Logic Riddles

Riddles

Solve these logic riddles to stimulate your brain, they require logical thinking and may involve math.
Also, they can be hard and tricky.

1. I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle.

What am I?

2. Everyone has me but nobody can lose me.

What am I?

3. What's always coming, but never arrives?

4. The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

5. There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters
signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four
signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman.
What is the word?

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What gets broken without being hold?

7. If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it.
What is it?

8. A mother had five boys Marco, Tucker, Webster and Thomas.

Was the fifth boys name Frank, Evan or Alex?

9. MT_TF_S What are the missing letters? Why?

10. George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave
are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?

11. Timmy's mother has three children. The first was named April. The
next was named May. What is the final one's name?

12. There was a plane crash and every single person died.
Who survived?

13. What would you father's only sister's sister-in-law be to you?

14. If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to
catch a mouse?

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15. A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next
birthday. How is this possible?

16. I'm simple for a few people.

But hard for them to hear.
I live inside of secrets.
I bring people's worst fears.
What am I?

17. There is a man in a 4 story building. He jumps out of the window and
is unharmed. He used no padding, and had no harm done. How?

18. What is neither inside the house nor outside the house but a necessity
for any home?

19. Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or
sparrow?

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20. We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were

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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. How can that be possible?

21. A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two
doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from
magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or
anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing
dragon. How does the man escape?

22. A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot
repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for
two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the
parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can
this be?

23. Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the
same birthdays. How could this be?

24. In the land of the green glass door there are riddles but no answers,
sheets but no blankets, and books but no words. Name something
found in the land of the green glass door.
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25. There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his
own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie
costs $15 and a blouse costs $30.
Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

26. In the Tour de France, what is the position of a rider, after he passes
the second placed rider?

27. Once upon a time there were seven dwarfs who were all brothers.
They were all born two years apart. The youngest dwarf is seven
years old. How old is his oldest brother?

28. There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind
2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many
ducks are there?

29. Matt is the fiftieth fastest and the fiftieth slowest runner in his school.
Assuming no two runners are the same speed, how many runners are

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in Matt's school?

30. Bobby likes Jimmy but not Joe, apples but not pears, jeeps but not
vans, shinny but not hockey, tennis but not squash. Who will he like,
Sara or Sally?

31. Five men were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D
finished before E, but behind B.
What was the finishing order?

32. Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce,
and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she
like pumpkins or apples?

33. Can you guess the next letter in the series? "CYGTNLIT"

34. Susan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1
on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5.
How many games did they play?

35. What is taken before you can get it?

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36. If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after
tomorrow.

37. How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

38. There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and
each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars
was $1.50. How is that possible?

39. An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents.

How much is a pear?

40. If I say "everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a
lie?

41. There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and
a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?

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42. Tomorrow's yesterday. Yesterday's tomorrow. What is it?

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43. When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from
Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before
yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?

44. I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?

45. The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday.
What day is it today?

46. A prisoner is told: "If you tell a lie, we will hang you and if you tell the
truth, we will shoot you".
What did the prisoner say to save himself?

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47. Four golfers named Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue
were competing in a tournament. The caddy didn't know their names,
so he asked them.

One of them, Mr. Brown, told a lie.

The 1st golfer said "The 2nd Golfer is Mr. Black."
The 2nd golfer said "I am not Mr. Blue!"
The 3rd golfer said "Mr. White? That's the 4th golfer."
And the 4th golfer remained silent.

Which one of the golfers is Mr. Blue?

48. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three

rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins
with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3
years. Which room is safest for him?

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Answers

1. dictionary 24. Any word with two letters next to each

other. Like the word letters.
2. shadow
25. $45. The pricing method consists of
3. tomorrow
charging $5 for each letter required to spell
4. hole the item.
5. heroine 26. Second. If you answered first you were
wrong. He needs to pass the first placed rider
6. promise
to be first.
7. secret
27. The oldest brother is 19 years old not 21
8. The answer is Frank. Each child's first years old.
name begins with the first letters of the days
28. Just four, in a square formation.
of the week M, T, W, T, Frank
29. There are 99 runners in Matt's school.
9. W and S for days of the week
30. Sally, he likes everything with double
10. Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E

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appears twice in her name, as it does in the
names of the others that are drinking coffee. 31. CABDE
11. Timmy 32. Pumpkins. Lynn only likes things that
grow on vines.
12. Married couples
33. CYGTNLITS = Can you guess the next
13. Your mother.
letter in the series.
14. Five minutes.
34. They played eleven games.
15. Today is her eleventh birthday.
35. Your picture.
16. The truth.
36. The 27th.
17. He jumped out of the ground floor.
37. Only one - the "last" one.
18. windows
38. There was a grandfather, a father and a
19. The Ostrich. It doesn't fly. son.
20. The sailors had their backs against either 39. 40 cents. The price of each fruit is
ends of the ship. calculated by multiplying the number of
21. He waits until night time and then goes vowels by 20c.
through the first door. 40. lie
22. The parrot was deaf! 41. three
23. They are born in different time zones. 42. today

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43. thursday 47. The 3rd one

44. father 48. The third room, because those lions
haven't eaten in three years, so they are dead.
45. Friday
46. "You will hang me"

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