apple along with the plate
15) The mother-in-law really did not like her son-in-law and wanted to poison him. But the son-in-law was careful and always ate only what his mother-in-law ate. One day at dinner, the mother-in-law cut a piece of meat in half, ate one half herself, and gave the other half to her son-in-law. He died after that. How did this bitch manage to do this?
Answer: One side of the knife was smeared with poison.
16) Which is correct? Is five plus seven "eleven" or "eleven"?
Answer: Twelve
17) What does a person not want to do, but also does not want to lose it?
Answer: Work
18) One magician said that he could put a bottle in the center of the room and crawl into it. Like this?
Answer: In her - in the room
19) There are two coins on the table, in total they give 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What coins are these?
Answer: 2 rubles and 1 ruble. One is not 1 ruble, but the other is 1 ruble.
20) Today is not Sunday, and tomorrow is not Wednesday. Yesterday was not Friday, and the day before yesterday was not Monday. Tomorrow is not Sunday, and yesterday was not Sunday. The day after tomorrow is neither Saturday nor Sunday. Yesterday was neither Monday nor Wednesday. The day before yesterday was not Wednesday, and tomorrow is not Tuesday. Yes, and today is not Wednesday. What day of the week is it today, given that one statement on the list is false?
Answer: Today is SUNDAY
Trick riddles are riddles with a common question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and incorrect, but if you read the riddle more carefully and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Riddles with a trick, as a rule, are not without a sense of humor. Not only do they develop quick wit and out-of-the-box thinking, but they are also fun. Tell tricky riddles to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.
The same person always came to the football match. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the game starts the score is always 0:0
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More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Seconds (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
50234
What language is spoken silently?
Answer: Sign language
143665
Why is the stop valve on trains red and on airplanes blue?
Answer: Many will say: “I don’t know.” Experienced people will answer: “There are no stop valves on airplanes.” In fact, airplanes have a stop valve in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
33502
The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 kopecks
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
42033
One French writer really disliked the Eiffel Tower, but always dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain this?
Answer: This is the only place in all of vast Paris from where it is not visible
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
39537
What city did you hide in? male name and side of the world?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Yulia
45773
Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister reads a book, the second cooks food, the third plays chess, the fourth solves Sudoku, the fifth does laundry, the sixth takes care of plants. What does the seventh sister do?
Answer: Plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
45297
Why do they often walk, but rarely drive?
Answer: By stairs
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It goes uphill, then downhill, but stays in place.
Answer: Road
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Which word has 5 "e"s and no other vowels?
Answer: Migrant
Radaev Evgeniy, Petrozavodsk
41787
Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different banks
25 25, Vladivostok
31248
Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
19244
Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
26199
Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: In chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A.
36652
What table has no legs?
Answer: Dietary
Boyko Sasha, Volchikha
31021
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
34200
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
34950
What animal do people walk on and cars drive over?
Answer: Zebra
Tanya Kostryukova, Saransk
27260
Which word uses “no” 100 times?
Answer: Moans
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
32428
What's an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Ksenia Prokopieva, Moscow
28211
Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause turned out to be a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
Answer: The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
Katarina, Moscow
11161
Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. In the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address
Tusupova Aruzhan
19349
Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking home from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they talk?
Answer: On Sunday
Khrushka, Ololoshkino
14385
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, fires are put out by firefighters
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What route has no one ever walked or ridden before?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktyubinsk
23946
How many years are there in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maksim, Penza
29348
What kind of stopper can't stop any bottle?
Answer: Road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
24427
In what word is the drink and natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: Grapes
Anufrienko Dasha, Khabarovsk
23925
What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: Comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
21053
Without what can nothing ever happen?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
24730
Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember about rivers.
Answer: i-sto-k
Nazgulichka, Ufa
17173
What muscle is the strongest in the human body?
Answer: The common belief is language. In fact, it is the calf and masseter muscles.
Anonymous
18797
You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
Answer: Conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
22919
To what mere mortal does even the president take off his hat?
Answer: Hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
21603
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into cottage cheese
Anonymous
18813
Once upon a time there lived in a thicket an orphan girl, she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster who was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went to get food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. It goes further, through the forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, mom will die. You can't dig a tunnel. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
14629
They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: Nails
Babicheva Alena, Moscow
15557
How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter “y”, in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
21392
Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, and the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: u (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Little Daniel
15011
Guess the riddle: who has the heel behind the nose?
Answer: Shoes
Lina, Donetsk
18181
There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop 2 people got off and 3 people got on, at the next - 1 got off and 4 got on, at the next - 5 got off and 2 got on, at the next - 2 got off and 1 got on, at the next - 9 got off and no one got on, at the next - 2 more came out. Question: how many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, with a question about the number of stops, you will puzzle him.
