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15 difficult riddles that will make your head work and take your mind off everyday thoughts...

1. This is given to a person three times: the first two times are free, but for the third you have to pay?

2. One of my friends can shave his beard clean ten times a day. And still he walks around with a beard. How is this possible?

He's a barber.

3. One day at breakfast, a girl dropped her ring into a cup full of coffee. Why did the ring remain dry?

Coffee beans, ground or instant.

4. In what case, looking at the number 2, do we say “ten”?

When we look at a clock that shows ten minutes of an hour.

5. A man bought apples for 5 rubles apiece, and then sold them for 3 rubles apiece. After some time, he became a millionaire. How did he do it?

He was a billionaire.

6. You are standing in front of two identical doors, one of which leads to death, the other to happiness. The doors are guarded by two identical guards, one of whom tells the truth all the time, and the other lies all the time. But you don't know who is who. You can only ask one question to any of the guards.
What question should you ask to avoid making a mistake when choosing a door?

One solution: “If I ask you to show me the door to happiness, which door will the other guard point to?” And after that you need to choose another door.

7. You are invited to work as a financial analyst at Gazprom. They promise a starting salary of $100,000 per year and two options for increasing it:
1. Once a year your salary is increased by $15,000
2. Once every six months - for $5,000
Which option do you think is more profitable?

Second.
Layout according to the first option: 1 year - $100,000, 2 year - $115,000, 3 year - $130,000, 4 year - $145,000 and so on. Layout according to the second option: 1 year - $50,000 + $55,000 = $105,000, 2 year - $60,000 + $65,000 = $125,000, year 3 - $70,000 + $75,000 = $145,000, year 4 - $80,000 + $85,000 = $165,000 and so on.

8. There are three light bulbs in one room. The other has three switches. You need to determine which switch goes to which light bulb. You can only enter a room with light bulbs once.

You need to first turn on one light bulb and wait, then turn on the second light bulb for a very short time, and then turn both off. The first will be the hottest, the second will be warm, and the third will be cold.

9. You have five and three liter bottles and lots and lots of water. How to fill a five-liter bottle with exactly 4 liters of water?

Take a five-liter bottle and pour 3 liters from it into a three-liter bottle. Pour out the three-liter container and pour the remaining two liters into it. Take the five-liter bottle again and pour the extra liter from it into a three-liter bottle, where there is just that much space left.

10. You are sitting in a boat that floats in a pool. There is a heavy cast iron anchor in the boat, not tied to the boat. What happens to the water level in the pool if you drop an anchor into the water?

The water level will drop. While the anchor is in the boat, it displaces a volume of water weighing the same as the anchor, its own weight and the weight of the cargo. If an anchor is thrown overboard, it will only displace a volume of water equal to the volume of the anchor, and not its weight, i.e. less, since the density of the anchor is greater than that of water.

11. A father and two sons went on a hike. On their way they met a river, near the bank of which there was a raft. It can support either a father or two sons on the water. How can father and sons cross to the other side?

First, both sons cross. One of the sons returns back to his father. The father moves to the opposite bank to join his son. The father remains on the shore, and the son is transported to the original shore after his brother, after which they both are transported to their father.

12. A steel ladder was lowered from the side of the ship. The bottom 4 steps of the ladder are submerged in water. Each step is 5 cm thick; the distance between two adjacent steps is 30 cm. The tide began, at which the water level began to rise at a speed of 40 cm per hour. How many steps do you think will be under water after 2 hours?

ARITHMETICAL AND LOGICAL RIDDLES

Grandma Dasha has a grandson Pasha, a cat Fluff, and a dog Druzhok. How many grandchildren does grandma have?

The thermometer shows plus 15 degrees. How many degrees will these two thermometers show?

Sasha spends 10 minutes on the way to school. How much time will he spend if he goes with a friend?

My father's child, not my brother. Who is this?

There are 8 benches in the park. Three were painted. How many benches are there in the park?

My name is Yura. My sister only has one brother. What is the name of my sister's brother?

The loaf was cut into three parts. How many cuts were made?

What is lighter than 1 kg of cotton wool or 1 kg of iron?

(Equal)

The truck was heading to the village. On the way he met 4 cars. How many cars were going to the village?

Two boys played checkers for 2 hours. How long did each boy play?

(Two hours)

The miller went to the mill and saw 3 cats in each corner. How many legs are there in a mill?

A famous magician says he can place a bottle in the center of a room and crawl into it. Like this?

(Anyone can crawl into the room)

One driver did not take his driver's license with him. There was a one way sign, but he went in the opposite direction. The policeman saw this, but did not stop him. Why?

(The driver walked)

Can it rain two days in a row?

(No, there is night between them)

What will happen to the crow when she turns 7 years old?

(The eighth will go)

You can jump into it while moving, but you cannot jump out of it while moving. What is this?

(Airplane)

Born twice, dies once. Who is this?

(Chick)

What can’t you pick up from the floor by your tail?

(Ball of thread)

Who walks while sitting?

(Chess player)

What always increases and never decreases?

(Age)

A pan was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that two-thirds of the pan hung from the table. After some time the pan fell. What was in it?

The more you take from it, the more it becomes... What is this?

The girl fell from the second floor and broke her leg. How many legs will a girl break if she falls from the fourth floor?

(Maximum one, since the second leg is already broken)

The boy walks home from school for 30 minutes. How many minutes will it take 3 boys to cover the same road?

(In 30 minutes)

Where was Moses when the candle went out?

(In the dark)

The 9-story building has an elevator. 2 people live on the first floor, 4 people on the second, 8 people on the third, 16 on the fourth, 32 on the fifth, etc. Which button in the elevator of this building is pressed more often than others?

(First floor button)

When black cat What's the best way to get into the house?

(When the door is open)

A soldier walked past Eiffel Tower. He took out a gun and fired. Where did he end up?

(To the police)

When a house is built, what is the first nail driven into?

(In a hat)

What goes uphill, then downhill, but remains in place?

What does half an orange look like most?

(For the second half of the orange)

Two went - three milk mushrooms were found. Four are following, how many milk mushrooms will they find?

(No one)

There are 25 coconuts in a box. The monkey stole all the nuts except 17. How many nuts were left in the box?

(17 nuts left)

You have guests over, and in the refrigerator there is a bottle of lemonade, a bag of pineapple juice and a bottle of... mineral water. What will you open first?

(Fridge)

What comb should you use to comb your hair?

(Petushin)

Which month has 28 days?

(There is a 28th day in every month)

What is not eaten raw, but cooked and thrown away?

(Bay leaf)

Which month is the shortest?

(May - it only has three letters)

What will happen to the red ball if it falls into the Black Sea?

(He'll get wet)

Which hand is better to stir tea?

(It’s better to stir with a spoon)

What question cannot be answered with “yes”?

("Are you sleeping?")

What question cannot be answered with “no”?

("You are alive?")

What nose doesn't smell?

(Nose of a shoe or boot, spout of a teapot)

How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?

(One thing. Everything else will be eaten not on an empty stomach)

It’s given to you, and people take advantage of it. What is this?

Can an ostrich call itself a bird?

(No, because he can't speak)

The man was driving in the car. He didn’t turn on the headlights, there was no moon, and there were no lights along the road. An old woman began to cross the road in front of the car, but the driver braked in time and no accident occurred. How did he manage to see the old woman?

(It was day)

Which ear doesn't hear?

(Ear (ear) at the mug)

What can you see with your eyes closed?

How long can you go to the forest?

My father's son, not my brother. Who is this? Where does the water stand? What is visible only at night?

(Myself) (In the well) (Stars)

A flock of ducks was flying: two in front, two behind, one in the middle and three in a row. How many are there in total?

A son and his father and a grandfather and his grandson walked in a column. How many are there?

A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a brother-in-law and son-in-law were walking. Are there many of them?

A flock of birds flew, sat two by two on a tree - one tree remained; They sat down one at a time - one was missing. How many birds and how many trees?

(Three trees and four birds)

What did the merchant use to buy the hat?

(For money)

What road do you drive on for six months and walk for six months?

There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?

Police don't put out fires, firefighters put out fires

How can a person not sleep for 8 days?

Sleep at night

You enter a dark kitchen. It contains a candle, a kerosene lamp and gas stove. What will you light first?

A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?

She sits on your lap

You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall are three light bulbs that are turned off. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb each switch belongs to.

First you need to turn on two switches. After some time, turn off one of them. Enter the room. One light bulb will be hot from the switch on, the second will be warm from the switch off, the third will be cold from the untouched switch.

It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit one, which weighs less than the rest of the coins. How can you identify a counterfeit coin in two weighings using a cup scale?

1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. The counterfeit coin is in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: Any 2 coins from the pile with the lowest weight are compared. If they are equal, then the remaining coin is fake

Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?

They were on different banks

Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and divided them. Everyone got a whole orange. How can this be?

The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?

The rope was not tied to anything

How can a thrown egg fly three meters without breaking?

You need to throw the egg four meters, then it will fly the first three meters intact

The man was driving a large truck. The lights on the car were not turned on. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?

It was a bright sunny day

If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take one cat to catch one mouse?

Five minutes

Is it possible to light a match underwater?

It is possible if you pour water into some container, for example, into a glass, and hold the match below the glass

The boat rocks on the water. A ladder was thrown from it along the side. Before high tide, the water covered only the bottom step. How long will it take for the water to cover the 3rd step from the bottom if during high tide the water rises at 20 cm per hour and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?

Never, because the boat rises with the water

How to divide five apples between five girls so that each gets an apple and at the same time one of the apples remains in the basket?

Give one girl an apple along with a basket

One and a half pike perch costs one and a half rubles. How much do 13 pike perch cost?

Traders and potters. In one city all the people were traders or potters. Merchants always told lies, but potters always told the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: “You are all traders!” How many potters were there in this city?

The potter was alone because:

1. If there were no potters, then the traders would have to tell the truth that all the other traders are traders, and this contradicts the conditions of the problem.
2. If there were more than one potter, then each potter would have to lie that the rest were traders.

There are two coins on the table; they add up to 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What coins are these?

1 and 2 rubles

The satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other in 100 minutes. How can it be?

100 minutes is 1 hour 40 minutes

As you know, all Russian female names end with either the letter “a” or the letter “ya”: Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalya, Olga, etc. However, there is only one thing female name, which ends with another letter. Name it.

What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?

Time, temperature

If it rains at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect sunny weather 72 hours later?

No, because in 72 hours it will be night

Seven brothers have one sister. How many sisters are there in total?

One yacht goes from Nice to Sanremo, the other from Sanremo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. For the first hour, the yachts moved at the same speed (60 km/h), but then the first yacht increased its speed to 80 km/h. Which yacht will be closer to Nice when they meet?

At the moment of their meeting they will be at the same distance from Nice

A woman was walking towards Moscow, and three men met her. Everyone has a bag, in each bag there is a cat. How many creatures were heading to Moscow?

Only the woman went to Moscow, the rest went in the other direction

There were 10 birds sitting on a tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?

Not a single one - the rest of the birds flew away

The train runs from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. In which direction does the smoke fly from the chimney?

You are running a marathon and have passed the runner who was running second. What position do you take now?

Second. If you answered that you are now first, then this is incorrect: you overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position

You are running a marathon and have passed the last runner. What position do you take now?

If you answered that it was the penultimate one, you were wrong again :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you are running after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is - it is impossible, you cannot overtake the last runner

There were three cucumbers and four apples on the table. The child took one apple from the table. How much fruit is left on the table?

3 fruits, and cucumbers are vegetables

The product first rose in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its value now relative to its original value?

99%: after the price increase, 10% was added to 100% - it turned out to be 110%; 10% of 110% = 11%; then subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%

How many times does the number 4 appear in the integers from 1 to 50?

15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49

You have driven your car two-thirds of the way. At the beginning of the journey, the car's gas tank was full, but now it is one quarter full. Will there be enough gasoline until the end of the trip (at the same consumption)?

No, because 1/4< 1/3

Mary's father has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

A deaf and mute man went into a stationery store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck his finger into his left ear and made a spinning motion with the fist of his other hand near his right ear. The seller immediately understood what was being asked of him. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the salesman that he wanted to buy scissors?

