Top Rated Riddles of All Time
You see a boat filled with people. You look again, but this time you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
Hint: The boat has not sunk
A man leaves home. He goes a little ways and turns a corner. He goes a while and turns another corner. Soon, he turns one more corner. As he's returning home, he sees two masked men. Who are they?
There are two doors and there is one guard for each door. One door leads to life and the other leads to death. You have only one question to ask and you can only ask one guard. One of the guards always tells the truth and the other always lies. What question would you ask to find out which door is the door to life?
An old lady forgets her drivers licence at home. She travels down a one way street the wrong way. She does not stop at stop signs, or stop for people crossing the road. A cop is watching her do this and he does not give her a ticket. Why didn't he give her a ticket?
A man is in an area where blue-backed frogs are quite common.
He finds one and it then begins to rain quite hard, to which he becomes quite stressed.
The rain becomes more and more ferocious and the man has to leave, quite disappointed.
Who is the man, and what is going on?
(Hint: blue-backed frogs are now extinct)
You want to hire a temporary employee for one month. You offer him reasonable wages, but the employee suggests an alternative. For the first day of work, he will be paid a penny. For the second day, two pennies. For the third day, four pennies. The salary for each subsequent day will be double the previous day's, until the one month term is over. Ignoring the legalities of such a situation, would it be a good idea to accept the potential employee's proposal?
My sister has two children. I had two children. My brother has two children. My cousin has two children. Wow, that's a lot of children! How many children are there in all?
A doctor in Boston has a brother in New York who is also a doctor, but the doctor in New York does not have a brother in Boston, what is their relationship.
Bobby likes Jimmy but not Joe,
apples but not pears,
jeeps but not vans,
shinny but not hockey,
tennis but not squash.
Who will he like, Sara or Sally?
A six foot tall magician holds a water glass atop his head,
He brings it forward then let's it fall to the ground,
When it hits the ground, there is not a spot of water spilled,
How can this be?
At your wedding, you are introduced to your new partner's mother's only sister's husband's sister in law.
What do you call this woman?