Top most difficult riddles. The best thing about a riddle is the answer. Funny riddles with a trick for adults

There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?

Police don't put out fires, firefighters put out fires

How can a person not sleep for 8 days?

Sleep at night

You enter a dark kitchen. It contains a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light first?

A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?

She sits on your lap

You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall are three light bulbs that are turned off. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb each switch belongs to.

First you need to turn on two switches. After some time, turn off one of them. Enter the room. One light bulb will be hot from the switch on, the second will be warm from the switch off, the third will be cold from the untouched switch.

It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit one, which weighs less than the rest of the coins. How can you identify a counterfeit coin in two weighings using a cup scale?

1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. The counterfeit coin is in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: Any 2 coins from the pile with the lowest weight are compared. If they are equal, then the remaining coin is fake

Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?

They were on different banks

Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and divided them. Everyone got a whole orange. How can this be?

The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?

The rope was not tied to anything

How can a thrown egg fly three meters without breaking?

You need to throw the egg four meters, then it will fly the first three meters intact

The man was driving a large truck. The lights on the car were not turned on. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?

It was a bright sunny day

If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take one cat to catch one mouse?

Five minutes

Is it possible to light a match underwater?

It is possible if you pour water into some container, for example, into a glass, and hold the match below the glass

The boat rocks on the water. A ladder was thrown from it along the side. Before high tide, the water covered only the bottom step. How long will it take for the water to cover the 3rd step from the bottom if during high tide the water rises at 20 cm per hour and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?

Never, because the boat rises with the water

How to divide five apples between five girls so that each gets an apple and at the same time one of the apples remains in the basket?

Give one girl an apple along with a basket

One and a half pike perch costs one and a half rubles. How much do 13 pike perch cost?

Traders and potters. In one city all the people were traders or potters. Merchants always told lies, but potters always told the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: “You are all traders!” How many potters were there in this city?

The potter was alone because:

1. If there were no potters, then the traders would have to tell the truth that all the other traders are traders, and this contradicts the conditions of the problem.
2. If there were more than one potter, then each potter would have to lie that the rest were traders.

There are two coins on the table; they add up to 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What coins are these?

1 and 2 rubles

The satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other in 100 minutes. How can it be?

100 minutes is 1 hour 40 minutes

As you know, all Russian female names end with either the letter “a” or the letter “ya”: Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalya, Olga, etc. However, there is only one thing female name, which ends with another letter. Name it.

What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?

Time, temperature

If it rains at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect sunny weather 72 hours later?

No, because in 72 hours it will be night

Seven brothers have one sister. How many sisters are there in total?

One yacht goes from Nice to Sanremo, the other from Sanremo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. For the first hour, the yachts moved at the same speed (60 km/h), but then the first yacht increased its speed to 80 km/h. Which yacht will be closer to Nice when they meet?

At the moment of their meeting they will be at the same distance from Nice

A woman was walking towards Moscow, and three men met her. Everyone has a bag, in each bag there is a cat. How many creatures were heading to Moscow?

Only the woman went to Moscow, the rest went in the other direction

There were 10 birds sitting on a tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?

Not a single one - the rest of the birds flew away

The train runs from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. In which direction does the smoke fly from the chimney?

You are running a marathon and have passed the runner who was running second. What position do you take now?

Second. If you answered that you are now first, then this is incorrect: you overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position

You are running a marathon and have passed the last runner. What position do you take now?

If you answered that it was the penultimate one, you were wrong again :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you are running after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is - it is impossible, you cannot overtake the last runner

There were three cucumbers and four apples on the table. The child took one apple from the table. How much fruit is left on the table?

3 fruits, and cucumbers are vegetables

The product first rose in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its value now relative to its original value?

99%: after the price increase, 10% was added to 100% - it turned out to be 110%; 10% of 110% = 11%; then subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%

How many times does the number 4 appear in the integers from 1 to 50?

15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49

You have driven your car two-thirds of the way. At the beginning of the journey, the car's gas tank was full, but now it is one quarter full. Will there be enough gasoline until the end of the trip (at the same consumption)?

