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The Age Puzzle

A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?

Riddle #1: Missing Nine

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

Riddle #2: The Letter Box

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

Riddle #3: The Number Problem

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is six more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?

Riddle #4: The Color Riddle

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Riddle #5: The Bridge Battle

You have a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. You need to cross a river in a small boat that can only hold you and one other item. If left alone, the fox will eat the chicken, and the chicken will eat the grain. How do you get all three across safely?

Riddle #6: The Blind Man

A blind man walked into a restaurant and ordered a meal. When he was done, he asked for the bill, looked at it, and left a tip. How did he read the bill?

Riddle #7: The Dinner Table Riddle

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

Riddle #8: The Painter’s Dilemma

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Riddle #9: The Visible Riddle

What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can't see at the beginning or end of either month?

Riddle #10: The Philosopher’s Puzzle

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?

Riddle #11: The Thirsty Question

What gets broken without being held?

Riddle #12: The Road Riddle

What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but can't go in?

Riddle #13: The Simple Math

If you divide 30 by half and add 10, what do you get?

Riddle #14: The Rainy Friend

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?

Riddle #15: The Matching Problem

I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Riddle #16: The Unstoppable Force

What moves faster: heat or cold?

Riddle #17: The Paradoxical Container

What can be broken, but is never held?

Riddle #18: The Counting Puzzle

How many months have 28 days?

Riddle #19: The Neighbor’s Dilemma

What building has the most stories?

Riddle #20: The Walking Man

A man was walking in the rain. He didn't have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Riddle #21: Always Running

I run all day but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but never sleep. I have a head but never weep. What am I?

Riddle #22: The Name Riddle

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

Riddle #23: The Age Puzzle

A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old are they now?

Riddle #24: The Sword in the Stone

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Riddle #25: The Basketball Dilemma

A basketball player scores 18 points in a game. All of his shots were either 2-pointers or 3-pointers. He scored exactly twice as many 2-pointers as 3-pointers. How many 2-pointers did he score?

Riddle #26: The Broken Clock

A broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, but a clock that is 5 minutes fast never shows the correct time. Why?

Riddle #27: The Fence Riddle

A boy fell off a 30-foot ladder but didn't get hurt. How is this possible?

Riddle #28: The Lake Crossing Puzzle

There are 3 missionaries and 3 cannibals who need to cross a river. The boat can only hold 2 people at a time. If the cannibals ever outnumber the missionaries on either side of the river, the missionaries will be eaten. How can they all cross safely?

Riddle #29: The Traveler’s Dilemma

What can go up and down stairs without moving?

Riddle #30: The Meeting Time

Two trains started simultaneously from stations A and B and proceeded towards each other. They met at a place 120 km away from station A. After meeting, they took 9 hours and 16 hours respectively to reach their destinations. What is the distance between stations A and B?

The father is 40 years old, and the son is 10 years old.

The Odd One Out

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

Riddle #1: The Rainy Day

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

Riddle #2: The Heavy Word

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Riddle #3: The Forest Problem

What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

Riddle #4: The Stair Puzzle

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?

Riddle #5: The Pointed Question

What's full of holes but still holds water?

Riddle #6: The Broken Clock

A broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, but a clock that is 5 minutes fast never shows the correct time. Why?

Riddle #7: The Color Mystery

It's red, blue, purple and green. No one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

Riddle #8: The Weightless Mystery

What is always coming but never arrives?

Riddle #9: The Weighing Puzzle

You have 9 identical looking balls but one weighs slightly more than the others. Using a balance scale, what's the minimum number of weighings to find the heavier ball?

Riddle #10: The Road Riddle

What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but can't go in?

Riddle #11: The Thought Experiment

What has a head and a tail but no body?

Riddle #12: The Impossible Escape

You are trapped in a room with three doors. One leads to a room of blazing fire, one to a room with assassins with loaded guns, and the third to a room with lions that haven't eaten in three years. Which door do you open?

Riddle #13: The Round Problem

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Riddle #14: The Long Word

What starts with 'e', ends with 'e', and contains only one letter?

