Riddles That Will Still Stump You: MYSTIFICATION

R: Mississippi has four S’s and four I’s. Can you spell that without using S or I?

R: There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. All the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What color are the stairs?

R: A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. How?

R: Grandpa went out for a walk and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?

R: You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

R: What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

R: What is at the end of the rainbow?

R: Name three consecutive days without naming any of the seven days of the week.

R: You are in a dark room with a box of matches. On a table are a candle, an oil lamp, and a log of firewood. What do you light first?

R: Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?

R: Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

R: What invention lets you look right through a wall?

R: Three doctors all say Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who is lying?

R: What kind of ship has two mates but no captain?

R: What two words, added together, contain the most letters?

R: I go around all the places, cities, towns, and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

R: I am higher without a head. What am I?

R: I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?

R: I break, but never fall. And I fall, but never break. What are we?

R: Bella is outside a shop. She can’t read the signs, but she knows she needs to go in to make a purchase. What store is she at?

R: Wednesday, Bill and Jim went to a restaurant they ordered and ate their food and stuff like that. Then they paid the bill, but neither Bill nor Jim paid the bill. Who did?

R: What are the next three letters in this sequence: O, T, T, F, F, S, S—what comes next?

R: How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

R: What type of cheese is made backward?

R: A girl throws a ball as hard as she can. It comes back to her, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?

R: What is the one thing everyone can agree is between heaven and earth?

R: A horse attached to a 24-foot chain wants an apple that is 26 feet away. He reaches the apple and munches on it no problem—how is that possible?

R: A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first?