Hard Riddles

Hard riddles with answers are a true test of your brain power, reasoning and comprehension. You are sure to find these tough difficult riddles both challenging and puzzling. While these hard riddles and answers may drive you a little crazy sometimes, they may surprise you in the way they force you think out of the box.

Guess Your Weight

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper, then you have to give me $50 but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”

The boy looks around and sees no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

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Downhill Mountain Bike Race

At the recent downhill mountain bike race, four entrants entered the challenging slalom event.

  • Alan came first.
  • The entrant wearing number 2 wore red, whereas John didn’t wear yellow.
  • The loser wore blue and Steve wore number 1.
  • Kev beat Steve and the person who came second wore number 3.
  • The entrant in yellow beat the entrant in green.
  • Only one of the entrants wore the same number as their final position.

Can you determine who finished where, the number and colour they wore?

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Nail in Tree

When James was nine years old he hammered a nail into a tree to mark his height. Ten years later, James returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by four inches each year, how much higher would the nail be?

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