Riddle #15: The Visible Riddle

What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can't see at the beginning or end of either month?

Riddle #16: The Nail and Hair Riddle

What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks?

Riddle #17: The Calendar Problem

What can go up and never come down?

Riddle #18: The Prisoner’s Hat Puzzle

Three prisoners are lined up single file, all facing forward. A wall separates the first prisoner from the other two. They are told that they will have either a black or a white hat placed on their head. Each prisoner can see the hats of the people in front of them, but not their own hat or the hats behind them. The third prisoner (at the back) can see the hats of the two people in front. The second person can see only the hat of the first person. The first person can't see any hats. They are asked to identify the color of their own hat. If they guess wrong, they will be executed. If they refuse to guess, they will be imprisoned for life. How can they maximize the number of people who correctly identify their hat color?

Riddle #19: The Unique Word

What 8-letter word has one letter in it?

Riddle #20: The Meeting Time

Two trains started simultaneously from stations A and B and proceeded towards each other. They met at a place 120 km away from station A. After meeting, they took 9 hours and 16 hours respectively to reach their destinations. What is the distance between stations A and B?

Riddle #21: The Wet Problem

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

Riddle #22: The Brick Problem

A brick weighs 3 pounds plus half its weight. How much does the brick weigh?

Riddle #23: The Growing Mystery

What has a neck but no head?

Riddle #24: The Whisper Riddle

What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?

Riddle #25: The Dark Room Puzzle

You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

Riddle #26: The Mathematical Mystery

If you multiply me by any number, the sum of the digits in the result will always be 9. What number am I?

Riddle #27: The Dinner Table Riddle

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

Riddle #28: The Calendar Riddle

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Riddle #29: The Mathematical Puzzle

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

Riddle #30: Tricky Windows

I have cities without houses, forests without trees, and rivers without water. What am I?

A map

The Magic Word

What 8-letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

Riddle #1: The Fast Problem

David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ____?

Riddle #2: The Four Brothers

Four brothers run around the world, but never meet each other. Who are they?

Riddle #3: The Loud Riddle

What is louder than a dinosaur snoring?

Riddle #4: The Family Question

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photograph?

Riddle #5: The Deadly Riddle

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

Riddle #6: The Sphinx’s Riddle

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

Riddle #7: The One-Time Visitor

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?

Riddle #8: Broken Promise

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

Riddle #9: The Letter Game

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and still be the same word?

Riddle #10: The Fence Riddle

A boy fell off a 30-foot ladder but didn't get hurt. How is this possible?

Riddle #11: The Night Problem

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

Riddle #12: The Calendar Problem

What can go up and never come down?

Riddle #13: The Visible Riddle

What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can't see at the beginning or end of either month?

Riddle #14: The Drinking Question

What has a neck but no head?

Riddle #15: The Color Riddle

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Riddle #16: The Quiet Answer

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Riddle #17: The Speaking Puzzle

What can't be used until it's broken?

Riddle #18: The Money Problem

A man buys a horse for $60, sells it for $70, buys it back for $80, and finally sells it for $90. How much profit did he make?

Riddle #19: The Matching Problem

I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Riddle #20: Light Paradox

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

Riddle #21: The Linguistic Puzzle

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Riddle #22: The Broken Clock

A broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, but a clock that is 5 minutes fast never shows the correct time. Why?

Riddle #23: The Ancient Conundrum

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?

Riddle #24: The Playing Card Riddle

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?

Riddle #25: The Ball Mystery

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

Riddle #26: The Valley Problem

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

Riddle #27: The Round Problem

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Riddle #28: The Seven Problem

Seven men have seven wives. Each wife has seven sacks. Each sack has seven cats. Each cat has seven kittens. How many legs are there in all?

Riddle #29: The Clock Hands Riddle

How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?

Riddle #30: The Light Bulb Puzzle

In a house there are 3 light switches, all in the off position. Each controls one of 3 light bulbs in a room upstairs. You can flip the switches as many times as you want, but you can only go upstairs once to check the bulbs. How do you determine which switch controls which bulb?

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