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Would you like to know some interesting facts about riddles? Take a peek below for some great ones that may just blow your mind:
The riddle is seen in many different forms of literature for thousands of years and continues to be reinvented in the most challenging ways.
One of the most famous riddles in history appears in the book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
In JK Rowling's 'The Goblet of Fire' in the Harry Potter series, Harry is forced to answer a complicated riddle about (spoiler alert) spiders.
The term riddle is said to have been coined by the math scholar Raymond Smullyan.
Teddy Roosevelt is said to have had a great love for an impossible riddle problem every once in a while.
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Who Owns The Fish?
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
Hint:
The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH.
The rest go like this-
1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill
2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends
3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls
4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince
5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The rest go like this-
1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill
2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends
3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls
4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince
5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Greater Than God More Evil Than The Devil
It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it youll die. What is it?
Hint:
Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing youll die. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1 Year Of Chickens
There are five hen and rooster pairs. Each pair has one baby every month.
How many chickens will there be in one year?
How many chickens will there be in one year?
Hint:
It is impossible to know because the chicken's babies could also have babies during this time.
Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Post Your Impossible Riddles Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Impossible Riddles of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. Why did the tomato blush? Because it saw the salad dreSSING.
2. How do you fix a broken candy heart? With a love doctor.
3. Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had too many problems.
4. Why was the math book sad? It had too many PROBLEMS.
5. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
6. Why was the computer cold? It left its Windows open.
7. Why was the belt arrested? For holding up the pants.
8. Why did the banana go to the doctor? Because it wasn't peeling well.
9. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
10. Why did the cookie go to the doctor? Because it was feeling crumbly.
11. Why won't the gyro compass eat? Because it's always N ordering, E N, W or S.
12. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
13. Why did the balloon go near the needle? He wanted to hear some pop music.
14. Why don't zombies eat ghosts? Because they have no body to chew on.
15. Why didn't the shrimp share his treasure? Because he was a little shellfish.
16. Why are eggs not good at basketball? They always break at the yolk of defense.
17. Why do golfers wear two pairs of pants? In case they get a hole in one.
18. Why are vampires so easy to fool? Because they're all suckers.
19. Why did the thief break into the bank vault? He had too much on his mind.
20. Why did the apple stop in the middle of the road? Because it ran out of juice.
21. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.
22. Why are ghosts bad liars? Because you can see right through them.
23. Why did the bicycle fall over? It was two-tired.
24. Why don't seagulls fly by the bay? Because then they would be bagels.
25. Why don't skeletons tell jokes? Because they have no funny bone.
26. Why do bees stay in the hive all winter? Because it's too chilly outside with no flowers to browse.
27. Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing.
28. Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall? To make up for his crappy summer.
29. Why was the snowman so happy? Because he loved making a splash in life.
30. Why did the duck get in trouble with the law? It had a fowl mouth.
31. Why won't the bicycle stand up by itself? Because it's too tired.
32. Why did the train love his job? Because he got to choo-choo all day.
33. Why did the scarecrow fall apart? He was all straw and no brain.
34. Why do melons make terrible lawyers? Because they can'taloupe.
35. Why don't aliens eat clowns? Because they taste funny.
36. Why did the frog call his insurance company? He just had a car-jump-knee.
37. Why did the books have a hard time getting along? They each had their own cover story.
38. Why did the chicken escape from the farm? He wanted to live in a coop-erative atmosphere.
39. Why did the chewing gum cross the road? It was stuck on the bottom of a shoe.
40. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
41. Why did the pirate get a parrot? For good measure.
42. Why did the wild goose chase his dreams? He wanted to goose-step into success.
43. Why did the Dalmatian punish his dog? He refused to answer because he had too many spots.
44. Why did the bear refuse to eat his food? He was only interested in honey buns.
45. Why did the owl get a book? He wanted to sharpen his swoop-swoop-swoop skills.
46. Why did the firework fail to go off? He had stage-fright.
47. Why did the grape go to the doctor? Because it was leaking all over itself.
48. Why did the moon take up jogging? To stay in orbit.
49. Why did the frog leave his car idling? He had to jump out quickly.
50. Why was the grape so happy when it got stepped on? It let out a little whine.
1. Why did the tomato blush? Because it saw the salad dreSSING.
2. How do you fix a broken candy heart? With a love doctor.
3. Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had too many problems.
4. Why was the math book sad? It had too many PROBLEMS.
5. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
6. Why was the computer cold? It left its Windows open.
7. Why was the belt arrested? For holding up the pants.
8. Why did the banana go to the doctor? Because it wasn't peeling well.
9. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
10. Why did the cookie go to the doctor? Because it was feeling crumbly.
11. Why won't the gyro compass eat? Because it's always N ordering, E N, W or S.
12. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
13. Why did the balloon go near the needle? He wanted to hear some pop music.
14. Why don't zombies eat ghosts? Because they have no body to chew on.
15. Why didn't the shrimp share his treasure? Because he was a little shellfish.
16. Why are eggs not good at basketball? They always break at the yolk of defense.
17. Why do golfers wear two pairs of pants? In case they get a hole in one.
18. Why are vampires so easy to fool? Because they're all suckers.
19. Why did the thief break into the bank vault? He had too much on his mind.
20. Why did the apple stop in the middle of the road? Because it ran out of juice.
21. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.
22. Why are ghosts bad liars? Because you can see right through them.
23. Why did the bicycle fall over? It was two-tired.
24. Why don't seagulls fly by the bay? Because then they would be bagels.
25. Why don't skeletons tell jokes? Because they have no funny bone.
26. Why do bees stay in the hive all winter? Because it's too chilly outside with no flowers to browse.
27. Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing.
28. Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall? To make up for his crappy summer.
29. Why was the snowman so happy? Because he loved making a splash in life.
30. Why did the duck get in trouble with the law? It had a fowl mouth.
31. Why won't the bicycle stand up by itself? Because it's too tired.
32. Why did the train love his job? Because he got to choo-choo all day.
33. Why did the scarecrow fall apart? He was all straw and no brain.
34. Why do melons make terrible lawyers? Because they can'taloupe.
35. Why don't aliens eat clowns? Because they taste funny.
36. Why did the frog call his insurance company? He just had a car-jump-knee.
37. Why did the books have a hard time getting along? They each had their own cover story.
38. Why did the chicken escape from the farm? He wanted to live in a coop-erative atmosphere.
39. Why did the chewing gum cross the road? It was stuck on the bottom of a shoe.
40. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
41. Why did the pirate get a parrot? For good measure.
42. Why did the wild goose chase his dreams? He wanted to goose-step into success.
43. Why did the Dalmatian punish his dog? He refused to answer because he had too many spots.
44. Why did the bear refuse to eat his food? He was only interested in honey buns.
45. Why did the owl get a book? He wanted to sharpen his swoop-swoop-swoop skills.
46. Why did the firework fail to go off? He had stage-fright.
47. Why did the grape go to the doctor? Because it was leaking all over itself.
48. Why did the moon take up jogging? To stay in orbit.
49. Why did the frog leave his car idling? He had to jump out quickly.
50. Why was the grape so happy when it got stepped on? It let out a little whine.