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There lived a husband and wife. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom chest of drawers. They lived like this for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to come into this room. She took the key, opened the room, and turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone opening the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and locked the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. It's my husband who came. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: My husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
12366
A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a husband and brother-in-law were walking. How many people are there in total?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
15431
This name in full sounds like Danuta. What is it abbreviated as?
Answer: Dana
Hanukova Danuta, Bryansk
13416
A river that “fits” in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village
We offer 15 interesting riddle questions for adults and children, the answers to which may be unexpected.
You will find the answers to these questions below. Try to answer the questions yourself first.
1. Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
2. Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
3. Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. In the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
– Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
4. The jar is on the table. It stands so that one half of it is in the air and the other is on the table. What is in the jar if it falls in half an hour? And why?
5. A man went to sea and got into a storm. He was carried to an island where there were no men, and only girls lived. In the morning he woke up covered in ropes at some ritual and found out that they wanted to kill him. And he asked for the last word. After he told him, the girls made him a boat, gave him food, water and sent him home. What did he say?
6. A 1st grade student solves this riddle in 5 minutes, a high school student in 15 minutes, a student in 1 hour, a professor will never solve it. Riddle: decipher odtchpshsvdd
7. One train travels from Moscow to St. Petersburg with a delay of 10 minutes, and the other from St. Petersburg to Moscow with a delay of 20 minutes. Which of these trains will be closer to Moscow when they meet?
8. It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit one, which weighs less than the others. How can you identify a counterfeit coin in two weighings using a cup scale?
9. There are two cords, each of which burns for an hour, but burns unevenly. How can you measure 45 minutes using these two cords and matches?
10. Place 2 bricks on a smooth board - one flat and the other on an edge. The bricks weigh the same. Which brick will slide off first if you tilt the board?
11. Cat – 3 Horse – 5 Rooster – 8 Donkey – 2 Cuckoo – 4 Frog – 3 Dog -?
12. Three criminals met: the bugbear Belov, the burglar Chernov and the pickpocket Ryzhov. “The amazing thing is that one of us has black hair, the second one has white hair, and the third one has red hair, but none of us have the same hair color as the last name,” said the black-haired man. “It’s true...” said the bugbear Belov. What color is the pickpocket's hair?
13. You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall are three light bulbs that are turned off. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb belongs to which switch.
14. There is a concrete wall 3 meters high, 20 meters long and weighing 3 tons. How to knock her down without any aids or tools?
15. A father and two sons went on a hike. On their way they met a river, near the bank of which there was a raft. It can support either a father or two sons on the water. How can father and sons cross to the other side?
Answers to 15 questions
1. They were on different banks.
2. In chess.
3. Because Holmes didn't tell him the address.
4. Ice
5. Let the ugliest one kill me.
6. 1,2,3,4…
7. At the time of the meeting they will be at the same distance from Moscow.
8.1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. Fake coin in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile.
2nd weigh-in: From the pile with lightest weight 1 and 1 coin are compared. If they are equal, then the remaining coin is fake.
9. You need to light the first cord at both ends at the same time - this is 30 minutes. Simultaneously with the first cord, we light the second cord from one end, and when the first cord burns out in 30 minutes, we light the second cord from the other end - we get the remaining 15 minutes.
10. The bricks will start sliding at the same time. Both bricks press on the board with the same force, which means that the frictional forces that they have to overcome are also the same. The specific friction forces per each square centimeter of contact area between the bricks and the board are naturally not equal. But the total frictional forces acting on the bricks, equal to the product of the specific frictional force and the contact surface area, will be the same.
11. Cat - meow (3), Horse - ee-go-go (5), Rooster - ku-ka-re-ku (8), Donkey - ee-a (2),..., Dog - woof (3)
12. Belov is not white because of his last name and not black, since he answered the black-haired one. That is, Belov is red. Chernov is not black because of his last name and not red, since our bugbear Belov is red. Ryzhov's pickpocket remained black.
13. Turn on two switches. After some time, turn one off. Enter the room. One light bulb will be lit from the switch on, the second hot - from the switch on and off, the third - cold, from the untouched
14. The thickness of such a wall will be no more than two centimeters, which allows you to push it with your hand
15. First, both sons cross. One of the sons returns back to his father. The father moves to the opposite bank to join his son. The father remains on the shore, and the son is transported to the original shore after his brother, after which they both are transported to their father.
It looks like a wedge, but if you turn it around, it’s a damn thing.
(Umbrella)
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Five closets, one door.
(Gloves)
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A farmer had a flock of eight sheep: three white, four black, one brown.
How many sheep can answer that there is at least one sheep in the flock of the same color as hers?
(None, sheep don't talk)
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He has no tongue, but he will tell the truth.
(Mirror)
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I have neither fire nor heat, but I set everything on fire.
(Lightning)
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Themselves are on horseback, and their legs are behind the ears.