No, because 1/4< 1/3

Mary's father has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

A deaf and mute man went into a stationery store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck his finger in left ear and with the fist of his other hand he made rotational movement near your right ear. The seller immediately understood what was being asked of him. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the salesman that he wanted to buy scissors?

I just said, he's blind, but not dumb

A rooster has flown to the border between Russia and China. I sat down exactly on the border, absolutely in the middle. Layed an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. Which country does the egg belong to?

Roosters don't lay eggs!

One morning, a soldier who had previously been on night guard approached the centurion and said that that night he had seen in a dream how the barbarians would attack the fortress from the north that evening. The centurion did not really believe in this dream, but still took measures. That same evening, the barbarians actually attacked the fortress, but thanks to the measures taken, their attack was repulsed. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?

Because he slept on duty

There are ten fingers on the hands. How many fingers are there on ten hands?

A plane with English tourists was flying from Holland to Spain. He crashed in France. Where should the surviving (wounded) tourists be buried?

The survivors do not need to be buried! :)

You were driving a bus with 42 passengers from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people got out of it, and at every second - four. What was the driver's name when the driver arrived in Washington 10 hours later?

How about you, because in the beginning it was said that You drove the bus

What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not in years, decades and centuries?

How many times can you subtract 3 from 25?

Once, because after the first subtraction the number "25" will change to "22"

Mrs Taylor's bungalow is all finished in pink color: It has pink lamps, pink walls, pink carpets and a pink ceiling. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?

There are no stairs in the bungalow

IN ancient castle where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners were imprisoned. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one fine day he hid in a corner, and when a guard came in, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, changing into different clothes. Could this happen?

No, since the towers were round and there were no corners

The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this building is pressed most often?

Regardless of the distribution of residents by floor - button “1”

A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: How many kilometers did each horse run individually?

20 kilometers

What can stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie at the same time?

Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?

The score of any match before it starts is always 0:0

What can a person increase in diameter by 7 times in a few seconds?

Pupil. When transitioning from bright light to darkness, the diameter can change from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either hardly increases or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times

A seller at the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he only has 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy away with these 25 rubles. change it to a neighbor. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 +5 rubles. The seller gives the hat and change 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. keeps it for himself. After some time, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns her money. How much money was the seller defrauded of?

The seller was deceived for a counterfeit 25 rubles.

How many animals did Moses take on his ark?

It was not Moses who took the animals into the ark, but Noah.

2 people entered the entrance at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other on the 9th. How many times will the first person get there faster than the second? Note: They simultaneously pressed buttons on 2 elevators moving at the same speed.

The usual answer is 3 times. Correct answer: 4 times. Elevators usually go from the 1st floor. The first one will travel 3-1=2 floors, and the second 9-1=8 floors, i.e. 4 times more

This riddle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can rack their brains for a long time to figure out how to solve such a problem, so you can organize a competition: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Whoever guesses it, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here's the task:

6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2

2793 = 1; 4895 = 3

The main thing is to look at the problem like a child, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the writing of numbers)

Two horsemen competed to see whose horse would reach the finish line last. However, things did not go well, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that they both rode at full speed.

The sage advised the horsemen to exchange horses

One student tells another: “Yesterday our college basketball team won the basketball game with a score of 76:40. At the same time, not a single basketball player scored a single goal in this match.”

Women's teams played

A man walks into a store, buys sausage and asks to cut it, not across, but lengthwise. The saleswoman asks: “Are you a fireman?” - "Yes". How did she guess?

The man was in uniform

The lady did not have a driver's license with her. She did not stop at the railroad crossing, although the barrier was down, then, not paying attention to the “brick,” she moved along a one-way street against the traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of a traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.

The lady was walking

On one Odessa street there were three tailoring workshops. The first tailor advertised himself as follows: “The best workshop in Odessa!” The second is “The best workshop in the world!” The third “outdid” them both.

“The best workshop on this street!”

Two brothers were drinking at a bar. Suddenly, one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then pulled out a knife and, not paying attention to his brother’s attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At his trial he was found guilty of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: “You have been found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go.” Why did the judge have to do this?

The culprit was one of the conjoined twins. The judge could not send a guilty person to prison without putting an innocent person there as well.

