Riddle Me This!
Do you consider yourself a master of riddles? See if you can figure out these brain tricking riddles!
- 1.
A young woman attends her mother's funeral. While there, she meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love. After the funeral she tries to find him, but she can't. Several days later she kills her sister. Why does she kill her sister?
- A.
It was her sister's husband.
- B.
She killed her sister in hopes that the man would be at the funeral
- C.
Her sister wouldn't tell her who the man was.
- D.
No reason.
Correct Answer
B. She killed her sister in hopes that the man would be at the funeral -
- 2.
How can you throw a ball 20 feet, and have it come back to you without hitting anything?
- A.
It's impossible.
- B.
Throw it straight up.
- C.
Throw it to another person.
- D.
Magic.
Correct Answer
B. Throw it straight up. -
- 3.
If you randomly choose one of the following answers to this question, what is your percent chance of getting it right?
- A.
50
- B.
25
- C.
0
- D.
100
Correct Answer
C. 0 -
- 4.
A man in prison has a visitor. Afterward a guard asks the inmate who the visitor was to him. The inmate replies: "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who was the visitor to the inmate?
- A.
His grandson.
- B.
His father.
- C.
His son.
- D.
His grandfather.
Correct Answer
C. His son. -
- 5.
If a white house is white and a yellow house is yellow, what color is a greenhouse?
- A.
Green
- B.
White
- C.
Clear
- D.
Yellow
Correct Answer
C. Clear -
- 6.
There are several books on a bookshelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?
- A.
10
- B.
9
- C.
13
- D.
15
Correct Answer
B. 9 -
- 7.
Jim has been hired to paint the numbers 1 through 100 on 100 apartments. How many times with he have to paint 8?
- A.
20
- B.
25
- C.
8
- D.
16
Correct Answer
A. 20 -
- 8.
I'm teary-eyed but never cry. Silver-tongued, but never lie. Double-winged, but never fly. Air-cooled, but never dry.Who am I?
- A.
Gold
- B.
Lead
- C.
Iron
- D.
Mercury
Correct Answer
D. Mercury -
- 9.
Bill put a coin in a bottle and put a cork on the bottle and later managed to get the coin out without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle. How did he do it?
- A.
He pushed the cork into the bottle.
- B.
A magnet.
- C.
A metal clothes hanger.
- D.
The bottle was already broken.
Correct Answer
A. He pushed the cork into the bottle. -
- 10.
You put me on a table and cut me, but you don't eat me. What am I?
- A.
Wood
- B.
A deck of cards.
- C.
Water
- D.
An old sandwich.
Correct Answer
B. A deck of cards. -
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