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Riddles and Answers © 2023

These types of questions are nothing new, and in fact similar types of riddles and brain teasers have likely been around since the time man first appeared on Earth. This is evident by the tricky riddles that are featured on some of the most ancient of artifacts and in some of the oldest scrolls/tablets known to man.
If you and your friends or family love to quiz each other with tough tricky questions, this is a great place to gather the riddles to ask.
These questions will though very difficult, aren't unmanageable. So make sure to give yourself some time to answer, and examine all of the clues given very carefully.
Man Born Before His Father Riddle
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?
Hint:
His father was in front of him when he was born, therefore he was born before him. His mother died while giving birth to him. Finally, he grew up to be a minister and married his sister at her ceremony. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Susan Is A Butcher Riddle
The owner of the butcher shop is five foot ten inches tall, has brown hair and wears size 11 1/2 shoes. He is married and has two children, one boy and one girl. What does he weigh?
Hint:
The answer is the meat!
The butcher weighs meat at his shop. The riddle is talking what the person weight at his shop and not the actual weight of the person and its not possible to tell from the riddle question.
The riddle tricks you to think about the actual weight of the person and as I told you its not possible to determined. This riddle is very popular and has many versions with the different names but the answer remines the same. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The butcher weighs meat at his shop. The riddle is talking what the person weight at his shop and not the actual weight of the person and its not possible to tell from the riddle question.
The riddle tricks you to think about the actual weight of the person and as I told you its not possible to determined. This riddle is very popular and has many versions with the different names but the answer remines the same. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
3 Men Enter A Room Riddle
Hint:
The third man is in a Wheel Chair. So he rolls out on Wheel Chair, instead of Walking out. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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What Happens Once In A Lifetime Riddle
Hint:
12 Apples Hanging High Riddle
Twelve apples hanging high, Eleven men came riding by, and Each got down to get one. How many apples are left?
Hint:
Two Zero And Two Four Riddle
Hint:
B) 2024
When you pronounce a number say, 3006, it is pronounced as three thousand six. But, it is not pronounced as three two zero and six. Because, it will result in 3206. It might be grammatically but mathematically wrong or vice versa.
The pronunciation does not say how many but what the number is at the particular position.
Hence, 2024 has two zero and two four. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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When you pronounce a number say, 3006, it is pronounced as three thousand six. But, it is not pronounced as three two zero and six. Because, it will result in 3206. It might be grammatically but mathematically wrong or vice versa.
The pronunciation does not say how many but what the number is at the particular position.
Hence, 2024 has two zero and two four. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Born In 1995 Riddle
Hint:
He was born in Hospital room '1995' but he died in the year of 1953. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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What Occurs Once In Every Minute Riddle
Hint:
Going To St. Ives
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
Hint:
One. As John McClane learns, this is a classic trick question. If the narrator meets the group on the way to St. Ives, then they must be going in the opposite direction and the math calculations are simply a bit of trickery meant to misdirect. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Genius Parking Puzzle
Hint: There are 2 possible answers
1. 87 - Look at the image upside down and you'll discover the parking spaces are in numerical order. 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91
2. None, because you can't park a 'card' Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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2. None, because you can't park a 'card' Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Eyes That Are Not Eyes
Hint:
How Can It Be True Riddle
How can it be? Half of nine is one plus three?
How can it be true? Half of eleven is 4 plus 2?
Now can you see? Half of 3 is also 3.
How can it be true? Half of eleven is 4 plus 2?
Now can you see? Half of 3 is also 3.
Hint:
Ancient Roman numerals. IX - "Cut" it in half and you get IV
XI- "Cut" it in half and you get VI
III- "Cut" it in half and you get also III
Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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XI- "Cut" it in half and you get VI
III- "Cut" it in half and you get also III
Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Castle Lighter Than Air
Hint:
A Man Who's Not A Man
There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock
How is this possible?
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock
How is this possible?