We were traveling in the same compartment: Baba Yaga, Zmey Gorynych, a stupid ensign and a smart ensign. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel and it became dark. When the train came out of the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank the beer?

The stupid ensign drank the beer, since the other creatures are unreal and do not occur in life!)

What to do in your free time? There are many options for passive relaxation, for example, watching another melodrama or Soccer game, but it’s much more fun to exercise your ability to think logically. Interesting riddles you can diversify your duty trip to visit friends; it will also be no less exciting to do such training gray cells and alone. This hobby not only helps to pass the time, but also contributes to the development of erudition and logic, and such skills are not superfluous in life. You don't have to start solving the most difficult riddles in the world. You will have to work hard to find answers for them. You can start with something basic, and the result will not be long in coming. Patience and work - and you will be known as a real erudite.

1. There were 25 apples growing on a birch tree. The gardener came and plucked 5 of them, the neighbor boys stole 7, then blew strong wind, and 9 more fell. How many apples are left hanging on the tree?

2. Imagine that you are participating in a marathon. Finally, you managed to overtake the second athlete. Where are you now? (Answer immediately, without hesitation).

3. Same race, but now you've overtaken last participant. What place do you currently occupy?

4. The driver was driving the truck. The headlights were off, neither the moon nor the stars were shining. A woman was crossing the road, she was all in black, but the driver still saw her. How could this happen?

5. A certain Mr. Smith, a resident of London, registered his marriage 36 times in one year. However, he did not divorce any of them, and did not become a polygamist. And they got married every time different women, and not the same one. Can this really happen?

Answers. 1. Apples cannot grow on a birch tree.

2. Everyone immediately says that they are on the first. But if you overtook the second one, it means you took his place, and therefore run second, not first.

3. In principle, it is impossible to overtake the last runner, because if someone runs after him, then he cannot be last.

4. It's simple: it was during the day.

5. Easy. Mr Smith works in the registry office. The condition does not say that he himself entered into marriage.

These are the types of riddles with answers: difficult and funny at the same time.

Erudition tasks

There are tasks that cannot be solved without basic knowledge of history. The most difficult riddles with answers are often used in the program "What? Where? When?" However, there is a chance to simply guess using logic. Below are very difficult riddles with answers.

1. The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States shared a mother and father, but these high-ranking officials were not brothers. How could this happen? (The option of sisters is not suitable, because there were no women among them yet).

2. A hundred years ago in the USA and Great Britain it was widely used in decorating cards, buttons and even jewelry. Its popularity is due to the belief that it consists of light, love, luck and life. Now she is a symbol of evil for the whole world. What is this?

3. John Wycliffe, a prominent theologian of the 14th century, wrote a number of articles in which he sharply criticized the church and the clergy. For this, the Constance court declared him a heretic and ordered him to be burned at the stake. But during the execution, Wycliffe did not feel any pain. Is this possible if he did not suffer from any skin diseases or nervous system that can reduce pain?

Answers. 1. It was the same person - Cleveland Stephen Grover, who was elected to the presidency twice with an interval of four years. Since he is not his own brother, then everything is correct.

2. Swastika. Its four rays resembled the English letter L, with which the words “light”, “love”, “luck” and “life” began: light, love, luck, life.

3. Wycliffe was burned after his death.

More difficult riddles

Those who are not satisfied with simple tasks can master aerobatics. Below are some difficult riddles. It is better not to rush with answers, and also not to say that there is no solution at all, but to think a little.

3. These are the last letters of the names of the twelve months, starting from January. Therefore, the gap should be “th” (May).

Logical chain of thought

Sometimes, in order to solve certain problems, it is necessary to carry out a whole series of inferences. But you always want to make sure that your train of thought is correct. Therefore, in order not to keep the reader in the dark, we will print complex riddles with answers below.

1. Vova and Sasha were playing in a dirty and dark attic. Vova’s face was completely smeared with soot, but Sashino miraculously remained clean. Having gone down, the guys looked at each other in the light of day, but for some reason it was not Vova who went to wash, but Sasha. Why?

2. Three school teachers sat carefree on a bench and talked, and at that time the students decided to joke on them and stuck funny stickers on each of their backs. Then the teachers saw the stickers on the backs of their colleagues and started laughing. But each thought that she herself had nothing on her back. But then one of them stopped laughing, realizing that she herself also had a sticker. How?

