A riddle is a metaphorical expression in which one object is expressed by means of another, which has some, even remote, similarity with it; on the basis of the latter, a person must guess the intended object.
In ancient times, a riddle was a means of testing wisdom, now it is a popular pastime. Riddles are found among all peoples, no matter what stage of development they are at. A proverb and a riddle differ in that the riddle must be guessed, and the proverb is a lesson. Material from Wikipedia. We bring to your attention the 15 most difficult riddles in the world. Along with this, we also give answers to immediately determine whether you are able to solve them.
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- Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How did they do it?
They were on different sides.
- Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna have been together for 151 years. Every husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily together are 48 years old, Semyon and Natalya are together 52 years old. Who is married to whom, and how old is who?
Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalia (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
- Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try to recalculate on a calculator.
- Jackdaws flew, sat on sticks. They sit down one by one - the jackdaw is superfluous, they sit two by two - the stick is superfluous. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Three sticks and four jackdaws.
- Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause was a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, inspecting the scene of the murder, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard the voice of Mr. Mark. He said, “This is Mark. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. It's useless to run. I know this tape will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. Here the door opens... The assistant detective offered to arrest Jones on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turned out, he was right. Jones wasn't the killer, as was said on the tape. Question: why did the detective have suspicions?
The cassette in the voice recorder was being revised at the start. Moreover, Jones would have taken the cassette.
- Third-graders Alyosha and Misha go from school and talk:
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” one of them said, “today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they speak?On Sunday.
- A hare and a cat together weigh 10 kg. Dog with a hare - 20 kg. Dog with a cat - 24 kg. How much in this case will weigh all the animals together: a hare, a cat and a dog?
27 kg. (solution .)
- There was a stone on the seashore. A word of 8 letters was written on the stone. When the rich read this word, they wept, the poor rejoiced, and the lovers parted. What was that word?
Temporarily.
- There is a prison, next to the hospital. Around them are rails, and on the rails a train moves around at high speed. One boy needs to go to his grandfather in prison, and one girl to her grandmother in the hospital. How can they do it if the train doesn't stop?
The boy needs to throw the girl under the train, then he will go to jail, and the girl to the hospital.
- What Russian word can be written from right to left, turned upside down, mirrored, and it still remains unchanged and does not lose its meaning?
It.
- From which bird do you need to pluck feathers to get morning, afternoon, evening, night at once?
Day.
- Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother. Who am I to Teresa?
1. Grandmother.
2. Mother.
3. Daughter.
4. Granddaughter.
5. I am Teresa.Write your choice in the comments.
15 difficult riddles that will make your head work and get distracted from everyday thoughts...
1. It is given to a person three times: the first two times are free, and the third one has to be paid?
2. One of my friends can cleanly shave his beard a dozen times a day. And yet he walks with a beard. How is this possible?
He is a barber.
3. One day at breakfast, a girl dropped her ring into a cup full of coffee. Why is the ring dry?
Coffee beans, ground or instant.
4. In what case, looking at the number 2, do we say "ten"?
When we look at a clock that shows ten minutes of any hour.
5. A man bought apples for 5 rubles apiece, and then sold them for 3 rubles apiece. After some time, he became a millionaire. How did he do it?
He was a billionaire.
6. You are standing in front of two identical doors, one of which leads to death, the other to happiness. The doors are guarded by two identical guards, one of whom tells the truth all the time, and the other lies all the time. But you don't know who is who. You can only ask one question to any of the guards.
What question should be asked in order not to be mistaken with the choice of the door?
One of the solutions: "If I ask you to show me the door to happiness, which door will the other guard point to?" And after that you need to choose another door.
7. You are invited to work as a financial analyst at Gazprom. They promise a starting salary of $100,000 per year and two options for increasing it:
1. Once a year you receive a $15,000 salary increase.
2. Once every six months - for $5,000
Which option seems better to you?
Second.
