Long riddles to give your brain a workout

You walk into an old horror house. It has no power or plumbing. Once inside, you see three doors. Each door has a number on it. Behind each door is a way for you to die. Behind door number one, you die by getting eaten by a lion. Behind door number two, you die by getting murdered. Behind door number three, you die by electric chair. You can’t turn back, so you have to go through a door. Which door do you go through?

Answer: Door number three – the house has no power, which means it doesn’t have electricity. Therefore, the electric chair won’t work.

The captain of a ship is telling you an interesting story, and then poses a question. He says, “I have travelled the oceans far and wide. One time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly. Can you tell me how that was possible?”

Answer: The sailors were standing at opposite ends of the ship, but facing one another.

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A girl says this to her best friend: “I was born in 1955, and I celebrated my 17th birthday last weekend.” Her best friend thinks she’s lying, but she’s actually correct. How is that possible?

Answer: She was born in room 1955.

There once were seven brothers. They were all born two years apart. The youngest is seven years old. How old is his oldest brother?

Answer: 19 years old – if you thought the oldest was 21, you likely didn’t count the seven-year-old dwarf as one of the seven brothers.

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A thief enters a store and threatens the clerk, forcing her to open the safe. The clerk says, “The code for the safe is different every day, and if you hurt me you’ll never get the code.” But the thief manages to guess the code on his own. How did he do it?

Answer: The clerk already told him the code – she said it’s “different” every day.

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Jim and Sarah are in a long-distance relationship. Jim buys an engagement ring for Sarah and wants to mail it to her. Unfortunately, the only way to ensure the ring will be received is to place a lock on the package. Jim has locks and Sarah has locks, but neither has keys for each other’s locks. How can they make sure the ring isn’t stolen?

Answer: The ring is sent through the mail multiple times. First, Jim puts a lock on the package and sends it to Sarah. Then, Sarah places one of her locks on the package and sends it back to Jim. Then, Jim removes his lock and sends the package back to Sarah. Finally, Sarah unlocks the package and gets the ring.

There were five men at church, and it started raining while they were outside. The four that ran still got wet, but the one that was still stayed completely dry. Why did he stay dry?

Answer: He was in a coffin – the other men were at his funeral.

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A man was at a carnival and went to a booth where a carnival operator said to him, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper, then you have to give me $100, but if I cannot, I will pay you $100.” The man saw no scale near the booth so he agreed, thinking he’d lie to the operator either way about his weight. However, the man ends up paying the carny $100. How did the carny win the bet?

Answer: The operator handed the man a piece of paper that said, “Your exact weight.”

The owner of a popular clothing store comes up with his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $8, socks cost $10, a tie costs $6, and a blouse costs $12. Using the owner’s method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

Answer: $18 – the method is charging $2 for each letter needed to spell out the clothing item.

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Andrew’s doctor gives him three pills and tells him to take one every half hour. How much time will have passed by the time Andrew’s taken all three pills?

Answer: One hour. Andrew will take one right away, then take one a half-hour later, then take the final one a half-hour after that.