Hint:
A eunuch who did not see well saw a bat perched on a reed and threw a pumice stone at him which missed. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Going To The Gym Riddle
A 180lb man goes to the gym six days a week for 5 months. At the end of the 5 months, he still weighs 180lbs, how is that possible?
Hint:
Post Your Hard Trick Questions Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Hard Trick Questions of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. What has a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a back that doesn't bend?
Answer: A deck of cards
2. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Answer: Frostbite
3. What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?
Answer: A bottle
4. Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing
5. What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms, and legs but no feet?
Answer: A clock
6. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you won't have me. What am I?
Answer: A secret
7. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field
8. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age
9. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane as an old person)
10. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
11. What's black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal
12. If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Answer: Wet
13. What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats, and runs but never walks?
Answer: A river
14. What starts with an E but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
15. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove
16. What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
17. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: A fire
18. Why did the tomato throw a temper tantrum?
Answer: Because it saw the kettle boiling
19. What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters.
Answer: A question
20. What starts with an "E", ends with an "E", but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
21. What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle
22. What has a mouth but cannot eat, a bed but cannot sleep, and a bank but has no money?
Answer: A river
23. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite
24. What can you hold without touching it at all?
Answer: A conversation
25. Why don't scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything
26. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
27. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it wasn't peeling well
28. What has to be broken before it can be used?
Answer: An egg
29. What has a neck but no head, and wears a ring?
Answer: A bottle
30. What's full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge
31. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field
32. What has no beginning and no end but holds the universe together?
Answer: Space
33. What can go around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp
34. What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Answer: The future
35. Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing
36. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
37. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age
38. What gets wetter and wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel
39. Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems
40. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane as an old person)
41. What has a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a back that doesn't bend?
Answer: A deck of cards
42. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove
43. What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
44. What starts with an E but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
45. What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters.
Answer: A question
46. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: A fire
47. What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper
48. What has two hands, a face, and no arms?
Answer: A clock
49. What has a mouth but cannot eat, a bed but cannot sleep, and a bank but has no money?
Answer: A river
50. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence
1. What has a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a back that doesn't bend?
Answer: A deck of cards
2. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Answer: Frostbite
3. What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?
Answer: A bottle
4. Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing
5. What has a face but no eyes, hands but no arms, and legs but no feet?
Answer: A clock
6. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you won't have me. What am I?
Answer: A secret
7. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field
8. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age
9. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane as an old person)
10. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
11. What's black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal
12. If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Answer: Wet
13. What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats, and runs but never walks?
Answer: A river
14. What starts with an E but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
15. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove
16. What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
17. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: A fire
18. Why did the tomato throw a temper tantrum?
Answer: Because it saw the kettle boiling
19. What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters.
Answer: A question
20. What starts with an "E", ends with an "E", but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
21. What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle
22. What has a mouth but cannot eat, a bed but cannot sleep, and a bank but has no money?
Answer: A river
23. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite
24. What can you hold without touching it at all?
Answer: A conversation
25. Why don't scientists trust atoms?
Answer: Because they make up everything
26. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
27. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it wasn't peeling well
28. What has to be broken before it can be used?
Answer: An egg
29. What has a neck but no head, and wears a ring?
Answer: A bottle
30. What's full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge
31. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field
32. What has no beginning and no end but holds the universe together?
Answer: Space
33. What can go around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp
34. What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Answer: The future
35. Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing
36. What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
37. What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age
38. What gets wetter and wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel
39. Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems
40. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human (crawling as a baby, walking as an adult, and using a cane as an old person)
41. What has a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a back that doesn't bend?
Answer: A deck of cards
42. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove
43. What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
44. What starts with an E but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
45. What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters.
Answer: A question
46. I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: A fire
47. What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper
48. What has two hands, a face, and no arms?
Answer: A clock
49. What has a mouth but cannot eat, a bed but cannot sleep, and a bank but has no money?
Answer: A river
50. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence