Hard Riddles Page 6 of 14
Get those brains thinking to solve these hard riddles. Here's another group of tough riddles for you. Can you solve them?
51. Two classmates meet on a street. The following is part of their discussion.
Student 1: Yes, I'm married and have three wonderful children.
Student 2: That's great! How old are they?
Student 1: Well, the product of their ages is 36.
Student 2: Hmm. That doesn't tell me enough. Give me another clue.
Student 1: OK. the sum of their ages is the number on that building across the street.
Student 2: (After a few minutes of thinking with the aid of pencil and paper) Ah ha! I've almost got it but I still need another clue.
Student 1: Very well. The oldest one has red hair.
Student: I've got it!
What were the ages of the children of student 1?
52. We may die a thousand deaths and we may break a thousand hearts,
But it isn't cause for worry, for we live our lives in parts.
What are we?
53. Water lilies double in area every 24 hours. In spring, there is one water lily on a lake. In sixty days the lake is completely covered with lilies. How many days did it take to cover half of the lake?
54. Start with the word "snowing." Delete one letter at a time and continue to form a legitimate word each time until you only have one letter left. That letter, by the way, should be a word too.
55. A farmer purchased some chickens and goats. When his wife asked how many of each he bought, the farmer said he had a total of 54 animals with a total of 140 feet between them all. How many chickens and how many goats did he purchase?
56. Find a common 12 letter English word containing three P's, two R's, two A's, one O, one E, one D, one T, and one other vowel.
57. There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. How?
58. Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
59. A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14,000 lbs which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck gets half way across the bridge and a bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?
60. A Corvette is traveling at 30 miles an hour on a head-on collision course with a Volvo. The Volvo is traveling at 20 miles per hour. When the two cars are exactly 50 miles apart, a very fast fly leaves the front fender of the Corvette and flies towards the Volvo at 100 miles an hour. When it reaches the front fender of the Volvo it instantly reverses direction and flies back to the Corvette. The fly continues flying back and forth between the approaching cars. At the moment the two cars collide, what is the total distance the fly has traveled?
