10 Hard Detective riddles with answer to up your investigative skills
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Do you think you?ve sharped-eye to solved these very tough detective riddles. So, Let's put your thinking caps on and try to solve these 10 hard detective riddles
A man got killed in his office.
The suspects are Edison, Maxis, Jason, Jenny, Sofia, Patrick.
A calendar found near the man has blood, written 6, 4, 9, 10, 11.
Who is the killer?
The answer is Jason.
Explanation:
If we consider the given numbers 6, 4, 9, 10, 11 to be the month number the riddle becomes damn easy to crack.
6 - June - J
4 - April - A
9 - September - S
10 - October - O
11 - November - N
Hence the answer is JASON.
Detective Mehul was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring that has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-known location, Detective Mehul finds a note: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718. Currently there are 3 suspects:
Bill, John, and Todd
Can you break the code and help detective Mehul find the criminal`s name?
Bill
Explanation : The criminal is Bill. If you look at the note upside down, you`ll notice that the numbers resemble letters and that those letters form legible sentences. The message is Bill is boss. He sells oil.
Jaikal is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won`t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape or he`ll die. Jaikal can`t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Jaikal escape from the cell?
Jaikal has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.
Once there was an evil scientist named Jaikaal. He took 3 women from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the women had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed.
Jaikaal brought the rosebush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.
One day, Kushal and Mehul went for a day out. It was a long day, and they both were tired. None of them wanted to drive the car. Mehul challenges Kushal to solve a riddle. If Kushal could give the correct answer, Mehul offers to drive the car, if not, Kushal will have to drive the car.
Note that it`s the agent with the Green badge and not Agent Green talking to Agent Red. As the agent with the green badge has spoken to Agent Red, we know that Agent Red doesn`t have a green badge. We already know he doesn`t have a red badge. Therefore he has a yellow badge. The agent with the green badge cannot be Agent Red, nor can he be Agent Green, therefore he is Agent Yellow. So Agent Yellow has a Green badge, and Agent Red has a yellow badge, meaning Agent Green must have a red badge.
Acting on an anonymous phone call, Detective Mehul raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. Detective Mehul doesn`t know what he looks like, but he knows his name is Jaikal and that he is inside the house. Detective Mehul bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman playing cards. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, he immediately arrested the fireman. How did Detective Mehul knew that fireman is Jaikal ?
The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of them are women.
Kushal went to a Catholic school. During school, he started goofing around, so the teacher called him out and sent him to the Pastor. Since this was a traditional school, the boy would be spanked, but the Pastor believed in giving people a chance.
His own equal! We see our equals everyday, but since there is one God, he cannot see someone equal to himself.
Kushal was killed in an office. At the time of murder there were only four people in the office; Mr. Gogo, Mr. Jagga. Mr.Dhamaka SIngh and Mr.Jaikal.
When police asked them who did it they got the following statements from each one of them.
After analysis the police found out that three of them were lying and they were able to catch the killer.
Mr. Gogo: Mr. Jagga did it
Mr.Jagga: Mr. Gogo did it
Mr. Dhamaka Singh: Mr. Jagga's telling the truth
Mr. Jaikaal: Mr. Dhamka Singh not lying
Analyze the statements above and find out who did it.
Mr.Jagga
Explanation : Let us consider all the statements one by one for every person and find out.
Case 1: Mr. Jagga did it, then
Statement 1 => true
Statement 2 => false (as Gogo did not do it)
Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)
Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamaka Singh is lying)
It was Mr. Jagga who did it. But let us confirm by taking up other cases as well.
Case 2: Mr. Gogodid it, then
Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Jagga did not do it)
Statement 2 => true
Statement 3 => true (as Mr. Bilbo is not lying)
Two statements are true whereas only one should be true, thus Mr. Reese did not do it.
Case 3: Mr. Gerry did it, then
Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Bilbo did not do it)
Statement 2 => false (as Mr. Reese did not do it)
Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)
Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamaka Singh is lying)
All four statements stand false, thus Mr. Gerry did not do it.
Case 4: Mr. Yang did it, then
Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Bilbo did not do it)
Statement 2 => false (as Mr. Reese did not do it)
Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)
Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamka Singhis lying)
All four statements are false therefore Mr. Jaikal did not do it.
We have verified with everyone and now know that it was Mr. Jagga who did it.
A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions, but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain Gogo. What did he do?
When the rich man reached the phone booth, he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird. When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.