I just said, he's blind, but not dumb

A rooster has flown to the border between Russia and China. I sat down exactly on the border, absolutely in the middle. Layed an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. Which country does the egg belong to?

Roosters don't lay eggs!

One morning, a soldier who had previously been on night guard approached the centurion and said that that night he had seen in a dream how the barbarians would attack the fortress from the north that evening. The centurion did not really believe in this dream, but still took measures. That same evening the barbarians actually attacked the fortress, but thanks measures taken their attack was repulsed. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?

Because he slept on duty

There are ten fingers on the hands. How many fingers are there on ten hands?

A plane with English tourists was flying from Holland to Spain. He crashed in France. Where should the surviving (wounded) tourists be buried?

The survivors do not need to be buried! :)

You were driving a bus with 42 passengers from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people got out of it, and at every second - four. What was the driver's name when the driver arrived in Washington 10 hours later?

How about you, because in the beginning it was said that You drove the bus

What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not in years, decades and centuries?

How many times can you subtract 3 from 25?

Once, because after the first subtraction the number "25" will change to "22"

Mrs Taylor's bungalow is all finished in pink color: It has pink lamps, pink walls, pink carpets and a pink ceiling. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?

There are no stairs in the bungalow

In the ancient castle where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners were imprisoned. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one fine day he hid in a corner, and when a guard came in, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, changing into different clothes. Could this happen?

No, since the towers were round and there were no corners

The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this building is pressed most often?

Regardless of the distribution of residents by floor - button “1”

A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: How many kilometers did each horse run individually?

20 kilometers

What can stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie at the same time?

Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?

The score of any match before it starts is always 0:0

What can a person increase in diameter by 7 times in a few seconds?

Pupil. When transitioning from bright light to darkness, the diameter can change from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either hardly increases or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times

A seller at the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he only has 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy away with these 25 rubles. change it to a neighbor. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 +5 rubles. The seller gives the hat and change 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. keeps it for himself. After some time, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns her money. How much money was the seller defrauded of?

The seller was deceived for a counterfeit 25 rubles.

How many animals did Moses take on his ark?

It was not Moses who took the animals into the ark, but Noah.

2 people entered the entrance at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other on the 9th. How many times will the first person get there faster than the second? Note: They simultaneously pressed buttons on 2 elevators moving at the same speed.

The usual answer is 3 times. Correct answer: 4 times. Elevators usually go from the 1st floor. The first one will travel 3-1=2 floors, and the second 9-1=8 floors, i.e. 4 times more

This riddle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can rack their brains for a long time to figure out how to solve such a problem, so you can organize a competition: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Whoever guesses it, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here's the task:

6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2

2793 = 1; 4895 = 3

The main thing is to look at the problem like a child, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the writing of numbers)

Two horsemen competed to see whose horse would reach the finish line last. However, things did not go well, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that they both rode at full speed.

The sage advised the horsemen to exchange horses

One student tells another: “Yesterday our college basketball team won the basketball game with a score of 76:40. At the same time, not a single basketball player scored a single goal in this match.”

Women's teams played

A man walks into a store, buys sausage and asks to cut it, not across, but lengthwise. The saleswoman asks: “Are you a fireman?” - "Yes". How did she guess?

The man was in uniform

The lady didn't have it with her driver's license. She did not stop at the railroad crossing, although the barrier was down, then, not paying attention to the “brick,” she moved along a one-way street against the traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of a traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.

The lady was walking

On one Odessa street there were three tailoring workshops. The first tailor advertised himself as follows: “The best workshop in Odessa!” The second is “The best workshop in the world!” The third “outdid” them both.

“The best workshop on this street!”

Two brothers were drinking at a bar. Suddenly, one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then pulled out a knife and, not paying attention to his brother’s attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At his trial he was found guilty of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: “You have been found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go.” Why did the judge have to do this?

The culprit was one of the conjoined twins. The judge could not send a guilty person to prison without putting an innocent person there as well.

We were traveling in the same compartment: Baba Yaga, Zmey Gorynych, a stupid ensign and a smart ensign. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel and it became dark. When the train came out of the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank the beer?

The stupid ensign drank the beer, since the other creatures are unreal and do not occur in life!)

Positive psychology 16.01.2018

Dear readers, who among us has not solved funny riddles at holidays or other events, and everyone will probably agree that this makes everyone present laugh like nothing else. And the point is not even to give exactly the correct answer. Individual jokers, shouting out incorrect but witty answers, stage entire performances in this way, causing even more laughter.

Although interesting riddles tricky logic questions can be not only fun and funny, but also complex and serious. You can think about these things, rack your brains, and test yourself for attentiveness and intelligence. And although we have long forgotten about such a pastime, why not sometimes get together with friends and look for the correct answers to such logical puzzles?

In a word, riddles with a trick and logic can be chosen for any occasion in order to spend time both fun and useful.

Simple tricky logic riddles with answers

Not difficult riddles with a catch, they are perfect for children's matinees and fun walks with children on the weekend.

A and B were sitting on the pipe. A went abroad, B sneezed and went to the hospital. What's left on the pipe?
(Letter B, and I went to the hospital)

How to jump from a ten-meter ladder without breaking?
(Jump off the first step)

There were 3 birch trees.
Each birch has 7 large branches.
On each big branch 7 small branches each.
There are 3 apples on each small branch.
How many apples are there in total?
(Not a single one. Apples don’t grow on birch trees)

The train travels at a speed of 70 km/hour. Which direction will the smoke fly?
(The train has no smoke)

Can an ostrich call itself a bird?
(No, ostriches don't talk)

What kind of dishes can you not eat anything from?
(Out of empty)

Where were potatoes first discovered?
(In the ground)

Name five days without naming them by numbers or by the names of the days of the week.
(The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow)

Without what can nothing ever happen?
(Untitled)

What do they always talk about in the future tense?
(About tomorrow)

How can you bow your head without lowering it down?
(By cases)

What only a father always gives to his children and what a mother can never give them?
(Surname)

The more you take from it, the bigger it becomes.
(Pit)

Complex logic riddles with a trick and answers

To guess which answer is correct, you need to be able to look at the familiar from an unusual angle. And this good exercise and a test of the ability to expand the boundaries of thinking.

When you see everything, you don’t see her. And when you don’t see anything, you see her.
(Darkness)

One brother eats and goes hungry, and the other goes and disappears.
(Fire and smoke)

I am water and I swim on water. Who am I?
(Ice floe)

What cannot be held for even ten minutes, although it is lighter than a feather?
(Breath)

There are roads - you can’t drive, there is land - you can’t plow, there are meadows - you can’t mow, there is no water in the rivers and seas. What is this?
(Geographic map)

What can't a magnifying glass magnify in a triangle?
(Angles)

From birth, everyone is dumb and crooked.
They will stand in a row and start talking!
(Letters)

It can be light or heavy, but it weighs nothing.
It can be fast and slow, but does not walk, does not run, does not fly.
What is this?
(Music)

Lying on his back - no one needs him.
Lean it against the wall - it will come in handy.
(Ladder)

The more there are, the less weight. What is this?
(Holes)

How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
(Turn it into cottage cheese)

On Soccer game the same person always came. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
(Before the start of the game the score is always 0:0)

To start using it, you need to break it.
(Egg. It is used for cooking)

She can age in just a couple of hours. She benefits people while killing herself. Wind and water can save her from death. What it is?
(Candle)

Complex and big logic riddles with a trick

These riddles are like whole stories, but the answers to them are quite simple and logical, once you grasp their essence.

One woman lived in a twelve-room apartment. She had a clock in every room. One Saturday evening in late October, she set all the clocks to winter time and went to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she discovered that only two dials showed the correct time. Explain.

(Ten of the twelve clocks were electronic. There was a power surge at night and the clocks went wrong. And only two clocks were mechanical, which is why they showed the correct time the next morning)

In a certain country there are two cities. In one of them live only people who always tell the truth, in the other - only those who always lie. They all go to visit each other, that is, in any of these two cities you can meet both an honest person and a liar.
Let's say you find yourself in one of these cities. How, by asking one single question to the first person you meet, can you determine which city you are in - the city of honest people or the city of liars?

