Tricky Riddles

Tricky riddles with answers are both tricky and crafty. They are not straight forward, requires logic reasoning and you could be fooled if you are not sharp enough.

Crossing a River

A detachment of soldiers must cross a river. The bridge is broken, the river is deep. Suddenly the officer in charge spots 2 boys playing in a rowboat by the shore. The boat is so tiny, however, that it can only hold 2 boys or 1 soldier.

Still, all the soldiers succeed in crossing the river in the boat. How?

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Roll Them Out

In a long, narrow chute there are 8 balls: 4 black ones on the left, and 4 white ones-slightly larger-on the right. In the middle of the chute there is a small niche that can hold 1 ball of either color. The chute’s right end has an opening large enough for a black but not a white ball.

roll them out

Roll all the black balls out of the chute. You can’t pick them up from the chute.

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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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Murder on a Sunday Afternoon

A rich and handsome man named James Leonard was murdered on a Sunday afternoon. At the time of the murder there was: the maid, the cook, the butler, the gardener and the wife. They gave the following statements.

Maid: I was fixing the table.
Cook: I was cooking breakfast.
Butler: I was polishing the silverware and the dishes.
Gardener: I was planting tomato seeds.
Wife: I was reading a book.

Who did it?

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