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.

Statement to Cross This Bridge

A young man walks through the forest. He comes to a bridge. In front of the bridge is a large man carrying an axe.

The man says, “If you want to cross this bridge, you must tell me a statement. If I think the statement is true, you will be strangled to death. If I say the statement is false, your head will be chopped off.”

A few minutes later, the young man walked over the bridge, while the larger man stood pondering. What was the statement the young man had given?

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Natives and Visitors

In an Island the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to know whether a salesman beside him in a bar is a native or a visitor.

He asked him to ask a woman beside him whether she is a native or visitor. He replied, “She says she is a visitor.” Then he was immediately able to determine if the salesman is a native or a visitor. Is the salesman a native or a visitor?

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