Riddle: I am a five-letter word.
Remove my first
letter, and I am the same. Remove my last letter, and
I am still the same. Remove my middle letter, and I
am still the same. What am I?
Answer: Empty. (Remove “E” → mpty. Remove “Y” →
empt. Remove “P” → emt.)
Riddle: Two people are playing chess. They each win
the same number of games, and there are no ties.
How is this possible?
Answer: They are playing different opponents
Riddle: There are two rooms. One contains two
switches, and the other contains a single light bulb
and one switch. You can only enter the light bulb room
once. How do you determine which switch turns on
the light bulb?
Answer:
• Turn on one switch and leave it on for a few
minutes, then turn it off.
• Immediately turn on the second switch.
• Enter the light bulb room:
• If the bulb is lit, it’s controlled by the second
switch.
• If the bulb is warm but off, it’s controlled by the
first switch.
• If the bulb is cold, it’s controlled by the third
switch.
Riddle: A man wants to cross a bridge. It’s guarded
by a security officer who only lets people cross if they
tell the truth. If they lie, they are thrown into the river.
The man tells the guard something, and the guard lets
him cross. What did the man say?
Answer: “You will throw me into the river.”
• If the guard throws him into the river for lying,
the statement then becomes true, which allows him to
pass.
Riddle: I am always running, but I never move. I
have a bed, but I never sleep. What am I?
Answer: A river.
Riddle: What has keys but no locks, space but no
room, and you can enter but not go outside?
Answer: A keyboard.
Riddle: You walk into a pitch-black room with a
match. Inside, there’s an oil lamp, a candle, and a
fireplace. What do you light first?
Answer: The match.
Riddle: A farmer has to transport a fox, a chicken,
and a sack of grain across a river. The boat can only
carry the farmer and one item at a time. If left alone
together, the fox will eat the chicken, and the chicken
will eat the grain. How does he do it?
Answer:
• Take the chicken across.
• Go back and take the fox.
• Bring the chicken back.
• Take the grain across.
• Go back and bring the chicken.
Riddle: You are presented with three boxes. One
contains gold, the others are empty. A note is placed
on each box,
• Box 1: The gold is not in Box 2.
• Box 2: The gold is not in here.
• Box 3: The gold is in Box 2.
Only one statement is true. Which box contains the
gold?
Answer: Box 1 contains the gold
Riddle: A man drops a coin into a bottle and seals it
with a cork. Without breaking the bottle or removing
the cork, how does he get the coin out?
Answer: Push the cork into the bottle