Hard Riddles Page 11 of 14
Even more hard riddles, a variety of challenging riddles for you to work on and try to solve.
101. An 18-wheeler is crossing a 4 mile bridge that can only support 10,000 pounds and that's exactly how much the rig weighs. Halfway across the bridge a 30 ounce sparrow lands on the cab, but the bridge doesn't collapse. Why not?
102. Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
103. A soldier has been captured by the enemy and is sentenced to die. His captors say to him, "You may make one last statement, if you tell a lie, you will be shot. If you tell the truth, you will be hanged." The man makes a statement and they set him free. What did he say?
104. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where the man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $5, but if I cannot, I will pay you $5." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the man writes he'll just say he weighs a few pounds less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $5. How did the man win the bet?
105. Jill is a baby, only 27 days old. But she's not the youngest in the neighborhood. Jane who lives across the street is only 3 days old. Jill is nine times older than Jane. How many days will it take until Jill is only four times older than Jane.
106. A fabric store owner was using a slightly short yardstick to perform all of his measurements, 3 inches short to be exact. However, to make up for this, he added 5 percent to all materials that he sold, which was usually enough. Cathy, after exactly measuring the amount of curtain material she needed for her windows, ordered 5 yards.
Was she sold too little or too much material?
107. A certain street contains 100 buildings. They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9's are used in these numbers?
108. What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?
109. Which one doesn't belong:
January March May July August September October December
110. A farmer has 200 yards of fencing and wishes to enclose the largest possible area of land. In square yards, how big an area can he enclose?