(“Are you in your city?” The answer “yes” will always mean that you are in the city of honest people, no matter who you come across)

According to some information received by the San Francisco police, one could conclude that a theft of the jewels of the millionaire's wife, Mrs. Anderson, was being prepared. Mrs. Anderson lived in one of the first-class hotels. Apparently, the criminal who planned the crime also lived here. A detective was on duty in Mrs. Anderson's room for several days in the hope of capturing the villain, but to no avail. Mrs. Anderson had already begun to make fun of him, when suddenly the following happened. In the evening someone knocked on the door of the room. Then the door opened and a man looked into the room. When he saw Mrs. Anderson, he apologized, saying that he had the wrong door.

“I was absolutely sure that this was my room,” he said embarrassedly. - After all, all the doors are so similar to one another.

Then the detective emerged from the ambush and arrested the stranger. What could convince the detective that there was an intruder in front of him?

(The man knocked. This means he was not going to his room)

The traveler did not sleep for the whole day. Finally he got to the hotel and got a room.

“Please wake me up at seven sharp,” he asked the receptionist.

“Don’t worry,” the receptionist reassured him. “I’ll definitely wake you up, just don’t forget to call me, and I’ll come and knock on your door in an instant.”

“I will be very grateful to you,” the traveler thanked him. “You’ll get twice as much in the morning,” he added, handing the receptionist a tip.

Find the mistake in this story.

(To call the receptionist, the traveler will have to wake up first)

A skyscraper with 230 floors was built in Murom. The higher the floor, the more residents. At the very top (230th floor) 230 people live. Only one lives on the first floor. Name the most pressed elevator button.

(First floor button)

Eight twin brothers escaped for the weekend in Vacation home, and everyone found something to their liking. The first is busy picking apples, the second goes fishing, the third heats the bathhouse, the fourth plays chess, the fifth cooks dinner, the sixth watches TV series about cops on his laptop all day, the seventh discovered the artist in himself and draws the surrounding landscapes. What is the eighth brother doing at this time?

(Plays chess with fourth brother)

In France, there was a literary worker who hated the Eiffel Tower, especially how terrible it looked. At the same time, when he was hungry, he always visited the catering establishment located on the first floor of this architectural symbol of Paris. How is this behavior explained?

(Only in this restaurant, looking out the window, he did not see the Eiffel Tower)

Very famous English writer Bernard Shaw once visited a restaurant with his colleague. They were talking to each other and did not want anyone to disturb them. The orchestra conductor comes up to Shaw and asks him: “What should we play in your honor?”

Shaw, of course, did not want any music and responded very wittily, he said: “I would be very grateful to you if you would play ...”

What do you think Bernard Shaw proposed to the orchestra conductor to play?

(He invited the conductor to play a game of chess)

Tricky riddles with a trick and answers

Listen carefully or read for yourself tricky riddles. Indeed, in some of them the answers lie right on the surface.

The pear is hanging - you can’t eat it. Not a light bulb.
(This is someone else's pear)

What is a dietary egg?
(This is an egg laid by a hen on a diet)

Imagine that you are sailing on the sea in a boat. Suddenly the boat starts to sink, you find yourself in the water, and sharks swim up to you. What to do to save yourself from sharks?
(Stop imagining it)

Olga Nikolaevna finally had her dream come true: she bought herself a new bright red car. The next day, going to work, Olga Nikolaevna, moving on the left side of the road, turned left at a red light, not paying attention to the “No Turn” sign, and to top it all off, she did not fasten her seat belt.

The guard standing at the intersection saw all this, but he didn’t even stop Olga Nikolaevna to at least check her driver’s license. Why?

(Because she walked to work)

A crow is sitting on a branch. What should be done to saw off a branch without disturbing the crow?
(Wait for her to fly away)

When the ram reaches his eighth year, what will happen?
(The ninth will go)

A wild boar climbed a pine tree with four legs and came down with three. How can this be?
(Boars cannot climb trees)

A child was born into a black family in the Congo: all white, even his teeth were snow-white. What's wrong here?
(Children are born without teeth)

You are sitting on an airplane, there is a horse in front of you, and a car behind you. Where are you at?
(On the carousel)

The word is given with four letters, but it can also be written with three letters.
You can usually write it in six letters and then in five letters.
Originally it contained eight letters, and occasionally consists of seven letters.
(“Given”, “it”, “usually”, “then”, “born”, “occasionally”)

