Riddles

1) Beethovens Wig
Someone has stolen Beethoven's Wig and has put it in one of four locked boxes. The boxes are numbered from 1,2,3,4 in that order. There are four different keys that each has their own color. Use the clues below to figure out which key goes in which box and to find the box where Beethoven's wig is being kept. 1. The green key goes to the third or fourth box 2. The wig is to the left of the fourth box 3. The wig is to the right of the first box 4. The yellow key is to the left of the wig 5. The blue key is to the right of the yellow key and to the left of the green key 6. The red key goes to the first box Answer : The wig is in the third box. The red key goes to the first box. The yellow key goes to the second box. The blue key goes to the third box. The green key goes to the fourth box.

2) A Man and Two Doors

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape ? Answer : He waits until night time and then goes through the first door.

3) The King and The Poison

In a far away land, it was known that if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. The king that ruled the land wanted to make sure that he possessed the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. So the king called the kingdom's pharmacist and the kingdom's treasurer, he gave each a week to make the strongest poison. Then, each would drink the other one's poison, then his own, and the one that will survive, will be the one that had the stronger poison. The pharmacist went straight to work, but the treasurer knew he had no chance, for the pharmacist was much more experienced in this field, so instead, he made up a plan to survive

and make sure the pharmacist dies. On the last day the pharmacist suddenly realized that the treasurer would know he had no chance, so he must have a plan. After a little thought, the pharmacist realized what the treasurer's plan must be, and he concocted a counter plan, to make sure he survives and the treasurer dies. When the time came, the king summoned both of them. They drank the poisons as planned, and the treasurer died, the pharmacist survived, and the king didn't get what he wanted. What exactly happened there ? Answer : The treasurer's plan was to drink a weak poison prior to the meeting with the king, and then he would drink the pharmacist's strong poison, which would neutralize the weak poison. As his own poison he would bring water, which will have no effect on him, but the pharmacist who would drink the water, and then his poison would surely die. When the pharmacist figured out this plan, he decided to bring water as well. So the treasurer who drank poison earlier, drank the pharmacist's water, then his own water, and died of the poison he drank before. The pharmacist would drink only water, so nothing will happen to him. And because both of them brought the king water, he didn't get a strong poison like he wanted.

4) Einsteins Riddle
Einstein's Riddle: He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. If you are very patient. Give it a try: There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts: 1. The Brit lives in the red house. 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house. 5. The green house's owner drinks coffee. 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. 12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is : WHO OWNS THE FISH ? Answer : The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH ! The rest go like this : 1st House : Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill 2nd House : Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends 3rd House : Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls 4th House : Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince 5th House : White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters

5) What Song ?
A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of 50 notes out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed." The rich man laughs. The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?" The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing? Answer : Happy Birthday

6) The Factual Murderer

There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer? 1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men. 2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city. 3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week. 4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month. 5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago. 6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.

7. Dan used to drink heavily. 8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together. 9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle. Answer :

1. Jack is not the murderer, because he is the brother of the murderer. 2. Dan can't be the murderer since he ran a marathon, and the murderer recently had his leg amputated, and wouldn't be running a marathon of any magnitude that quickly. 3. Ben is not the murderer if he just met Jack, since Jack and the murderer grew up together. 4. This leaves Jeff and Mike. Since Jeff is still alive (he wants to install a new computer next week, present tense) he must be the murderer. Mike also didn't grow up with Jack. It has been determined that Jack, Dan and Jeff are all alive. Ben must also be alive since Jeff plans to install Ben's computer next week. This means that Jeff killed Mike.

7) Standard Sequence
Given the word STANDARD, take away two letters and add three digits to make a logical sequence. Answer : Remove both A. ST ND RD = 3 digits - 1ST 2ND 3RD

8) Strange Recipe
Susan needed to go to the store to buy some ingredients to cook with. She started writing them down: Butter Milk Eggs Baking Soda Cashews Oranges Vinegar Lemon Juice What was Susan making ?

Answer

: A shopping list.

9) Trap or Freedom ?
There are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it. The clues read: The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom. The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door. The purple door: This door is not next to the door to freedom. The green door: This door is left of the blue door. The orange door: This door is not next to the red or blue doors. Which door leads to freedom ? Answer : The orange door.

10) Which House ?

There are three houses built exactly the same. One is filled with cotton, the other with wood, and the third with iron. One day an arsonist sets them all on fire. The sound of sirens was growing louder at the scene. People were screaming. Which house did the ambulance try to put the fire out at first ? Answer : Ambulance dontput out fire.

11) Missing Street

In a country, there are over 100 streets. Street 1 is named First Street, street 2 is named Second Street, and so on and so forth. A traveller decides to walk through all these streets in the country. He could find all the streets except Street 62. No matter how hard he tried, he could not find it. He later found that the locals had given the street another name. What is the name ?

Answer

Minute street. This is because Street 62 is named Sixty Second Street, and Sixty Seconds = 1 Minute, hence Street 62 is also called Minute Street.

12) What are WE ?

1. I am always excited. 2. I tell people where things are at. 3. You can play a game on me. 4. I'm very rich. 6. I am always looking up. 7. And......... 8. I look like a light in the sky. 9. I keep things arranged that are to my right. 10. I keep things arranged that are to my left. What are WE ? Answer : Shift !, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 on a US Keyboard.

13) 8 + 8 = 91 ?
How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all? 8 + 8 = 91

Answer

: Look it upwards - 16 = 8 + 8

14) Huh? How strange ?

What happen once in a minute, twice iin a week and once in a year ? Answer : The alphabet e.

15) How many mice ?

Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born. You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have ? Answer : One, a mouse cant give birth by itself.

16) CHoCoLaTe
Which 5 chemical elements make chocolate ? Answer Carbon (C) Holmium (Ho) Cobalt (Co) Lanthanum (La) Tellurium (Te) Together they make chocolate (C Ho Co La Te) : :

17) What am I ?
I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I ? Answer :

The word "big". It only has 3 letters and is therefore shorter in length than the words "tiny", "small", "minuscule", and "microscopic".

18) I can answer anything in the word. Can it be possible?

Jake and his friend Paco had very famous challenge sessions at their school. One would suggest something they could do, and the other would prove it wrong somehow. One day, Jake surprised Paco by stating: "I can answer any question in the world." Sure that he would win the challenge, Paco accepted the task of proving it wrong. He wrote up a test full of impossible questions. After a while, Jake returned the test. Paco unbelievably lost the challenge and told Jake he could indeed answer any question. How did Jake win ? Answer : For all the impossible questions, Jake simply wrote "I don't know".

19) The TRUCK

There once was a truck....when you go out, and I come in, what will become of the truck ? Answer : It will become a TRICK.

20) Marathon Madness

Bob Lowry was going to compete in a marathon. He called the number he heard on the radio and signed up with his 2 friends. He started running and was doing a good job, but 1/3 of the way through, he stopped and did not continue running for the duration of the race. However, his name appeared as one of the top runners in the newspaper the next day. How did he do that? He did not take a shortcut or cheat in any way. Hundreds of people finished the race. Answer : He was running a marathon relay.

21) Fun With Division

What is half of 8, yet isn't 2 x 2, 0 also isn't, what I'm looking for from you. Answer : 3