The layout according to the first option: 1 year - $100,000, 2 year - $115,000, 3 year - $130,000, 4 year - $145,000 and so on. The layout according to the second option: 1 year - $50,000 + $55,000 = $105,000, 2 year - $60,000 + $65,000 = $125,000, year 3 - $70,000 + $75,000 = $145,000, year 4 - $80,000 + $85,000 = $165,000 and so on.
8. There are three light bulbs in one room. The other has three switches. You need to determine which switch from which light bulb. You can enter the room with light bulbs only once.
First you need to turn on one light bulb and wait, then turn on the second for a very short time, and then turn both off. The first will be the hottest, the second warm, and the third cold.
9. You have five- and three-liter bottles and lots and lots of water. How to fill a five-liter bottle exactly 4 liters of water?
Dial a five-liter bottle, pour 3 liters from it into a three-liter bottle. Pour out of the three-liter, pour the remaining two liters into it. Dial the five-liter bottle again and drain the extra liter from it into the three-liter bottle, where there is just so much space left.
10. You are sitting in a boat that floats in a pool. There is a heavy cast-iron anchor in the boat, not tied to the boat. What will happen to the water level in the pool if you drop your anchor into the water?
The water level will drop. While the anchor is in the boat, it displaces a volume of water that weighs as much as the anchor, its own weight and the weight of the cargo. If the anchor is thrown overboard, it will only displace the volume of water equal to the volume of the anchor, and not the weight, i.e. less, since the density of the anchor is greater than that of water.
11. A father with two sons went on a campaign. On their way they met a river, near the bank of which there was a raft. He stands on the water either a father or two sons. How to cross to the other side of the father and sons?
Both sons cross first. One of the sons returns to his father. The father moves to the opposite bank to his son. The father remains on the shore, and the son crosses to the original shore after his brother, after which they both cross to the father.
12. A steel ladder was lowered from the side of the ship. The bottom 4 steps of the ladder are submerged in water. Each step is 5 cm thick; the distance between two adjacent steps is 30 cm. The tide began, at which the water level began to rise at a rate of 40 cm per hour. How many stairs do you think will be under water after 2 hours?
We have already heard and guessed most of the well-known riddles, which means that we remember the correct answer. Kids 4-5 years old sometimes like to “guess” the same easy riddles for the hundredth time, but already schoolchildren will not get any pleasure from a riddle like “in winter and summer in one color”.
Here is a selection of complex riddles with answers (so that you can check yourself).
When you offer a child a difficult riddle, and, after thinking, he names the wrong answer, which is indicated as correct, do not rush to correct it right away. Perhaps the answer of the child also fully corresponds to the conditions of the riddle and can be accepted.
Trick riddles are often funny. Well, the answer will definitely cause a smile. After all, it is assumed that the answer to such a riddle is not easy to find, and it is not as predictable as it seems. Most often in trick riddles there is some apparent contradiction in the condition.
- Without work - it hangs, during work - it stands, after work - it dries. (Umbrella).
- Although I found her in the forest, I did not even look for her.
And now I'm bringing it home, because I didn't get it. (splinter) - What has a head but no brains? (Cheese, onion, garlic).
- Neither the sea nor the land. And ships don't float, and you can't walk. (Swamp).
- A child will lift him from the ground, but a strong man will not throw him over a fence. (Pooh).
- She eats quickly, chews finely, does not swallow anything herself and does not give to others. (Saw)
- It is thrown when it is needed and picked up when it is not needed. (Anchor).
- In the competition, a runner overtook another runner who was in second position. What position does he take now? (Second).
- You overtook the last runner. What position are you in now? (Such an event is not possible, because there is no one to overtake the last runner).
- What stone can you not find in the sea? (Dry).