The hunter walked past the clock tower. He took out a gun and fired. Where did he end up?
(To the police)

Which hand should you use to stir tea?
(Tea should be stirred with a spoon, not with your hand)

What does a watchman do when a sparrow sits on his head?
(sleeping)

What is the fear of Santa Claus coming called?
(Claustrophobia)

What's not in a woman's handbag?
(About)

New Year's dinner is being prepared. The housewife prepares the food. What does she throw into the pan before adding food?
(Sight)

3 turtles are crawling.
The first turtle says: “Two turtles are crawling behind me.”
The second turtle says: “One turtle is crawling behind me and one turtle is crawling in front of me.”
And the third turtle: “Two turtles are crawling in front of me and one turtle is crawling behind me.”
How can this be?
(Turtles crawl in a circle)

Mathematical riddles with a trick and answers

And this section contains riddles for those who love and respect mathematics. Be careful!

Which is correct? Is five plus seven "eleven" or "eleven"?
(Twelve)

There were 3 rabbits in the cage. Three girls asked to give them one rabbit each. Each girl was given a rabbit. And yet there was only one rabbit left in the cage. How did this happen?
(One girl was given a rabbit along with a cage)

Alice wrote the number 86 on a piece of paper and asked her friend Irishka: “Can you increase this number by 12 and show me the answer without crossing out or adding anything?” Irishka did it. Can you?
(Turn over the paper and you will see 98)

There are 70 sheets of paper on the table. For every 10 seconds you can count 10 sheets.
How many seconds will it take to count 50 sheets?
(20 seconds: 70 - 10 - 10 = 50)

A man bought apples for 5 rubles apiece, but sold them for 3 rubles apiece. After some time, he became a millionaire. How did he do it?
(He was a billionaire)

The professor decided to treat his friends to his signature vegetable salad. For this he needed 3 peppers and the same number of tomatoes; There are fewer cucumbers than tomatoes, but more than radishes.
How many different vegetables did the professor use in the salad?
(9)

In the room there were 12 chickens, 3 rabbits, 5 puppies, 2 cats, 1 rooster and 2 hens.
The owner came here with his dog. How many legs are there in the room?
(The owner has two legs - animals have paws)

The geese went to water in single file (one after the other). One goose looked forward - there were 17 heads in front of him. He looked back and there were 42 paws behind him. How many geese went to water?
(39: 17 ahead, 21 behind, plus that goose that turned its head)

Experienced players Kolya and Seryozha played chess, but in the five games they played, each of them blew exactly five times. How did this happen?
(Kolya and Seryozha played with a third person. Another option was to draw 5 times)

Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
(5000? Incorrect. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator)

How to divide the number l88 in half to get one?
(In order to get one from the number l88, you need to write down this number on paper, then draw a straight line exactly in the middle of this number so that it divides the number into upper and lower parts. The result is a fraction: 100 / 100. When divided, this fraction gives unit)

A rich merchant, dying, left his sons an inheritance of a herd of 17 cows. In total, the merchant had 3 sons. The will states that the inheritance should be distributed as follows: the eldest son receives half of the entire herd, the middle son should receive a third of all cows from the herd, younger son must receive a ninth of the flock. How can brothers divide the herd among themselves according to the terms of the will?
(Very simple, you need to take another cow from your relatives, then the eldest son will receive nine cows, the middle one six and the youngest two cows. So - 9 + 6 + 2 = 17. The remaining cow must be returned to the relatives)

Simple and complex logic riddles with a catch, they will cheer you up and help you have fun in any adult company.

What should you do when you see a green man?
(Cross the street)

Not ice, but melting, not a boat, but floating away.
(Salary)

How many programmers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
(One)

These three TV stars have been on the screen for a long time. One is called Stepan, the second is Philip. What is the name of the third one?
(Piggy)

What's the difference between a priest and a Volga?
(Pop is father, and Volga is mother)

Why did Lenin wear boots and Stalin wear boots?
(On the ground)

He may not have children, but he is still a dad. How is this possible?
(This is the Pope)

What is the difference between a women's dormitory and a men's dormitory?
(In the women's dormitory, dishes are washed after meals, and in the men's dormitory - before)

Before calling a woman a bunny, what should a man check?
(Make sure he has enough "cabbage")

Husband getting ready for work:
- Honey, clean my jacket.
Wife:
- I've already cleaned it.
- And the trousers?
- I cleaned it too.
- And the boots?
What did the wife answer?
(Do boots have pockets?)

