The best thing about a riddle is the answer. Funny riddles with a trick for adults
The most difficult riddle is different for each person. The one he struggled with for many hours or even days. But in the end I figured it out and found the answer on my own. He will definitely never forget the solution.
But still, among those ever invented, there are those that can confidently be classified as the most intricate. We will talk about them.
First group of riddles: for children
Don't think that any adult can handle them easily. Even not the most difficult riddle in the world can seriously puzzle you. Moreover, there will be a big embarrassment if a child can cope with it, but an adult will find it too tough.
- Life gives this as a gift twice. You have to pay for the third set. (Teeth.)
- A birch tree 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 don’t grow on birch trees.) Note. Although if you come across a person with creative thinking, he can say that nowhere is it said that apples actually grew on the tree. They just hung there. And it is unknown how they were secured, that’s why they fell.
The list of tasks that can be described as “the most difficult riddle” continues.
- During the race, the athlete overtook the one who was in second position. Where did he end up? (On the second, because he didn’t catch up with the first.)
- The same athlete in another competition overtook the one who was last. What place did he get? (It is impossible to overtake the last one; if someone was ahead of him, then he was not the last.)
- This thing is thrown away if it is needed. And when it turns out to be unnecessary, they raise it. What is this? (Sea anchor.)
The second group of riddles: for those who like to count
These tasks will require some math and some 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 thousand per month. It can be increased according to two schemes. The first promises an increase of 15 thousand per 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 your salary for an arbitrary number of years. Even the first two will be enough. In both cases, the annual salary is the same - 120 thousand. Increase plan for the first scenario: 120 thousand, 135 thousand and so on. The second scenario will give the following breakdown: 60 for the first six months and 65 for the second part of the year, resulting in 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? (Will go down.) Note. While the anchor lies in the boat, the part of it immersed in water is much larger than the volume of the anchor itself.
- How to collect 4 liters of water if only containers of 5 and 3 are available? (Fill 5, pour into 3, empty the second, pour the remaining 2 from the first into it, fill with 5 again, pour 1 liter from it into the three-liter.)
The third group of riddles: to reason
A creative approach is impossible without thinking carefully and moving away from the standards into which society has driven people. Therefore, the most complex logic riddles turn out to be simple after the answer is found.
- 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 enter the partition 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 it will have time to warm up. The second action is to turn on the second light bulb. Now you can take a look. The one that is hot is the first. The other one glows - the second one. And the third is the one that was not touched at all.
- One hotel has seven floors. The first one accommodated 4 guests. On each subsequent floor their number increases by 3. On which floor is the elevator button pressed most often? (On the first.)
- One person only has one match left in the box. He enters a room in which there is a kerosene lamp on the fireplace and a gas stove. What will a person light first? (Match.)
And this is perhaps the most difficult logic riddle.
You need to bake 6 pies. They need to be fried on each side for 5 minutes. Only 4 pies can be placed on the frying pan at a time. How can you fry them in 15 minutes?
The solution consists of the following moves:
- put 4 pies for 5 minutes;
- Turn 2 over, 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 intelligence. A savvy person will easily solve all the most complex logical riddles.
- The girl took the ring out of the coffee cup. Why didn't the ring get wet? (Coffee 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 to the pier, and the 4 lower steps were in the water. Thickness and height of the steps: 5 and 30 cm. While the ship was at the pier, the tide began, and the water rose by 40 cm every hour. How many steps will be under water 3 hours after the tide starts? (Still 4, the steamer will rise with the water.)
Fifth group of riddles: with a catch
Logic and the ability to count well will not always help in solving such problems. These most difficult riddles have a catch. That is, those in which you need to look for something unusual.
- There are three tractor drivers working 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 burning on the candlestick. The owner blew out 3 of them. How many candles will be left by morning? (3: those that are blown out will not burn.)
- It's 12 o'clock at night. On the street it's raining. How confident can you be that the sun will be shining 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 a few more mysteries
- It is impossible to hold 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, but there was only one 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 medications, 30 tablets each. They cannot be distinguished by color, taste, smell, shape or size. The course of treatment cannot be interrupted. Every day you need to take one tablet of each drug. One day a person took 1 tablet out of the first package, and 2 fell out of the second. They got mixed up. How can a 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. It will turn out that there will be one of each type in each pile.