- Who speaks all languages? (Echo)
- If it's worth it, you can count it on your fingers. But if she lies down, you will never count! (The number 8, if it lies down, it will turn into a sign of infinity)
- What allows you to see through walls? (Window)
- If it breaks out, new life will appear. And if you break it inside, for him it is death. What is this? (Egg)
- There was a child in the room. He got up and left, but you cannot take his place. Where did he sit? (On your knees)
- What builds castles, tears down mountains, blinds some, helps others see? (Sand)
- My yesterday is Wednesday tomorrow. My tomorrow is Sunday yesterday. What day of the week am I? (Friday)
- Imagine that you are a driver. The train has eight cars, each car has two conductors, the youngest of them is 25 years old, the oldest is Georgian. How old is the driver?
Answer. The catch is in the words: imagine that you are a machinist. The driver is as old as the responder.
Difficult logic puzzles
- Tired man wanted to sleep. He was about to go to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening and set the alarm for ten o'clock in the morning. How many hours will he sleep before the call? Answer. Two hours. The alarm clock does not distinguish between morning and evening.
- Calculate in your mind, without a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 4100. 5000 is often answered. - There were two fathers and two sons, they found three oranges. They began to divide - everyone got one. How could it be? (They were grandfather, father and son)
- Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Chacha 2. Cheche 3. Chichi 4. Chocho. Question: What is the name of the fifth daughter? (Mary).
- Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How did they do it? (They were on different shores)
- Four birches grew,
each birch has four large branches,
each large branch has four small branches,
there are four apples on each small branch.
How many apples are there?
(None. Apples don't grow on birch trees!) - How many steps do you need to take to put a hippo in the refrigerator? (Three. Open the refrigerator, plant the hippopotamus and close the refrigerator)
- And how many steps do you need to take to put a giraffe in the refrigerator? (Four: open the fridge, get the hippopotamus, plant the giraffe, close the fridge)
- And now imagine: they arranged a race, a hippopotamus, a giraffe and a turtle participate. Who will run to the finish line first? (Behemoth, because the giraffe is sitting in the refrigerator ...)
- How many peas can go into one glass? (Not at all, because peas do not go)
- Small, grey, like an elephant. Who? (Baby elephant)
- How do day and night end? (soft sign)
- When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into a house? (When the door is open. Popular answer: at night).
- In which case, looking at the number 2, do we say “ten”? (If we look at the clock, and "2" is the minute hand).
- Your friends use it more often than you, although it belongs to you. What is this? (Your name).
- Seven sisters are in the country, where each is busy with some business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is doing Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is taking care of the plants.
And what does the seventh sister do? (Plays chess with the third sister). - What disappears as soon as you name it? (Silence).
Difficult logic puzzle from Lyuben Dilov's book "Star Adventures of Numi and Nika"
The girl Numi, from the planet Pyrrha, asks the earthly boy Nicky a riddle:
One glof and two mules weigh as much as one dabel and four lacies. In turn, one dabel weighs as much as two lazi. One glof and three lacies weigh together as much as one dabel, two mulphs and six kraks. One glof weighs as much as two dabels. The question is, how much krak must be added to one mulf to get the weight of two dabels and one lazi?
Answer with a hint of the solution:
So, Nikolai Buyanovsky took out a draft notebook from his briefcase, or, as he dubbed it, a notebook on all kinds of knowledge, and a pen, and Numi slowly began to dictate to him the weight of all these mysterious dabels, mulf, lazi and krak. And when, having written everything down in order and changing some places in his mind, he compiled several short equations, and then, suddenly guessing, reduced the weight of all the data to the weight of the same mysterious creatures, the answer seemed to come out by itself. The task was logical, and in this part Nika Buyan was a god and a king.
"Eight," he said confidently. “You have to add eight krak to that mulf of yours.
If you have in mind your favorite difficult riddles - write in the comments, and we will try to guess!
Riddles not only help to learn something new, to remember some feature of a phenomenon or object, but they can also amuse. At the same time, mindfulness and ingenuity develop.
Riddles with a trick (with answers)
Funny riddles are suitable for company. By the fire in the evening, on the veranda in the rain. The guys answer in chorus to the question of the presenter. The most important thing is not to give a lot of time to think about the answer. Then everyone will have fun.