Trick riddles are riddles with a common question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and incorrect, but if you read the riddle more carefully and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Riddles with a trick, as a rule, are not without a sense of humor. Not only do they develop quick wit and out-of-the-box thinking, but they are also fun. Tell tricky riddles to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.

The same person always came to the football match. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the game starts the score is always 0:0
84297

More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Seconds (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
49012

What language is spoken silently?
Answer: Sign language
140061

Why is the stop valve on trains red and on airplanes blue?
Answer: Many will say: “I don’t know.” Experienced people will answer: “There are no stop valves on airplanes.” In fact, airplanes have a stop valve in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
32722

The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 kopecks
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
41275

One French writer really disliked the Eiffel Tower, but always dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain this?
Answer: This is the only place in all of vast Paris from where it is not visible
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
38714

What city did you hide in? male name and side of the world?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Yulia
44793

Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is solving Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is taking care of the plants. What does the seventh sister do?
Answer: Plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
44496

Why do they often walk, but rarely drive?
Answer: By stairs
178790

It goes uphill, then downhill, but stays in place.
Answer: Road
139057

Which word has 5 "e"s and no other vowels?
Answer: Migrant
Radaev Evgeniy, Petrozavodsk
40978

Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different banks
25 25, Vladivostok
30730

Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
18876

Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
25703

Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: In chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A.
35979

What table has no legs?
Answer: Dietary
Boyko Sasha, Volchikha
30372

Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
33654

How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
34251

What animal do people walk on and cars drive over?
Answer: Zebra
Tanya Kostryukova, Saransk
26723

Which word uses “no” 100 times?
Answer: Moans
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
31869

What's an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Ksenia Prokopieva, Moscow
27634

Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The reason turned out to be bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
Answer: The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
Katarina, Moscow
11010

Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. in the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address
Tusupova Aruzhan
19152

Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking home from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they talk?
Answer: On Sunday
Khrushka, Ololoshkino
14235

There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, fires are put out by firefighters
79934

What route has no one ever walked or ridden before?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktyubinsk
23549

How many years are there in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maksim, Penza
28847

What kind of stopper can't stop any bottle?
Answer: Road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
24055

In what word is the drink and natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: Grapes
Anufrienko Dasha, Khabarovsk
23550

What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: Comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
20718

Without what can nothing ever happen?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
24313

Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember about rivers.
Answer: i-sto-k
Nazgulichka, Ufa
16851

What muscle is the strongest in the human body?
Answer: The common belief is language. In fact, it is the calf and masseter muscles.
Anonymous
18505

You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
Answer: Conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
22510

To what mere mortal does even the president take off his hat?
Answer: Hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
21203

How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into cottage cheese
Anonymous
18501

Once upon a time there lived an orphan girl in a thicket; she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster who was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went to get food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. It goes further, through the forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, mom will die. You can't dig a tunnel. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
14409

They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: Nails
Babicheva Alena, Moscow
15305

How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter “y”, in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
21049

Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, and the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: u (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Little Daniel
14792

Guess the riddle: who has the heel behind the nose?
Answer: Shoes
Lina, Donetsk
17909

There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop 2 people got off and 3 people got on, at the next - 1 got off and 4 got on, at the next - 5 got off and 2 got on, at the next - 2 got off and 1 got on, at the next - 9 got off and no one got on, at the next - 2 more came out. Question: how many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, with a question about the number of stops, you will puzzle him.
40552

There lived a husband and wife. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom chest of drawers. They lived like this for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to come into this room. She took the key, opened the room, and turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone opening the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and locked the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. It's my husband who came. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: My husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
12206

A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a husband and brother-in-law were walking. How many people are there in total?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
15169

This name in full sounds like Danuta. What is it abbreviated as?
Answer: Dana
Hanukova Danuta, Bryansk
13200

A river that “fits” in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village