Hard Riddles and Answers

Question: You have a flashlight that takes 2 working batteries. You have 8 batteries but only 4 of them work.

What is the fewest number of pairs you need to test to guarantee you can get the flashlight on?

Question: I have two rings. I move by request. If the mixture isn't right I just sit and rest.

What am I?

Question: I go up and I go down,
towards the sky and the ground.
I'm present and past tense too,
Let's go for a ride, me and you.

What am I?

Question: A cheap man and his wife decide to go on a trip for their 10th anniversary. They go to Brazil and while touring the rain forest his wife falls off of a bridge to her death.

Shortly after her death one of the flight attendants on their flight sees a report on her death on television. She immediately calls the police and tells them the man murdered his wife.

How did she know?

Question: You can easily touch me, but not see me.
You can throw me out, but not away.

What am I?

Question: I sizzle like bacon, I'm made with an egg.
I have plenty of backbone, but not a good leg.
I peel layers like an onion, but still remain whole.
I can be long like a flagpole, yet I fit in a hole.

What am I?

Question: What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?

Question: Four jolly men sat down to play, they played all night until the break of day.
They played for cash and not for fun, with a separate score for every one.
When it came time to square accounts, they all made quite fair amounts.
Not one lost and all gained.

Now that you've heard, can you explain?

Question: You're in a room with no doors or windows. Just a mirror and a table.

How do you get out?

Question: A Florida man is running down a hall with a piece of paper. The lights flicker and he falls to the ground in tears.

What happened?