Terribly Tricky Riddles And Brainteasers To Keep You And Your Kids Busy In Isolation

You might be good at riddles... but these are pretty hard

Ariana

• Published in Interesting
• April 16, 2020

Isolation is not easy. If you're working from home. it's a pain in the butt with Zoom calls from your boss at ungodly hours and trying to get work done while also trying to watch 'The Tiger King'.

If you've got kids (little ones), you're probably home-school which is a total pain in the butt, too! For those with teenage kids (or college age kids at home) the work-load may be a little less for you, but they're probably moping around, bored as hell, eating all your food and staring off into the distance.

Want to spice up breakfast? Get everyone out of bed early, make some eggs or pancakes... or both, and hit them with these riddles!

"If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you don't have me. What am I?"

A SECRET!

Here's another... " I am holding a bee, and there is something in my eye. What is it?"

Answer: "Beauty!"

Number 3! "If you turn me on my side, I am everything, but cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?"

Answer: THE NUMBER 8!

Ok here is number 4! "You need to boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes, but only have a 7 minute hourglass and an 11 minute hourglass to mark the time. How do you do it?"

Answer:

1.Start both hourglasses as you start boiling the egg.

2. After the 7-minute hourglass runs out, turn it to start it again.

3. Four minutes later, when the 11-minute hourglass runs out, turn the 7-minute hourglass again.

4. Wait for the 7-minute hourglass to run out, which will take another four minutes and get you to exactly 15 minutes of boiling time.

Imagine you're on a bridge...

Four people arrive at a narrow bridge that can only hold two people at a time. It's nighttime and they have one torch that has to be used during the crossing. Person A can cross the bridge in one minute, B in two minutes, C in five minutes, and D in eight minutes. When two people cross the bridge together, they must move at the slower person's pace. Can they all get across the bridge in 15 minutes or less?

A: 1. First, A and B cross the bridge and A brings the light back. This takes 3 minutes.2. Next, C and D cross and B brings the light back. This takes another 10 minutes.3. Finally, A and B cross again. This takes another 2 minutes.

This one reminds me of 10th grade math....

A man tells a census-taker that he has 3 children, and their ages combine to the product of 72. The sum of their ages is his house number. She complains that she still cannot figure it out, but when he replies that the eldest child likes chocolate pudding, she figures it out immediately. How?

How does chocolate pudding solve the riddle?

A: Once looking at the house number, the census taker knows the sum of the children’s ages, but there are still two groups of numbers multiply to 72 share the same sum: (2,6,6) and (3,3,8). Once the man said his eldest child liked chocolate pudding, she knew the second grouping must be right, because in the first, there is no eldest child

You're in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

Answer: "None – you light the match."

Ariana