(Glasses)
What sign should be placed between the numbers 5 and 4 so that the answer is less than 5 but greater than 4?
(You need to put a comma)
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What can't a person live without?
(No name)
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It's not a bird, but it flies.
(Bat)
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What can't you hold in your hands?
(Water)
* * *
It is not found in the forest,
She's alone in the river
Doesn't fit in the shed
And there are 2 of them in the wallet!
(Letter K)
* * *
How to jump from a ten-meter ladder without getting injured?
(If you jump off the bottom step)
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He doesn’t know grief, but she sheds tears.
(Cloud)
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You walk and walk, but you can’t find the end.
(Earth)
* * *
What in the world is not:
no measure, no weight, no price?
(Fire)
* * *
The blue tent covered the whole world.
(Sky)
* * *
Without a head, but with horns.
(Month)
* * *
What flies without wings and burns without fire?
(Sun)
* * *
The gray-haired grandfather at the gate covered everyone's eyes.
(Fog)
* * *
It is not a bird that flies, it is not a beast that howls.
(Wind)
* * *
Where can you neither walk nor drive?
(Swamp)
* * *
Not a bird, but flying, with a trunk, not an elephant,
(Fly)
* * *
How is a horse different from a needle?
(First you sit on a needle, then you jump,
to get on a horse: first you jump, then you sit down)
* * *
There is a tongue, but it does not speak,
It has wings, but it doesn't fly.
(Fish)
* * *
In winter it stretches out, and in summer it curls up.
(Scarf)
* * *
Peas scattered on seventy roads,
No one will pick him up:
Neither the king, nor the queen, nor the red maiden,
(hail)
* * *
The baron has it, but the emperor does not.
Bogdan is in front, and Zurab is behind.
The grandmother has two, but the girl has none.
What is it about?
(About the letter "B")
* * *
Shakes his wet beard over a dry furrow.
(Watering can)
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Yesterday it was, today it is and tomorrow it will be.
(Time)
* * *
How do day and night end?
(Soft sign)
* * *
What goes from city to city, but does not move?
(Road)
* * *
It's not fire, it burns.
(Freezing)
* * *
White carrots grow in winter.
(Icicle)
* * *
What disease do you not get on land?
(Nautical)
* * *
What comes first in Russia and second in France?
(Letter "P")
* * *
Two nails fell into the water. What is the Georgian's last name?
(Rusted)
* * *
(Secret)
* * *
Ducks were flying: one in front and two behind,
One behind and two ahead,
One between two.
How many were there in total?
(Three)
* * *
From birth, everyone is dumb and crooked.
They will stand in a row and start talking!
(Letters)
* * *
We saw it and were glad
But we still look away.
(Sun)
* * *
They have teeth, but don't bite.
(Rake)
* * *
One day, a collector of old money saw a coin in an antique store with the date on it: 175 BC. The Roman coin was damaged, but was of great value. However, its cost was not high. The collector didn't buy it. Why?
(The collector realized that it was a fake.
The master who made the coin did not know that he “lives BC”)
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Lying on his back - no one needs him.
Lean it against the wall - it will come in handy.
(Ladder)
* * *
Which female name ends with b sign?
(Love)
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You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
(Talk)
* * *
What stands among the Volga?
(Letter L)
* * *
They say it here, but you can hear it in Moscow. What is this?
(Telephone)
* * *
No intelligence, but more cunning than the beast.
(Trap)
Vova and Sasha were playing in the attic. Vova’s face was stained with soot, but Sasha’s remained clean.
When the guys came down, they looked at each other in the light of day, but it wasn’t Vova who went to wash,
and Sasha. Why?
(Sasha looked at Vova and decided that he, too, had gotten dirty and went to wash himself.
And Vova didn’t even think that he could be grimy)
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You are in an airplane seat, a car is driving in front, a horse is galloping behind.
Where are you?
(On the carousel)
* * *
There are roads - you can’t drive through,
There is land - you can’t plow,
There are meadows - you can’t mow them,
There is no water in rivers, seas, oceans.
(Geographic map)
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The more there are, the less weight. What is this?
(Holes)
* * *
If you have the acumen,
Then answer the question:-
Who has a heel behind his nose,
Or is there a nose in front of the heel? ...
(At the shoes)
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Everyone tramples on me, and that only makes me better.
(Path)
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Imagine that you are running a marathon.
You managed to overtake the second athlete.
Where did you find yourself?
(If you overtook the second one, it means you took his place, and,
therefore, run second, not first)
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What is impossible to hold, although it is lighter than a feather?
(Breath)
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What can only be taken in the left hand, but never in the right?
(Elbow right hand)
Riddle 1
You are the pilot of an airplane flying from London to Berlin with two transfers in Paris. Question: what is the pilot's last name?
