Top Rated Riddles of All Time
A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in port. The bottom rung of the ladder touches the water. The distance between rungs is 30cm, and the length of the ladder is 270cm.
If the tide is rising at a rate of 15cm per hour, how long will it be before the water reaches the top rung?
The man who makes it doesn’t use it; the man who buys it doesn’t need it; the man who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it?
Why can’t a man living in California be legally buried in New York (even if it’s left as an instruction in his will)?
Usain and Mo race one another over 100m. When Usain crosses the finish line, Mo is only at the 90m mark. They agree to have a second race, but to make it fairer, Usain will begin 10m behind the starting line. All things being equal, who would you expect to win the race?
A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then exclaims rather cryptically: “Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.”
Who is the man in the portrait?
There are three light switches outside a room. Inside is a single light bulb, controlled by one of the three switches. You need to determine which switch operates the bulb.
You can turn the switches on and off as many times as you wish (they are all off to begin with), but may only enter the room once. There is no one there to help you. The door to the room is closed, and there are no windows, so you cannot see inside. How can you discover which switch operates the bulb?
I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?
He has one and a person has two,
a citizen has three and a human being has four,
a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six.
What am I?
Take away my first letter and I remain the same.
Take away my last letter and I remain unchanged.
Remove all my letters and I’m still me.
What am I?