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Classic Riddles

Classic riddles are puzzling questions that have baffled different audiences for years. Many of these only require a simple amount of logic to solve, while others still don't have definitive answers after hundreds of years and are much more complex.

The subject matter of these riddles will vary significantly because of the wide range of topics that people are privy to enjoy. Classic riddles are everywhere around us. In new media like movies, on our television screens, and in our literature. So, in this section you will find classic math riddles, classic riddles in books and many more!

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I Met A Man On My Way Riddle

I met a man on my way to St. Ives On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

I met a man on my way to St. Ives On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

Hint:

Only one is going to St. Ives...the narrator! All of the others are coming from St. Ives. The trick is that the listener assumes that all of the others must be totaled up, forgetting that only the narrator is said to be going to St. Ives. If everyone mentioned in the riddle were bound for St. Ives, then the number would be 2,802: the narrator, the man and his seven wives, forty-nine sacks, three hundred forty-three cats, and twenty-four hundred and one kits.

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Riddles To Solve

Solved: 71%

Fox Goose Beans Riddle

Once upon a time a farmer went to a market and purchased a fox, a goose, and a bag of beans. On his way home, the farmer came to the bank of a river and rented a boat. But in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single one of his purchases: the fox, the goose, or the bag of beans. If left unattended together, the fox would eat the goose, or the goose would eat the beans. The farmer's challenge was to carry himself and his purchases to the far bank of the river, leaving each purchase intact. How did he do it?

Once upon a time a farmer went to a market and purchased a fox, a goose, and a bag of beans. On his way home, the farmer came to the bank of a river and rented a boat. But in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single one of his purchases: the fox, the goose, or the bag of beans. If left unattended together, the fox would eat the goose, or the goose would eat the beans. The farmer's challenge was to carry himself and his purchases to the far bank of the river, leaving each purchase intact. How did he do it?

Hint:

The first step must be to take the goose across the river, as any other will result in the goose or the beans being eaten. When the farmer returns to the original side, he has the choice of taking either the fox or the beans across next. If he takes the fox across, he would have to return to get the beans, resulting in the fox eating the goose. If he takes the beans across second, he will need to return to get the fox, resulting in the beans being eaten by the goose. The dilemma is solved by taking the fox (or the beans) over and bringing the goose back. Now he can take the beans (or the fox) over, and finally return to fetch the goose. His actions in the solution are summarized in the following steps: Take the Goose over Return Take the beans over Return with the goose Take the fox over Return Take goose over Thus there are seven crossings, four forward and three back.

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Long Riddles Hard Brain Teasers

Solved: 71%

Cracked Made Told And Played Riddle

I can be cracked made told and played. What Am I?

Hint:

A Joke

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Amazon Festive Riddles

Solved: 58%

Faster Than Any Man Alive

I have an eye but cannot see.
Im faster than any man alive and have no limbs.

What am I?

Hint:

A tornado or a hurricane. The calm area in the middle of such a storm is called the eye and wind speeds can reach up to 300 mph in an extreme tornado. Neither one have any arms or legs, but that doesnt stop them from moving, does it?

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What Am I Riddles

Solved: 71%

Eyes That Cant See

What Has eyes but can't see?

Hint:

A potato

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Solved: 58%

Duck Gets Up Riddle

What time does a duck get up?

Hint:

At the quack of dawn

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Solved: 62%

Cheese That Doesn't Belong To You

What do you call cheese that doesn't belong to you?

Hint:

Nacho cheese

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Solved: 68%

The Angry Road Riddle

When does the road get angry?

Hint:

When someone crosses it

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Riddle Of The Day

Solved: 38%

Never Asks Questions Riddle

What never asks questions but is always answered. What am I?

What never asks questions but is always answered. What am I?

Hint:

A doorbell

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What Am I Riddles

Solved: 59%

The More You Take Away Riddle

What is it the more you take away the larger it becomes?

What is it the more you take away the larger it becomes?

Hint:

A hole

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Solved: 70%

The Most Stories

Which building has the most stories?

Which building has the most stories?

Hint:

The library

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Solved: 78%

Going To Disneyland

Two blondes were going to Disneyland and came to a fork in the road. One way said highway 93 right and the other said Disneyland left.

Why did the blondes go home?

Hint:

Because they thought that Disneyland actually left.

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Solved: 73%

Deer With No Eye

What do you call a deer with no eye?

What do you call a deer with no eye?

Hint:

I have no idea (no eye deer).

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Solved: 65%

You Cant See Me

Open me, and you can't see me without a mirror. Close me and you can't see me at all.

What am I?

Hint:

Eyes.

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Solved: 69%

On The Deck Of A Ship

Imagine you are on the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean and a lady walks by you, stops, and pushes you overboard. SPLASH! By the time you realized where you were, the ship was out of sight. You struggle to keep your head above water, but when you look around you see a shark coming straight towards you. What do you do?

Hint:

Stop imagining!

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Solved: 64%

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