Hard Riddles and Answers

Question: As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Question: If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks, and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to grab to get a matching pair?

Question: Connect all 9 of the dots using 4 straight lines or less. Do so without lifting the pen or tracing the same line more than once.

Question: Which is correct, 9 and 5 is 13 or 9 plus 5 is 13?

Question: Why does the second shape have an open block when the first shape does not?

Question: You want to go to a club but to get in you must respond correctly to what the bouncer says. The bouncer says 12 to one man and the man responds 6, he is allowed in. The bouncer says 6 to another man and the man says 3, he too is allowed in. A third man walks up and the bouncer says 10 and the man responds 5, but he is denied entry.

What number should he have said to get in?

Question: How can you flip the shape upside down by moving only two of the sticks?

Question: I have lakes with no fish.
I have roads with no cars.

What am I?

Question: A man leaves his house in the morning and kisses his wife. On his way home from work he sees that somebody has hit a power line. He immediately knows his wife has died.

How did he know this?

Question: Thirty men and only two women, but they hold the most power.
Dressed in black and white, they could fight for hours.

Who are they?