15+ Short Riddles That'll Stretch Your Brain | MindYourLogic Riddles

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1. There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. All the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What color are the stairs?

Answer: There are no stairs—it’s a one-story house!

2. Grandpa went out for a walk, and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?

Answer: Grandpa’s bald!

3.You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

Answer: Second place.

4. What four-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

Answer: NOON.

5. You are in a dark room with a box of matches. On a table are a candle, an oil lamp and a log of firewood. What do you light first?

Answer: The match! Can’t light any of those things without a lit match.

6. I called my dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crossed the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge, a boat or a raft. How is that possible?

Answer: The river was frozen.

7. Bella is outside a shop. She can’t read the signs, but she knows she needs to go in to make a purchase. What store is she at?

Answer: An eyeglass store.

8. What are the next three letters in this sequence: O, T, T, F, F, S, S—what comes next?

Answer: E, N, T. The letters are the first letters of the written numbers: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. “Eight, nine, ten” are next.

9. A girl throws a ball as hard as she can. It comes back to her, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?

Answer: She throws it straight up in the air!

10. A man was driving his truck. His lights weren’t on. The moon was not out. There were no streetlights. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. Luckily, the truck driver stopped in time—how did he see her?

Answer: It was daytime!

11. A horse attached to a 24-foot chain wants an apple that is 26 feet away. He reaches the apple and munches on it, no problem—how is that possible?

Answer: The other end of the chain isn’t attached to anything.

12. A monkey, a squirrel and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first?

Answer: None of them—coconut trees don’t produce bananas!

13. How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

Answer: You and your father are standing back-to-back.

14.Three doctors all say Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who is lying?

Answer: No one—the doctors are Robert’s sisters.

15.Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?

Answer: They were playing two different games, against other opponents.