They are composed in such a way that the wrong answer falls into the rhyme. If you answer quickly, it turns out funny. The host corrects him, each time making a perplexed face: “Didn’t you know this?”.
There is grief on the ice field, crying on the ice field.
The goalkeeper of the hockey players upset at the gate ...
/ No, not a ball, but a goal /
On a graceful head is a royal crown.
There is no more beautiful than this bird, call her ...
/ No, not a crow, but a peacock /
To the store with great hope
We came to buy clothes.
Our dad was able to measure
A pair of gloves for...
/ No, not for legs, but for hands /
Peter loves her very much
Finely chop her cabbage.
She looks like she's two hundred years old.
This Petina...
/ No, not to the bride, but to the turtle /
Old women go to the store to buy ...
/ No, not toys, but for drying tea /
It became drier on the path - I have dry ...
/No, not ears, I have dry feet/
Looking out the window at night
Weak lighting...
/ No, not the sun, the moon shines through the window /
They promised us frost - Pull the hat on ...
/No, not on the nose, pull it tighter over the ears/
Wandered around the apiary
Clubfoot...
/ No, not a crocodile. And not Michael, but just a bear /
Here comes summer,
We'll get it soon...
/ No, not skis. We'll get roller skates
The children fed dad
Meat borscht was poured for him.
Well, he confessed to the bass,
That he eats candy with...
/No, not with meat, but with nuts/
very close to us
Someone looks into one eye.
And has one horn
Who is this?
/ No, not a rhinoceros. This one-horned cow winks /
Our dad is quick to decide, he takes to cut the fabric ...
/No, not an ax, the fabric is cut with scissors/
Now we will ask the kids:
Who is the cat afraid of?
/ No, the cat is not afraid of mice, but of dogs /
Caught a mouse and catches the second
sly redhead evil...
/No, cows don't catch mice. This is a fox
Logic riddles
Not all children spend the summer in the camp, where teachers work with them. For family holidays, slightly different riddles are suitable, for guessing which a cheerful crowd is not needed.
What an animal: a tail like a cat, a muzzle like a cat, but not a cat. Who is this?
You sit in the cockpit. It looks like you are in a car.
But in front of you is a horse, and behind you is a galosh. What kind of place is it?
/You are sitting on the carousel/
For older children, more difficult puzzles will be interesting. Mom and dad can write them down on pieces of paper, fold them up and put them in a hat. Especially to help parents - logical riddles with answers, with a catch, funny:
When does it happen that a person ends up in a room without a head?
/This happens if he put it out the window/
What is the same end of day and night?
/soft sign/
When is the easiest time for a red dog to enter a house?
/When the door is open in the house/
For children's quiz
Easy kids quiz questions don't have to be boring. Thinking about the answer, the guys enjoy the selection of options. There are some very funny ideas. How can a teacher prepare for an event? Children's riddles with a trick with answers, funny:
On five aspens - five branches, on each branch - five pears. How many pears are there?
/ Pears do not grow on aspen /
Seven oxen ran, how many tails do their necks have?
/ tails do not grow near the neck /
Grandma was going to wash on the Oka, she met three men, each man had a box, and in each box a puppy. How many went to the Oka?
/One granny/
In what month do chatty girlfriends chat the least?
/In February/
Ingenuity
When conducting a quiz “Clever and clever” or “What? Where? When?" not to do without seemingly simple questions. But everyone has a secret.
Two brothers run ahead
Two of them rush after them.
But they can’t catch up with the first two,
Don't turn back.
/ These are the four wheels of the car /
Listening carefully, it is easy to guess riddles with a catch. With answers, their funny options:
Masha collected 12 fly agarics, Petya - 2 less, and Kolya - 2 more. How many edible mushrooms do guys have?
/No one/
What head grows without a nose?
/Cabbage/
Short riddles
A catch, with answers, funny, short - these are the ones that are easy to remember. They can be guessed from the stage, choosing who will receive the prize. Here are some options:
He is small, gray
Looks like an elephant. Who is this?