Answers. 1. Sasha looked at Vova’s face, and since it was dirty, he thought that he, too, had gotten dirty, and so he went to wash himself. And Vova, who looked at Sasha’s clean face, did not even think that he himself might be grimy.

2. Let’s call the teachers A, B and C. A thought like this: “B sees C laughing, but she thinks that she herself has nothing on her back. Therefore, if I didn’t have a sticker, then B would be surprised , why is S laughing, and she would understand that she herself still has it, and would stop laughing. But since this does not happen, it means that the guys were making a joke on all of us." That's why A stopped laughing.

Date related

Such tasks will help you navigate in time space.

1. Misha was seventeen years old the day before yesterday, and next year he will turn twenty. Is it possible?

2. There were two brothers in one family. The first was born in 2010, and the second’s first birthday was celebrated in 1999. How can this be?

Answers. 1. This is possible if such a phrase is said on January 1, taking into account the fact that Misha was born on December 31. Consequently, on December 30 he was still 17, and on the 31st he turned 18. This coming year he will be 19, and next year he will be 20. That’s how this Misha was fortunately born.

2. They were born before our era.

Riddles in the style of Sherlock Holmes

IN last years this detective has become very popular, and many want to imitate him. Use the following exercises to practice deduction.

1. The director of the company was found in the office with a bullet through his temple and a pistol in his hand. There was a voice recorder on the table, and when Sherlock turned it on, he heard the words: “Please don’t blame anyone for my death,” and after that a shot was heard. Obvious suicide? No. Sherlock immediately guessed that this was a dramatization. Why?

2. In the park they find the body of a woman who was hit on the head with something heavy. Holmes finds her husband's number in her phone, calls him and says: “Trouble has happened. Your wife has been killed. Come here urgently.” When he arrived, Sherlock pointed him out as a murderer and ordered his arrest. How did he understand this?

3. Sherlock caught a taxi and tried to talk to the driver, but he had no time for chatter, and he pointed his hand at his ears and lips, pretending to be deaf and dumb. When the detective got out of the car, having arrived at the right place, he told the taxi driver that he had seen through his deception. How?

These may not be the most difficult riddles in the world with answers, but they are just right for budding detectives.

Answers. 1. If no one was around, who rewound the recorder to the desired phrase?

2. He did not specify where exactly to come, saying “here,” but the husband arrived right at the crime scene.

3. If the taxi driver were really deaf, how would he understand where Sherlock needs to go and how would he take him to the right place?

Incredible situations

Such riddles are based on seemingly unreal stories. After reading the task, you might think that this could not possibly happen, so you need to use your imagination.

1. A man walked into a bar, approached the bartender and asked for a glass of water. Instead, the bartender pointed the gun at him. After that, the man thanked the bartender and left. Why?

2. A man lived in the same house for two months in all alone. Then he turned off the light and left the house. Soon, 50 people died because of this.

Answers. 1. That man got hiccups and asked for a glass of water. The bartender decided to scare him, he succeeded, and the hiccups went away.

2. He lived at the lighthouse.

Perhaps someone can come up with their own puzzles. Well, the one who walks will master the road. You can keep a notebook and write the title: “Riddles about... with complex answers,” inserting an interesting topic between the dots.

There are significant benefits from training logic; it will help you accept sober and right decisions in life, and not be guided only by emotions. In addition, this will improve your intellectual level. Then the question “What to do in your spare time?” will be filmed: of course, try to solve the most difficult riddles in the world. It’s best not to let everyone know the answers to them right away, even if your loved ones are scratching their heads.

Riddle 1
You are the pilot of an airplane flying from London to Berlin with two transfers in Paris. Question: what is the pilot's last name?

Your last name (at the beginning of the riddle “are you flying...”)

Riddle 2
You enter a dark room. The room has a gas stove, a kerosene lamp and a candle. You have a box with 1 match in your pocket. Question: what will you light first?

Riddle 3
A businessman bought a horse for $10, sold it for $20. Then he bought the same horse for $30, and sold it for $40. Question: what is the total profit of the businessman from these two transactions?

