Short Riddles and Answers

Question: A man builds a rectangular house. After he builds the house he wants to place a clock on a south wall. Because there are so many south walls he places the clock on a random wall. He sits in front of the sits in front of the clock for ten minutes until he hears a knock on his font door. The man opens the door to see a bear on his front porch. The bear kills him. What color was the bear and why?

Question: There was a man who sleeps from 10:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m. He never wakes up between his sleeping time. During 12:00 midnight, he found himself in his neighbor's house. His neighbor is sleeping. He secretly stole his precious frame. Then, it was 5:00 a.m. He woke up and by 7:30 a.m he visited his neighbor's house. There he sees his neighbor's precious frame. He thought he stole it. How is this possible?

Question: A man is stuck on an island with his best friend and a fisherman. The fisherman and his best friend go off to catch food while he builds a hut. The fisherman returns alone with some salmon he had prepared. His best friend had fallen off a cliff.

After he is rescued from the man goes to a diner and he orders salmon. He eats his meal, he pulls out a gun and commits suicide. Why does he do this?

Question: A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

Question: This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!