2. Again, take another tablet. Grind everything into powder and divide into two equal parts.
Our dear readers! To start working week didn’t seem so dreary and so that you can tune in to the work wave and feel in good shape, the blog Outside the City has collected 15 for you interesting riddles with a trick that you may not be able to guess the first time. We have written the answers below. Just don't peep. Otherwise it won't be interesting. We wake up and find the answers on our own))
1. 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?
2. Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
3. Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. in the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
4. The jar is on the table. It stands so that one half of it is in the air and the other is on the table. What is in the jar if it falls in half an hour? And why?
5. A man went to sea and got into a storm. He was carried to an island where there were no men, and only girls lived. In the morning he woke up covered in ropes at some ritual and found out that they wanted to kill him. And he asked the last word. After he told him, the girls made him a boat, gave him food, water and sent him home. What did he say?
6. A 1st grade student solves this riddle in 5 minutes, a high school student in 15 minutes, a student in 1 hour, a professor will never solve it. Riddle: decipher odtchpshsvdd
7. One train travels from Moscow to St. Petersburg with a delay of 10 minutes, and the other from St. Petersburg to Moscow with a delay of 20 minutes. Which of these trains will be closer to Moscow when they meet?
8. It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit, which weighs less than the others. How can you identify a counterfeit coin in two weighings using a cup scale?
9. There are two cords, each of which burns for an hour, but burns unevenly. How can you measure 45 minutes using these two cords and matches?
10. Place 2 bricks on a smooth board - one flat and the other on an edge. The bricks weigh the same. Which brick will slide off first if you tilt the board?
11. Cat – 3 Horse – 5 Rooster – 8 Donkey – 2 Cuckoo – 4 Frog – 3 Dog -?
12. Three criminals met: the bugbear Belov, the burglar Chernov and the pickpocket Ryzhov. “The amazing thing is that one of us has black hair, the second one has white hair, and the third one has red hair, but none of us have the same hair color as their last name,” said the black-haired man. “It’s true...” said the bugbear Belov. What's the pickpocket's?
13. 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 belongs to which switch.
14. There is a concrete wall 3 meters high, 20 meters long and weighing 3 tons. How to knock her down without any aids or tools?
15. A father and two sons went on a hike. On their way they met a river, near the bank of which there was a raft. It can support either a father or two sons on the water. How can father and sons cross to the other side?
Answers:
1. They were on different banks.
2. In chess.
3. Because Holmes didn't tell him the address.
4. Ice
5. Let the ugliest one kill me.
6. 1,2,3,4...
7. At the moment of the meeting they will be at the same distance from Moscow.
8. 1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. Fake coin in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: From the pile with the least weight, 1 and 1 coin are compared. If they are equal, then the remaining coin is fake.
9. You need to light the first cord at both ends at the same time - this is 30 minutes. Simultaneously with the first cord, we light the second cord from one end, and when the first cord burns out in 30 minutes, we light the second cord from the other end - we get the remaining 15 minutes.
10. The bricks will start sliding at the same time. Both bricks press on the board with the same force, which means that the friction forces that they have to overcome are also the same. The specific friction forces per each square centimeter of contact area between the bricks and the board are naturally not equal. But general forces the friction acting on the bricks, equal to the product of the specific friction force and the contact surface area, will be the same.
11. Cat - meow (3), Horse - i-go-go (5), Rooster - ku-ka-re-ku (8), Donkey - i-a (2),..., Dog - woof ( 3)
12. Belov is not white because of his last name and not black, since he answered the black-haired one. That is, Belov is red. Chernov is not black because of his last name and not red, since our bugbear Belov is red. Ryzhov's pickpocket remained black.
13. Turn on two switches. After some time, turn one off. Enter the room. One light bulb will be lit from the switch on, the second hot - from the switch turned on and off, the third - cold, from the untouched
14. The thickness of such a wall will be no more than two centimeters, which allows you to push it with your hand
15. First, both sons cross. One of the sons returns back to his father. The father moves to the opposite bank to join his son. The father remains on the shore, and the son is transported to the original shore after his brother, after which they both are transported to their father.