Riddle 4
There is a hare in the forest. Rain is coming. Question: under which tree will the hare hide?

Under the wet

Riddle 5
Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?

Human. In infancy on all fours, then on two, then with a stick

Riddle 6
It was raining heavily. A bus was driving along the road. All the people on the bus were asleep, only the driver was awake. Question: What was the driver's name and what was the license plate number of the bus?

Because of the rain, the bus number cannot be seen, and the driver Tolya (only - Tolya)

Riddle 7
2 people go to meet each other. Both are exactly the same. Question: which of them will say hello first?

More polite

Riddle 8
The dwarf lives on the 38th floor. Every morning he gets into the elevator, gets to the 1st floor and goes to work.
In the evening, he enters the entrance, gets into the elevator, gets to the 24th floor, and then walks to his apartment.
Question: why does he do this?

Can't reach the right elevator button because he's a dwarf

Riddle 9
Dog-3, cat-3, donkey-2, fish-0. What does a cockerel equal? And why?

Cockerel-8 (kook-re-ku!), dog-3 (woof), cat-3 (meow), donkey-2 (ya), fish-0 (does not make sounds)

Riddle 10
The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. On which floor in this building is the elevator call button pressed most often?

On the ground floor, regardless of the distribution of residents by floor.

Riddle 11
The peasant needs to move a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across the river. The boat is so small that besides the peasant, only one more (passenger) can fit in it. But if you leave a wolf with a goat, then the wolf will eat it; if you leave a goat with cabbage, then the cabbage will be eaten. What should a peasant do?

The crossing must begin with the transportation of a goat. Then the peasant returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other bank and leaves it there, but takes the goat back to the first bank. Here he leaves him and transports the cabbage to the wolf. And then, when he returns, he transports the goat.

Riddle 12
Exam at a military school. The student takes a ticket and goes to get ready. The teacher smoked a cigarette and occasionally tapped his pencil on the table. A minute later he approaches the teacher. Without asking anything, he puts a 5. The happy student leaves. Clarify the situation.

The teacher wrote on the table with a pencil in Morse code: “Whoever needs an A, come here, I’ll give it to you.” Only one student was military-like vigilant and paid attention to the teacher’s encryption. For this he received 5.

Riddle 13
What lifts you up and brings you down, while constantly being in the same place?

Escalator

Riddle 14
A barrel of water weighs 50 kilograms, what needs to be added to make it weigh 15 kilograms?

Riddle 15
What kind of stones do you think are not in the river?

Riddle 16
Which hand do you think is best for stirring coffee with cream and sugar?

The hand that holds the spoon.

Riddle 17
Tell me, what can you hold without touching it with your hands?

Your breath

Riddle 18
The man got caught in the rain and had nowhere and nothing to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?

He was bald

Riddle 19
What word always sounds wrong?

The word "wrong"

Riddle 20
Two horns - not a bull, six legs without hooves, when it flies - it howls, when it sits - it digs the ground.

Riddle 21
A metal can was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the can hung from the table. After some time, the can fell. What was in the jar?

Piece of ice

Riddle 22
Imagine that you are a pilot. Your plane flies from London to New York for seven hours. Airplane speed is 800 km/h. How old is the pilot?

As much as you, because you are a pilot

Riddle 23
An electric train goes with the wind. Where does the smoke go?

The electric train has no smoke

Riddle 24
Why don't polar bears eat penguins?

Bears live at the North Pole, and penguins live at the South Pole.

Riddle 25
When a chicken stands on one leg, it weighs 2 kg. How much will she weigh if she stands on two legs?

Riddle 26
One egg is boiled for 3 minutes. How long will it take to cook 2 eggs?

Riddle 27
When is the sky lower than the earth?

When you look into the water

Riddle 28
What can't go into even the biggest pot?

Its cover

Riddle 29
What are the last teeth a person develops?

Artificial

Riddle 30
Why doesn't the cuckoo make nests?

Because he lives in the clock

Riddle 31. Series of 4 riddles
How to put a giraffe in the refrigerator in 3 steps? The size of the refrigerator is huge

Open the door, put the giraffe in, close the door.

How to put an elephant in a refrigerator in 4 steps?

Open the door, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, close the door.