Your last name (at the beginning of the riddle “are you flying...”)
Riddle 2
You enter a dark room. The room has a gas stove, a kerosene lamp and a candle. You have a box with 1 match in your pocket. Question: what will you light first?
Riddle 3
A businessman bought a horse for $10, sold it for $20. Then he bought the same horse for $30, and sold it for $40. Question: what is the total profit of the businessman from these two transactions?
Riddle 4
There is a hare in the forest. Rain is coming. Question: under which tree will the hare hide?
Under the wet
Riddle 5
Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?
Human. In infancy on all fours, then on two, then with a stick
Riddle 6
It was raining heavily. A bus was driving along the road. All the people on the bus were asleep, only the driver was awake. Question: What was the driver's name and what was the license plate number of the bus?
Because of the rain, the bus number cannot be seen, and the driver Tolya (only - Tolya)
Riddle 7
2 people go to meet each other. Both are exactly the same. Question: which of them will say hello first?
More polite
Riddle 8
The dwarf lives on the 38th floor. Every morning he gets into the elevator, gets to the 1st floor and goes to work.
In the evening, he enters the entrance, gets into the elevator, reaches the 24th floor, and then walks to his apartment.
Question: why does he do this?
Can't reach the right elevator button because he's a dwarf
Riddle 9
Dog-3, cat-3, donkey-2, fish-0. What does a cockerel equal? And why?
Cockerel-8 (kuka-re-ku!), dog-3 (woof), cat-3 (meow), donkey-2 (ya), fish-0 (does not make sounds)
Riddle 10
The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. On which floor in this building is the elevator call button pressed most often?
On the ground floor, regardless of the distribution of residents by floor.
Riddle 11
The peasant needs to move a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across the river. The boat is so small that besides the peasant, only one more (passenger) can fit in it. But if you leave a wolf with a goat, then the wolf will eat it; if you leave a goat with cabbage, then the cabbage will be eaten. What should a peasant do?
The crossing must begin with the transportation of a goat. Then the peasant returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other bank and leaves it there, but takes the goat back to the first bank. Here he leaves him and transports the cabbage to the wolf. And then, when he returns, he transports the goat.
Riddle 12
Exam at a military school. The student takes a ticket and goes to get ready. The teacher smoked a cigarette and occasionally tapped his pencil on the table. A minute later he approaches the teacher. Without asking anything, he puts a 5. The happy student leaves. Clarify the situation.
The teacher wrote on the table with a pencil in Morse code: “Whoever needs an A, come here, I’ll give it to you.” Only one student was military-like vigilant and paid attention to the teacher’s encryption. For this he received 5.
Riddle 13
What lifts you up and brings you down, while constantly being in the same place?
Escalator
Riddle 14
A barrel of water weighs 50 kilograms, what needs to be added to make it weigh 15 kilograms?
Riddle 15
What kind of stones do you think are not in the river?
Riddle 16
Which hand do you think is best for stirring coffee with cream and sugar?
The hand that holds the spoon.
Riddle 17
Tell me, what can you hold without touching it with your hands?
Your breath
Riddle 18
The man got caught in the rain and had nowhere and nothing to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?
He was bald
Riddle 19
What word always sounds wrong?
The word "wrong"
Riddle 20
Two horns - not a bull, six legs without hooves, when it flies - it howls, when it sits - it digs the ground.
Riddle 21
A metal can was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the can hung from the table. After some time, the can fell. What was in the jar?
Piece of ice
Riddle 22
Imagine that you are a pilot. Your plane flies from London to New York for seven hours. Airplane speed is 800 km/h. How old is the pilot?
As much as you, because you are a pilot
Riddle 23
An electric train goes with the wind. Where does the smoke go?
The electric train has no smoke
Riddle 24
Why don't polar bears eat penguins?
Bears live at the North Pole, and penguins live at the South Pole.
Riddle 25
When a chicken stands on one leg, it weighs 2 kg. How much will she weigh if she stands on two legs?
Riddle 26
One egg is boiled for 3 minutes. How long will it take to cook 2 eggs?
Riddle 27
When is the sky lower than the earth?
When you look into the water
Riddle 28
What can't go into even the biggest pot?
Its cover
Riddle 29
What are the last teeth a person develops?
Artificial
Riddle 30
Why doesn't the cuckoo make nests?
Because he lives in the clock
Riddle 31. Series of 4 riddles
How to put a giraffe in the refrigerator in 3 steps? The size of the refrigerator is huge
Open the door, put the giraffe in, close the door.
How to put an elephant in a refrigerator in 4 steps?
Open the door, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, close the door.
The lion called all the animals to a meeting. All showed up except one. What kind of animal is this?
The elephant, because it's in the refrigerator.
You need to swim across a wide river that is infested with crocodiles. How can I do that?