A riddle is a metaphorical expression in which one object is expressed through another that has some, even remote, similarity with it; based last man and must guess the intended object.
In ancient times, a riddle was a means of testing wisdom; now it is a folk pastime. Riddles are found among all peoples, no matter what stage of development they are at. A proverb and a riddle differ in that a riddle needs to be guessed, while a proverb is a teaching. Material from Wikipedia. We bring to your attention 15 of the most difficult riddles in the world. At the same time, we also give answers so that you can immediately determine whether you are able to solve them.
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- 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 did they do it?
They were on different banks.
- Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone?
Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (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 using a calculator.
- Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. 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 turned out to be a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
- Third-graders Alyosha and Misha walk from school and talk:
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then 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 talk?On Sunday.
- The hare and cat together weigh 10 kg. Dog with hare - 20 kg. Dog with cat - 24 kg. In this case, how much will all the animals weigh together: the hare, the cat and the dog?
27 kg. (solution .)
- There was a stone on the seashore. An 8 letter word was written on the stone. When the rich read this word, they cried, the poor rejoiced, and the lovers parted. What was that word?
Temporarily.
- There is a prison, next to a hospital. There are rails around them, and on the rails a train moves around at high speed. One boy needs to go to his grandfather in prison, and one girl needs to go to her grandmother in the hospital. How can they do this if the train doesn't stop?
The boy needs to throw the girl under the train, then he will go to prison, and the girl to the hospital.
- Which Russian word can you write it from right to left, turn it upside down, mirror it, and it will still remain unchanged and not lose its meaning?
It.
- Which bird do you need to pluck feathers from 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 option in the comments.
With a catch, which have gained popularity among a huge number of different people not only due to the ability to use them in educational process, but also because of the entertainment component.
Such riddles help broaden the horizons of both children and adults, and are of interest to those who want to expand their knowledge. They are light and simple. Let's begin.
1. A man is standing on one side of the river, his dog is on the other. He calls the dog, and he immediately comes running to his owner, without getting wet, without using either a boat or a bridge. How did she do it?
2. What is unusual about the numbers 8, 549, 176, 320?
3. A 12-round fight is scheduled between two boxers. After 6 rounds, one boxer is knocked out on the floor, but none of the men is considered a loser. How is this possible?
4. In 1990 a person turned 15 years old, in 1995 the same person turned 10. How is this possible?
5. You are standing in the corridor. In front of you are three doors into three rooms and three switches. You can't see what's going on in the rooms, and you can only get into them through the door. You can enter each room once and only when all the switches are turned off. How do you know which switch belongs to which room?
6. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April, the second was named May. What was the name of the third child?
7. Before the discovery of Mount Everest, what was the highest peak in the world?
8. Which word is always spelled incorrectly?
9. Billy was born on December 25, but his birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
10. The truck driver is moving towards the opposite side down a one-way street. Why don't the police stop him?
11. How to quit a raw egg onto a concrete floor without breaking it?
12. How can a person last eight days without sleep?
13. The doctor gave you three tablets and told you to take one every half hour. How long will it take you to take all the pills?
14. You entered dark room with one match. The room contains an oil lamp, a newspaper and wooden blocks. What will you light first?
15. Does a man have the right by law to marry his widow’s sister?
16. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
17. What goes up and down but stays in one place?
18. What can you never eat for breakfast?
19. What always increases and never decreases?
20. Imagine that you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How can you survive?
21. How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
22. Seven sisters arrived at the dacha, and each of them took up her own business. The first sister cooks, the second works in the garden, the third plays chess, the fourth reads a book, the fifth does a crossword puzzle, the sixth does laundry. What does the seventh sister do?
23. What goes both uphill and downhill, but remains in place?
24. Which table has no legs?
Complex riddles with answers
25.How many years are there in a year?
26. What kind of stopper is impossible to stop any bottle?
27. No one eats it raw, but after cooking it, they throw it away. What is this?
28. The girl wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but she lacked 10 rubles. The boy also wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but he lacked 1 ruble. The children decided to buy one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. How much does a chocolate bar cost?