The lion called all the animals to a meeting. All showed up except one. What kind of animal is this?

The elephant, because it's in the refrigerator.

You need to swim across wide river, which is infested with crocodiles. How can I do that?

What comes first in Russia and second in France?

(Letter "P")

A tin can was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the can hung from the table. After some time, the can fell. What was in the jar?

(Piece of Ice)

There were 90 apples growing on a birch tree. A strong wind blew and 10 apples fell. How much is left?

(Apples don’t grow on birch trees)

You are competing and have passed the runner in second position. What position do you take now?

(If you answered that you are now first, then you are absolutely wrong. You overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position)

You passed the last runner, what position are you in now?

(If you answered the penultimate one, you are again absolutely wrong. Think about it. How can you overtake a runner who is running last? If you are running after him, then he is not last. The answer is that it is impossible. It turns out that your use of the brain is not the best strong point)

Do not write anything or use a calculator, and remember - you must answer quickly. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?

(The answer is 5000? Wrong again. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator)

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Chacha 2. Cheche 3. Chichi 4. Chocho.
Question: What is the name of the fifth daughter? Think fast. The answer is just below.

(Chuchu? NO! Of course, her name is Mary. Read the question again)

When a woman lifts her leg, what do you see? Five letters, starts with P and ends with A.

What elongates when you take it in your hands, pass it between your breasts and insert it into the hole?

(Safety belt)

What a woman has on her body, a Jew has on her mind, is used in hockey and chessboard?

(Combination)

What has a head but no brain?

(Cheese, onion, garlic)

Run, run - you won’t get there,
Fly, fly - not reach.

(Horizon)

Little blue fur coat -
Covered the whole world.

Blue field
Silver is strewn.

(Stars on the sky)

Blue scarf,
Red bun
Rolling on a scarf
People smile.

(Sky and sun)

White cat
Climbs through the window.

(The lights of a sun)

Gray boars covered the entire field.

No arms, no legs,
And he opens the gate.

An eagle flies across the blue sky:
Wings spread out
Found the sun.

I'll look out the window:
Long Antoshka is coming.

Red rocker
It hung across the river.

No arms, no legs,
And he can draw.

The tablecloth is white
I dressed the whole world.

It flows, it flows, it won’t flow,
He runs, he runs, but he won’t run out.

Doesn't burn in fire
Doesn't sink in water.

Not the sea, not the land,
Ships don't float
But you can’t walk.

What does half an orange look like?

(To the other half)

When is the best time for a black cat to get into the house?

(When the door is open)

Two nails fell into the water. What is the Georgian's last name?

(Rusted)

There are two coins on the table; they add up to 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What coins are these?

(2 rubles and 1 ruble. One is not 1 ruble, but the other is 1 ruble)

She was white and gray
A green, young one came.

(Winter and Spring)

Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. HOW?

(They were on different banks)

What do you drop when you need it and pick it up when you don't?

(Sea anchor)

Two fathers and two sons were walking and found three oranges. They began to divide - everyone got one. How could this be?

(They were grandfather, father and son)

Without work it hangs, while work it stands, after work it is wet.

What is it that is easy to pick up the earth, but difficult to throw it far?

What rocks are not in the sea?

How do day and night end?

(With a soft sign)

Who speaks all languages?

There were four birch trees,
each birch has four large branches,
on each large branch there are four small branches,
There are four apples on each small branch.
How many apples are there in total?

(Not a single one. Apples don’t grow on birch trees!)

What is it: blue, big, with a mustache and completely stuffed with bunnies?

(Trolleybus)

Which hand is better to stir tea?

(Which one contains a spoon, and if there is a spoon in both, then which one is more convenient)

In the room there were 12 chickens, 3 rabbits, 5 puppies, 2 cats, 1 rooster and 2 hens. The owner came here with his dog. How many legs are there in the room?

(Two. Animals have paws)

How many steps does it take to put a hippopotamus in the refrigerator?

(Three. Open the refrigerator, place the hippopotamus and close the refrigerator)

How many steps does it take to put a giraffe in the refrigerator?

(Four: open the refrigerator, take out the hippopotamus, plant the giraffe, close the refrigerator)

Now imagine: they organized a race around the Kremlin, a hippopotamus, a giraffe and a turtle are participating. Who will reach the finish line first?

