Amusement Park Music Riddle
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The lady is a tight-rope walker and is doing the stunt blind-folded. When the music stops it means she is safely across and can step over to the platform, but someone turned off the music early, and she falls off the rope to her death. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Burning Island
You are in the center of on an island that is a kilometer long and half a kilometer wide. The vegetation is very dry from a long drought. Suddenly it catches fire at one end of the island, and a strong wind is blowing it towards you, burning the whole width of the island. There's no beach, only steep cliffs, and the sea is full of sharks. What can you do?
Hint:
Set fire to the other half of the island then walk behind the fire on to the burnt ground Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Bank Is Getting Robbed
A bank is getting robbed and one of the robbers tells one of the tellers to give him all of the money. The teller tells him she doesn't have access to it.
Suddenly the phone rings. The robber tells the teller to answer it and not give them away. She picks up the phone and it happens to be her mother. She tells her mother "Is this an emergency mom? Call me when I get home, I could use some help painting." Then she hangs up.
The robbers continue to try to get into the vault but twenty minutes later the police show up with the tellers mom and arrest them all.
How did the police know about the robbery?
Suddenly the phone rings. The robber tells the teller to answer it and not give them away. She picks up the phone and it happens to be her mother. She tells her mother "Is this an emergency mom? Call me when I get home, I could use some help painting." Then she hangs up.
The robbers continue to try to get into the vault but twenty minutes later the police show up with the tellers mom and arrest them all.
How did the police know about the robbery?
Hint:
The teller used the mute button on the phone so her mother only heard "Emergency... Call... Help." This is how she knew to call the police. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Black Socks Riddle
You wake up one morning and theres been a power outage. You know you have 12 black socks and 8 blue ones. How many socks do you need to pull out before youve got a match?
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2 Flakes Alike Riddle
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Unusual Gatsby Riddle
The paragraph below is very unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
Hint:
Letter "E" is the most commonly used letter in English language, yet in the whole passage, there is no "E" used. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Married Spiders Riddle
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The One Story House Riddle
A drunk man came home riding in his car at night. Got to his home walked up the stairs in his one story house and turned off the light and fell asleep. When he woke up the next day he looked out the only window in the house and he saw something that scared him to death.
What scared him to death and how can he walk up on stairs in a one story house?
What scared him to death and how can he walk up on stairs in a one story house?
Hint:
How he can walk up stairs in a one story house is that he lived in a lighthouse and when he turned the only light off in the lighthouse all the boats crashed on the shore and he saw a boat coming toward him Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Not A Gift Riddle
Im wrapped up but Im not a gift
Ive been preserved but Im not something youd eat
Im often associated with Egypt but Im not a pyramid
In movies I come back to life but Im not a zombie
What am I?
Ive been preserved but Im not something youd eat
Im often associated with Egypt but Im not a pyramid
In movies I come back to life but Im not a zombie
What am I?
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Paper Divider Riddle
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
Hint:
Tom's mother slid a newspaper under a door, each sibling standing on each side. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Three Philosophers Riddle
Three philosophers are taking a nap under a tree. While theyre asleep, a small boy smears their noses with red berries. When they awake, they each begin to laugh, thinking the other two are laughing at each other.
But then one philosopher stops laughing, realizing his nose is red too. How did he come to this conclusion?
But then one philosopher stops laughing, realizing his nose is red too. How did he come to this conclusion?
Hint:
Lets call the philosophers A, B and C. A reasoned that B was confident his nose wasnt red. If B saw As nose wasnt red, he would be surprised that C was laughing, because C would have nothing to laugh at. But B wasnt surprised, therefore, A correctly reasoned his nose was smeared. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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You Should Go Riddle
When youre going on a hike
This is the color of the grass that grows
Of a set of traffic lights
It means that you should go!
This is the color of the grass that grows
Of a set of traffic lights
It means that you should go!
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The Black White Red Riddle
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Little Airy Creatures
We are little airy Creatures,
All of diffrent Voice and Features,
One of us in Glass is set,
One of us youll find in Jet,
Tother you may see in Tin,
And the fourth a Box within,
If the fifth you should pursue
It can never fly from you.
What are we?
All of diffrent Voice and Features,
One of us in Glass is set,
One of us youll find in Jet,
Tother you may see in Tin,
And the fourth a Box within,
If the fifth you should pursue
It can never fly from you.
What are we?
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Bring Me To The Beach
You always bring me to the beach
So you dont have to lay on the sand
Then once youve been in the water
With drying you, I help lend a hand.
What could I be?
So you dont have to lay on the sand
Then once youve been in the water
With drying you, I help lend a hand.
What could I be?
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