29. A cowboy, a yogi and a gentleman are sitting at the table. How many feet are there on the floor?
30. Nero, George Washington, Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes, William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci. Who's the odd one out on this list?
Riddles with a trick
31. Which island calls itself a piece of laundry?
32. – Is it red?
No, black.
Why is she white?
Because it's green.
33. You are sitting on a plane, there is a car in front of you, and a horse behind you. Where are you at?
34. How long should a hard-boiled chicken egg be boiled in water?
35. What unites the numbers 69 and 88?
Logic riddles
36. Whom does God never see, the king sees quite rarely, and the common man sees every day?
37. Who walks while sitting?
38. What is the longest month of the year?
39. How can you jump from a 10-meter ladder without breaking? And not even get hurt?
40. When this item is needed, it is thrown away, and when it is not needed, it is taken with them. What are we talking about?
Riddles with answers
41. Any person receives this for free twice in his life, but if he needs it for the third time, he will have to pay for it. What is this?
42. What state name will you get if you put a small horse between two identical pronouns?
43. The capital of a European state in which blood flows?
44. The combined ages of father and son are 77 years. The son's age is the father's age in reverse. How old are they?
45. If it is white, then it is dirty, and if it is black, then it is clean. What are we talking about?
Challenging riddles
46. Can a person be in a room without his head and still be alive?
47. In what case will you not be able to take the place of a sitting person, even if he stands up?
48. What product can be boiled with even 10 kg of salt and it still will not become salty?
49. Who can easily light a match under water?
50. The plant that knows everything?
51. What will you do if you see a green man?
52. How many stripes does a zebra have?
53. When does a person look like a tree?
54. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
55. Where is the end of the world?
Ready for the answers?
Answers to riddles
1. The river is frozen
2. This number contains all the digits from 0 to 9.
3. Both boxers are female.
4. He was born in 2005 BC.
5. Turn on the right switch and do not turn it off for three minutes. After two minutes, turn on the middle switch and do not turn it off for one minute. When the minute has passed, turn off both switches and enter the rooms. One light bulb will be hot (1st switch), the second will be warm (2nd switch), and the cold light bulb refers to the switch you didn't touch.
6. Johnny.
7. Everest, it just hasn't been discovered yet.
8. The word "wrong".
9. Billy was born in the southern hemisphere.
10. He is walking along the sidewalk.
11. An egg will not break a concrete floor!
12. Sleep at night.
13. You will need one hour. Take one tablet now, the second after half an hour, and the third after another half hour.
14. Match.
15. No, he's dead.
16. Each month has 28 or more days.
17. Staircase.
19. Age.
20. Stop imagining.
22. The seventh sister plays chess with the third.
23. Road.
24. Dietary.
25. There is one summer a year.
26. Traffic jam.
27. Bay leaf.
28. The price of a chocolate bar is 10 rubles. The girl had no money at all.
29. One foot on the floor. A cowboy puts his feet on the table, a gentleman crosses his legs, and a yogi meditates.
30. Sherlock Holmes, because he is a fictional character.
32. Black currant.
33. Carousel.
34. This does not need to be done, the egg is already boiled.
35. When turned upside down, they look the same.
36. Like yourself.
37. Chess player.
39. Jump off the lowest step.
42. Japan.
44. 07 and 70; 25 and 52; 16 and 61.
45. School board.
46. Yes. You need to stick your head out the window or door.
47. When he sits on your lap.
49. Sailor on a submarine.
51. Cross the road.
52. Two, black and white.
53. When he just woke up (pine, from sleep).
55. Where the shadow begins.
No matter how many correct answers you get, it is not an IQ test. It's important to force your brain to think outside of the ordinary. Below we will give you some tips that will help tune your brain to the right wavelength and prevent it from aging.
Brain exercises
Always have a crossword, puzzle, Sudoku, or any other similar thing that interests you in a prominent place. Spend a few minutes on them every morning to activate your brain.
Regularly attend exhibitions or conferences on topics that are unfamiliar to you. Think about how you can apply what you learn to your industry.
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:
- 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.
- 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 into his left ear and made a spinning motion with the fist of his other hand near his 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 the 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 arrive? faster than 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!)
