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Two roads diverged in the wood and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in the wood and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Riddles are some of the oldest examples of lateral thinking, common in Greek and Roman literature and Anglo-Saxon stories. They are statements with a hidden meaning, in the form of a word puzzle you have to solve. They start relatively easy and gradually become harder!
Riddles are some of the oldest examples of lateral thinking, common in Greek and Roman literature and Anglo-Saxon stories. They are statements with a hidden meaning, in the form of a word puzzle you have to solve. They start relatively easy and gradually become harder!
Try solving the following riddles and make a note of your answers.
If you score over 14, you are a top lateral thinker!
Try solving the following riddles and make a note of your answers.
If you score over 14, you are a top lateral thinker!
- I will always come, but never arrive today. What am I?
- I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?
- What building has the most stories?
- What tastes better than it smells?
- Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to.
- What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?
- I have seven letters
I am more evil than the devil
All poor people have me
Wealthy people need me
If you eat me, you will die
8. I don't have wings but I can fly. I don't have eyes but I will cry.
8. I don't have wings but I can fly. I don't have eyes but I will cry.
9. You can break me easily without even touching me or seeing me.
9. You can break me easily without even touching me or seeing me.
10. I was born big, but as the day passes, as I get older, I become small.
10. I was born big, but as the day passes, as I get older, I become small.
11.I don’t speak, can’t hear or speak anything, but I will always tell the truth.
11.I don’t speak, can’t hear or speak anything, but I will always tell the truth.
12. People buy me to eat, but never eat me
12. People buy me to eat, but never eat me
13. I never ask questions, but am always answered.
13. I never ask questions, but am always answered.
14. I start with a P and end with an X but I have hundreds of letters.
14. I start with a P and end with an X but I have hundreds of letters.
15. I don't have eyes ears nose or tongue, but I can hear, taste, see and taste everything
15. I don't have eyes ears nose or tongue, but I can hear, taste, see and taste everything
16. I have no legs, I never walk but always run
16. I have no legs, I never walk but always run
17. I’m as flexible as can be, and have many uses, but be warned; I may hurt you with a whop, and then you’ll start to hop.
17. I’m as flexible as can be, and have many uses, but be warned; I may hurt you with a whop, and then you’ll start to hop.
18. It takes just one word to separate me, but otherwise I am inseparable.
18. It takes just one word to separate me, but otherwise I am inseparable.
19. The more you have of it, the less you see
19. The more you have of it, the less you see
20. The more you take, the more you leave behind
20. The more you take, the more you leave behind
You may find a pen and paper useful for some of the following questions
You may find a pen and paper useful for some of the following questions
21. I am a word in the English language in which my first 2 letters are male, my first 3 letters are female, my first 4 letters are a great man, my first 6 letters are a drug, and my whole is a great woman. What am I?
21. I am a word in the English language in which my first 2 letters are male, my first 3 letters are female, my first 4 letters are a great man, my first 6 letters are a drug, and my whole is a great woman. What am I?
22. I am three-sevenths of a chicken, two-thirds of a cat and half of a goat. Where am I ?
22. I am three-sevenths of a chicken, two-thirds of a cat and half of a goat. Where am I ?
23. What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is made up of 3, although is written with 8 letters, then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.
23. What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is made up of 3, although is written with 8 letters, then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.
24.
I am two words of 11 letters in total
My 8th, 9th, 1st and 11th letters make a residence
My 7th, 2nd, 9th and fifth make a place where we can swim
My 1st, 4th, 5th and 11th make a unit of distance
My 10th, 9th, 3rd, 6th and 5th make a prize great people have received
My 2nd and 9th letters are the same
And my 6th and 11th letters are the same
What am I?
24.
I am two words of 11 letters in total
My 8th, 9th, 1st and 11th letters make a residence
My 7th, 2nd, 9th and fifth make a place where we can swim
My 1st, 4th, 5th and 11th make a unit of distance
My 10th, 9th, 3rd, 6th and 5th make a prize great people have received
My 2nd and 9th letters are the same
And my 6th and 11th letters are the same
What am I?
Answers
Answers
- Tomorrow
- A coin
- A library
- Your tongue - or perhaps durian!
- An echo
- Coal
- Nothing
- A cloud
- A promise
- A candle or shadow
- A mirror
- A plate
- A doorbell
- A postbox
- Your brain
- A stream or river
- Rubber band
- Your lips
- Darkness
- Footsteps
- Heroine
- Chicago
- The sentence is true! Think about it:
What is a word made up of 4 letters.
Yet is made up of 3
etc. - Mobile phone