/Baby elephant/
What has never been and never will be, but does it really exist?
/Today/
Which hand stirs sugar in tea left-handed and right-handed?
/They stir the sugar with a spoon/
What can't you eat for breakfast?
Imagine that you saw a green man. Your actions?
/should cross the road/
Why is the cow lying?
/She lies down because she can't sit/
Why is the goose swimming?
/He swims from the shore/
You have a ruler, eraser, compasses and pencils. What do you need to start with to draw a circle?
/ You don't have any paper. Start by getting paper/
Name the stones that are not found in the river.
/ There are no dry stones in the river, all are wet /
Who can speak all languages?
Riddles with a trick with answers, funny, difficult
And these questions will make some adults think about it. Of course, there were some jokes. For the development of fantasy and humor - the following options:
Two riders argued: each claimed that he would come to the finish line last. So they stood for a long time, not daring to give spurs to their horses. A man passed by. They asked him for advice. After his words, they rushed like the wind. What did the passer-by say to them?
/He said: "swap horses"/
The boys tell amazing stories they have witnessed. And now one says: “Yesterday my father forgot his umbrella and hat and came home soaked to the skin. But I could not wet a single hair on my head. He did not cover his head with his hands and did not pull a jacket over it. Is this story really amazing?
/No, father shaves his head/
One man bet that he would put a bottle in the middle of the room and then crawl into it. He was a huge success. How did he do it?
/ He crawled into the room, not into the bottle. He was applauded with laughter
Of course, the guys already know some of the answers. But no one will refuse to remember riddles with a trick with answers, funny ones. Yes, they are better remembered that way. And soon they will begin to quote them in order to defuse the tense atmosphere in the team. This is the culture of speech. So education goes unnoticed and fun even on vacation.
For each person, the most difficult riddle is his own. The one over which he fought for many hours or even days. But eventually figured it out and found the answer on my own. He will never forget the clue.
But still, among those ever invented, there are those that can be confidently classified as the most intricate. They will be discussed.
The first group of puzzles: for children
Do not think that any adult can easily cope with them. Even not the most difficult riddle in the world can seriously puzzle. Moreover, there will be a big embarrassment if a child copes with it, and an adult will find it too tough.
- Life gives it as a gift twice. You have to pay for the third set. (Teeth.)
- A birch grew in the garden. There were 45 apples hanging on it. The wind blew and 9 of them fell. How many apples are left on it? (Not at all, because apples do not grow on birches.) Note. Although if a person with creative thinking comes across, he can say that nowhere is it said that apples grew on a tree. They just hung. And it is not known how they were fixed, therefore they fell.
The list of tasks that can be described as "the most difficult puzzle" continues.
- The athlete during the race overtook the one who was in second position. Where was he? (On the second, because he did not catch up with the first.)
- The same athlete in another competition overtook the last one. What position did he get? (It is impossible to overtake the latter, if someone is ahead of him, then he was not the last.)
- This thing is thrown if it is needed. And when it turns out to be unnecessary, then it is raised. What is this? (Sea anchor.)
The second group of riddles: for those who like to count
These tasks will require mathematical calculations and a little reasoning. And then any of the most difficult riddles in the world can be solved.
- A specialist is invited to a well-known company for the position of financial analyst. He is offered a starting salary of 10,000 a month. It can be upgraded in two ways. The first promises an increase of 15 thousand a year. The second guarantees an increase of 5 thousand in six months. Which option will be more profitable? (Second.) Note. You will need to calculate the salary for an arbitrary number of years. Even the first two will suffice. In both cases, the annual salary is the same - 120 thousand. Upgrade plan for the first scenario: 120k, 135k, and so on. The second scenario will give the following alignment: 60 for the first six months and 65 for the second part of the year, as a result, 125 thousand for the 1st year. Second year: 70 and 75, which will give 145 thousand per year.
