Riddles

Solve these riddles:

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Two people are in a barn. Ten cats follow them in. How many feet are in the barn now?

You’re in a room with 3 light switches. Next to your room is another room with the door closed. Inside that room are 3 lights. You do not know which switch controls which light. How can you figure out which switch controls which light? You can only enter the room with the lights once.

A tennis ball has rolled its way down into a hole. This particular hole is extremely deep and has a sharp bend in the middle, making the ball impossible to retrieve by hand. The ground around the hole is made of hard clay, so digging the ball out isn’t an option. What could you use to get the ball out?

It’s so strong, it does not break,
It’s so powerful, it penetrates a lake,
Sometimes it’s weak as a twig left out in the sun,
It’s so wonderful it gives us the power to have fun.
What is it?

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn’t know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father’s fortune. What were the two things that the man bought and what was able to fill the room?

How many apples can you fit into an empty box?

A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, “I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son.” But the doctor was not the boy’s father. How could that be?

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose among 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?

The red house is on one side and the blue is on the other, where is the white house?

You are in a bathroom with stone walls and no windows. You start to run a bath when the handles come off and there is no way of turning the tap off. You can’t escape because the door is locked and there are no windows. The room will flood and you will drown. How can you save yourself?

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