Tricky Puzzles

These puzzles are very tricky (sorry in advance):

A poor woman and a rich woman are talking about music. The poor woman says she has studied... Try Puzzle ⇒

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You... Try Puzzle ⇒

A bomb goes off. Carnage. One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be? Try Puzzle ⇒

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller... Try Puzzle ⇒

A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. But the bartender takes... Try Puzzle ⇒

You knock a chair over in the library, and suddenly 20 eyes are looking at you. How many people... Try Puzzle ⇒

You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match,... Try Puzzle ⇒

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years? Try Puzzle ⇒

You are making an opaque cube (ie you cannot see through its sides). It can be any size that... Try Puzzle ⇒

An electric train is going 60 km/h north, the wind is blowing 40 km/h from the south. Which... Try Puzzle ⇒

Arrange the digits 0-9 into their special order. The sequence starts 8, 5, 4, 9, ... Only one... Try Puzzle ⇒

In Hungry Horace's kitchen there were three tins. Each tin contained three delicious cakes.... Try Puzzle ⇒

On 15th April 1892 Obadiah Squelch left his tomato processing factory for the last time: inside... Try Puzzle ⇒

A criminal gets to pick his punishment by choosing among three rooms. the first is full of... Try Puzzle ⇒

When you have three, you have three. When you have two, you have two. But when you have one,... Try Puzzle ⇒

The following equation is wrong: 101 minus; 102 = 1 Move one numeral to make it correct. Move... Try Puzzle ⇒

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that... Try Puzzle ⇒

A ship like this one (but not much) has a rope ladder hanging over its side. The rungs are... Try Puzzle ⇒

You are on holidays and wake up in the morning, stand up, and look South. You look to the left... Try Puzzle ⇒

1 is 3. 3 is 5. 5 is 4. 4 is 4. What is 7? Try Puzzle ⇒

It's greater than God It's more evil than the devil The poor have it The rich need it And if... Try Puzzle ⇒

Many people ask what the various National Mathematical Challenges are like. Well, without giving... Try Puzzle ⇒