- There is a heavy anchor at the bottom of the boat. She floats on the surface of the water in the pool. What will happen to the water level if the untied anchor is thrown out of the boat? (Decrease.) Note. While the anchor lies in the boat, the part of it submerged in the water is much larger than the volume of the anchor itself.
- How to draw 4 liters of water if there are only containers of 5 and 3 available? (Fill 5, pour into 3, empty the second, pour the remaining 2 from the first into it, dial 5 again, pour 1 liter from it into a three-liter.)
The third group of riddles: to speculate
Creativity is impossible without thinking carefully and moving away from the standards that society has driven people into. Therefore, the most difficult logic puzzles turn out to be simple after they are answered.
- In a large room there is a partition, behind which there are three light bulbs. Moreover, they are not visible from the remote control with three switches. It is required to determine which one is from each light bulb. You can only go through the barrier once. The solution requires two steps. The first is to turn on one light bulb and turn it off after a few minutes. During this time, she will have time to warm up. The second action is to turn on the second light bulb. Now you can look. The one that is hot is the first. The other glows - the second. And the third - the one that was not touched at all.
- One hotel has seven floors. On the first settled 4 guests. On each subsequent floor, their number increases by 3. On which floor is the elevator button most often pressed? (On the first.)
- One person had only one match left in the box. He enters a room with a kerosene lamp on the fireplace and a gas stove. What will the person light up first? (A match.)
And this is perhaps the most difficult riddle of logic.
You need to bake 6 pies. On each side they need to be fried for 5 minutes. Only 4 pies can be placed on the pan at a time. How can I cook them in 15 minutes?
The solution consists of the following steps:
- put 4 pies for 5 minutes;
- 2 turn over and remove the others, put two more, not yet fried, for another 5 minutes;
- 2 remove (they are already ready), 2 turn over and put those that were previously removed for the remaining 5 minutes.
The fourth group of riddles: ingenuity
They require ingenuity. A savvy person will easily solve all the most complex logical riddles.
- The girl took out a ring from a cup of coffee. Why didn't the ring get wet? (Coffee in powder, granules or beans.)
- One businessman bought apples for 6 rubles, and sold them for 4. How did he manage to become a millionaire? (Before this action, he was a billionaire.)
- The steamer moored at the pier, and the 4 lower steps were in the water. The thickness and height of the steps: 5 and 30 cm. While the steamer was at the pier, the tide began, and the water arrived by 40 cm every hour. How many steps will be under water 3 hours after the start of the tide? (Still 4, the steamer will rise with the water.)
Fifth group of riddles: with a trick
In solving such problems, logic and the ability to count well will not always help. These most difficult riddles - with a catch. That is, those in which you need to look for something unusual.
- Three tractor drivers work on the collective farm, who have a brother Sergei. But he has no brothers. How can this be? (They are sisters.)
- There were 10 candles on the candlestick. The hostess blew out 3 of them. How many candles will be left by morning? (3: those that are blown out will not burn.)
- It is now 12 o'clock at night. It is raining outside. How confident is it that the sun will shine in 72 hours? (Not at all, it will be night again.)
- In what situation is it easier for a black cat to enter the house? (When the door is open.)
And some more mysteries
- It is impossible to keep it for more than 5-10 minutes. But at the same time, it weighs almost nothing (Breathing.)
- There were so many apples on the plate that there were enough for all the children. How did it happen that all the guys took one at a time, but one was left on the plate? (The latter took it along with the plate.)
And here is the most difficult riddle, which has two solutions.
The patient needs to leave for 30 days. The doctor gives him two medicines of 30 tablets. They can not be distinguished by color, taste, smell, shape and size. It is impossible to interrupt the course of treatment. Every day you need to take one tablet of each drug. One day, a person took out 1 tablet from the first package, and 2 fell out of the second. They mixed up. How can the patient follow the doctor's recommendations?
1. Take another tablet from the first one. Cut everything in half and put all the left halves in one direction, and the right halves in the other. So it turns out that in each pile there will be one of each type.
2. Again, take another pill. Grind everything into a powder and divide into two equal parts.