(Hippopotamus, because there is a giraffe in the refrigerator...)

Can an ostrich call itself a bird?

(No, he can't talk.)

How many peas can fit into one glass?

(Not at all, because peas don’t move)

Small, gray, looks like an elephant. Who?

(Baby elephant)

How do day and night end?

(Soft sign)

As you know, all native Russian female names end in either “a” or “ya”: Anna, Maria, Olga, etc. However, there is only one female name that does not end in either “a” or “i”. Name it.

The woman is standing on the floor, her hole slightly open.

What is it: the hard is inserted into the soft, and the balls dangle nearby?

What kind of woman first rubs around you and then demands money?

(Conductor on the tram)

The child’s logic must work! Do not take precedence over creative activity, but be in harmony and balance with it. Therefore, like Creative skills, the ability to think logically needs to be developed in children.

And those logical riddles with answers that we have collected for you on this page, we hope, will help you with this. Some of these riddles are very simple, they are for fun or for very little ones. And others are more complicated. Although, of course, not as difficult as for adult children. But the kids will still have no way of coping with them without your help and without answers. Help them, don't be too serious! 🙂

Anyway, enough talk, let's get down to business!

1) Grandma Anya has a grandson Seryozha, a cat Fluff, and a dog Bobik. How many grandchildren does grandma have?

Answer: (One)

2) The thermometer shows plus 15 degrees. How many degrees will these two thermometers show?

Answer:(15)

3) How to say correctly: “I don’t see the white yolk” or “I don’t see the white yolk”?

Answer: (The yolk cannot be white)

4) The truck was driving to the village. On the way he met 4 cars. How many cars were going to the village?

Answer: (One)

5) My father’s child, not my brother. Who is this?

Answer: (Sister)

6) There are 4 oranges in the vase. Question: how to divide these 4 oranges between four boys so that each boy gets one orange, and so that 1 orange remains in the vase?

Answer: (Leave the fourth orange in the vase)

7) Twelve brothers
They wander after each other,
They don't bypass each other.

Answer: (months)

8) A famous magician says that he can put a bottle in the center of the room and crawl into it. Like this?

Answer: (Anyone can crawl into the room)

9)What kind of comb should you not comb your hair with?

Answer: (Petushin)

10) My name is Misha. My sister only has one brother. What is the name of my sister's brother?

Answer: (Misha)

11) Can it rain for two days in a row?

Answer: (No, there is night between them)

12)Which month is the shortest?

Answer: (May, since it only has three letters)

13) Say a word that contains 40 vowels.

Answer: (Forty, namely forty “A”)

14) There are 8 benches in the park. Three were painted. How many benches are there in the park?

Answer: (Eight remain)

15) There are 25 coconuts in a box. The monkey stole all the nuts except 17. How many nuts were left in the box?

Answer:(17 nuts left)

16) Which hand is better to stir tea?

Answer: (It is best to stir the tea with a spoon)

17) Each of the 5 sisters had two brothers. How many brothers were there in total?

Answer: (Two brothers)

18) You are ahead of the skier who was in second position. What place do you occupy now?

Answer: (Having overtaken a skier, you take his place, namely second)

19) The housewife needs to bake 6 pies. How can she do it in 15 minutes, if only 4 pies fit in the frying pan, and the pies should be baked for 5 minutes on each side?

Answer: (first put 4 pies and fry them for 5 minutes, then turn 2 pies over, and remove 2, then put in 2 new pies and fry for another 5 minutes. After that, remove 2 finished pies and finish frying all the rest)

20)Where was Moses when the candle went out?

Answer: (In the dark)

21) The magician has 2 bags: one contains cards, and the other contains balls. Each of the bags is signed: one with cards is true, the other with balls is obviously false. 1 says: “There are no marbles in this bag”; on 2 - “Balls and cards are here.” In which bag are the cards?

Answer: (cards in the first bag)

22) What can’t you pick up from the floor by its tail?

Answer: (Ball of thread)

23) There is an elevator in a 12-story building. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this building is pressed most often?

Answer: (button on the first floor)

24) The loaf was cut into three parts. How many cuts were made?

