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Hard Riddles

Are you looking for a real challenge? Did you find our other riddle categories too easy? Then step right up to our most challenging and difficult riddles to solve, all in this category.

Two Men Playing Tennis
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Two men were playing tennis. They played five sets and each man won three sets. How can this be possible?
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Dead On The Field
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Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, felled by three eyes, black as night. What happened?
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The Offensive Team Can Score Without Touching the Ball
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Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?
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Which Sports Should Come Next?
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Take a look at these sports carefully: golf, darts, tennis, cricket, football, badminton. Which of the following should come next: archery, boxing, squash, gymnastics, or baseball?
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These Two Sticks Must Always Be Kept Close By
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These two sticks must always be kept close by. Because if one of them decides to go another direction, then you’re sure to become much colder.
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Periodic Elements That Terrifies Criminals
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When combined, these four periodic elements make up something that terrifies criminals?
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I Was Once a Massive Star
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I was once a massive star and soon I will be a brightly colored gas cloud. For now, I am a massive explosion. What am I?
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Killer Wife, Or Not?
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A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. A few minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful afternoon together. How can this be?
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Three Consecutive Days
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Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
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Two Trains In a Tunnel
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Two trains enter a one-way tunnel at different ends exactly at 9:00, But they both come out the other end unharmed 5 minutes later. How is this possible?
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A Plane With 50 Passengers
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A plane with 50 passengers crashes into a mountain and everyone is killed, but there were only 49 bodies. How is this possible?
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Once in a Minute, Twice in a Moment
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I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?
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I Have Lakes But No Water
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I have lakes but no water. I have streets no cars. I have many places and borders, but I'm in one piece. What am I?
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You Can Hear Me And Control Me
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You can hear me and control me, but never see me or touch me. What am I?
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Train To Cuba
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If one train in New York is going 1206 mph and one in Florida goes 305 mph which one will get to Cuba first?
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The Highest Mountain on Earth
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Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
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Traveling Rodents
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How do rodents travel in the water?
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The Trip To Mexico
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There was a man who went on a trip to Mexico. The whole, round trip took four days. But he went on Wednesday and came back on Wednesday. How could this be?
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In Love With the Same Woman
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A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman - a beautiful girl named Monica. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Monica seven apples. Why?
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A Special Kind Of Transport
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This is a special kind of transport Sometimes it's used in an emergency Sometimes it's used by celebrities They are also able to fly and hover And help rescue people lost at sea
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Connecting Two, Touching One
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What connects two people but touches only one?
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Finish this sequence top to bottom...
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Look at this sequence from top to bottom. What is the next number in the sequence? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 ?
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City Names: Before noon, gaze at water barrier.
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What city's name can be described as: "Before noon, gaze at water barrier."
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The Sister in the Woods
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You are lost in the woods and the path you are following forks into two: a path to the left and one to the right. One path will lead you to safety while the other will cause you to be lost forever. At the fork are two twin sisters who know which path is which. The sisters are identical in every way except one: one of the sisters always tells the truth while the other always lies. You can ask only one question and you don’t know which sister is which. What can you say to them so you know which path to take?
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Take My Letters, Please!
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What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
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The Stolen Fire Crystal
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Someone has tripped the magical alarms in the Element Temple. When you and the other monks arrive on the scene, you know you have a disaster on your hands. Four young apprentices broke into the temple’s inner chamber to steal the sacred element crystals. But when the alarm went off they panicked, and each of them swallowed a crystal. Can you determine who ate which crystal? Pause the video at 1:40 to see all the facts and think about the answer. If you give up, continue the video to see the solution!
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The Dragon Jousters
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After year of war in the magic kingdom, the different species have decided to compete in dragon jousting instead of fighting. You are the recorder of these events, but you overslept and are late! How will you score each match? Pause the video at 2:10 to consider the problem and see the rules.
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Google Riddles - The Surprise Box
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You have 3 boxes. One of them contains a prize. You were allowed to pick just one of them. You pick - and it's empty. With 2 boxes left, you now have one box in your hand and another box in front of you. If given the chance to exchange your box with the box in front of you, would you do it? Why, and why not? (The 'Google Riddles' are interview questions those who wish to get hired were asked).
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Google Riddles - The Return Flight
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Today is more windy than yesterday, will a return flight take the same time, less time, or the same amount of time to complete? (The 'Google Riddles' are interview questions those who wish to get hired were asked).
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The Julius Caeser Box Riddle
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What does this message say? Can you decipher it? G T Y O R J O T E O U I A B G T
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