Tricky Puzzles

A poor woman and a rich woman are talking about music.

The poor woman says she has... 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... 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... Try Puzzle >>

You knock a chair over in the library, and suddenly 20 eyes are looking at you.

How... 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... Try Puzzle >>

You are making an opaque cube (ie you cannot see through its sides).

It can be any... 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... Try Puzzle >>

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

When you have three, you have three.

When you have two, you have two.

But... Try Puzzle >>

The following equation is wrong: 101 − 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... Try Puzzle >>

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