Answer: (Two cuts)

25) Who walks while sitting?

Answer: (A chess player walks while sitting)

26) A pan was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that two-thirds of the pan hung from the table. After some time the pan fell. What was in it?

Answer: (There was ice in the pan)

27) The more you take from it, the more it becomes... What is this?

Answer: (This is a pit)

28) Which wheel does not spin when turning right?

Answer: (Spare tire)

29) A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a brother-in-law and son-in-law were walking. How many are there?

Answer: (Three)

30)What does half an orange look like most?

Answer: (For the second half of the orange)

31) What can you cook, but cannot eat?
Answer:( Lessons)

32) Two boys played checkers for 2 hours. How long did each boy play?

Answer: (Two hours)

33) What do all people on earth do at the same time?
Answer:( Getting older)

34) How can a thrown egg fly four meters without breaking?
Answer:( You need to throw the egg more than four meters, then the first four meters it will fly intact)

35) What can travel around the world while remaining in the same corner?
Answer:( Postage Stamp)

36) There is a well-known story about little boy, which, having received New Year's gift, asked my mother: “Please take off the lid. I want to pet the gift.” What kind of gift is this?
Answer: (This gift turned out to be turtle)

37) What kind of utensils should you not eat from?
Answer: (From blank.)

38) If it is raining at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect sunny weather 72 hours later?

Answer:(No, in 72 hours it will be midnight again)

39) Which elephant does not have a trunk?

Answer: (The chess bishop does not have a trunk)

40)What do we eat for?

Answer: (We eat at the table)

41) Four birch trees grew, On each birch there were four large branches, On each large branch there were four small branches, On each small branch there were four apples. How many apples are there in total?
Answer: (None, since apples cannot grow on birch trees.)

42) A grandmother was walking to Moscow, three old men met her, the old men each had a bag,

and in each bag there is a cat. How much did it go to Moscow?
Answer: (Only the grandmother was going to Moscow, but the old people were going in the other direction.)

43) When black cat What's the easiest way to get into the house?
Answer: (The easiest way for a cat to get into the house is when the door is open.)

44) Which question cannot be answered “yes”?

Answer: (Yes, you cannot answer the question “Are you sleeping?”)

45) A flock of ducks was flying: two in front, two behind, one in the middle and three in a row. How many are there in total?

Answer: (Three ducks were flying)

46) A flock of birds flew, sat two by two on a tree - one tree remained; They sat down one at a time - one was missing. How many birds and how many trees?

Answer: (Three trees and four birds)

47) On what road do they drive for half a year and walk for half a year?

Answer: (By the river)

48)What always increases and never decreases?

Answer: (Person's age)

49) How to make four sticks out of three without breaking them?
Answer: (Add them to the number 4.)

50) The grandmother was carrying a hundred eggs to the market, and the bottom fell. How many eggs are left in the basket?
Answer: (Not a single one remains: after all, the bottom fell)

51) They knock and knock - they don’t tell you to be bored.
They go and go, and everything is just there.
Answer: (Clock)

52) Why do birds fly?
Answer: (Birds fly through the air.)

53) Irina dreamed of a chocolate bar, but she didn’t have 10 rubles to buy it. Lesha also dreamed of a chocolate bar, but he was only 1 ruble short. The children decided to buy at least one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. What is the cost of a chocolate bar?

Answer: (The cost of a chocolate bar is 10 rubles. Ira had no money at all)

54) What can’t a magnifying glass magnify in a triangle?

Answer: (A magnifying glass in a triangle cannot magnify the angles)

55) What will happen to the crow when it turns 7 years old?

Answer: (She will be eight years old)

56) If you only had one match and you walked into a room where there was a kerosene lamp, a fireplace and a gas stove, what would you light first?

Answer: (Match)

57) What is the correct way to say: “I don’t see the white yolk” or “I don’t see the white yolk”?
Answer: (The yolk cannot be white)

58) How many peas can fit into one glass?
Answer: (Not at all, because peas don’t move)

59) There are four legs under the roof,
Above the roof - soup and spoons.
Answer: (Table)

60) What is lighter than 1 kg of cotton wool or 1 kg of iron?

Answer: (They weigh the same)

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