Detective and Lateral-Thinking Riddles
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Adults & Lateral-Thinking
A lawyer tells a jury the "murdered" husband is walking through the door. Why is the wife convicted?
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A manager loses money on a counterfeit $20 bill. What was the total loss?
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Five children of a father (Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Spirit). Who are we?
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A man bets he can make a bartender laugh by spraying beer everywhere. Why is he laughing?
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A pain-transfer machine kills the mailman during a woman's labor. Why?
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You need lizard saliva as an antidote but must avoid iguana poison among 6 tubes. Which do you drink?
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23 prisoners must prove they have all visited a rec room with two switches. What is the plan?
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Four men are buried in sand with colored hats. Who knows their hat color for sure?
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A woman needs an apple to cure her aunt but must share half with a gatekeeper. How many does she take?
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Ben "was" the strongest man in the world but placed second in a contest. Why?
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A soldier claims he saw a flag waving back and forth on a "windless" day. What is wrong?
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A man must pick the oldest or youngest daughter using one yes/no question. What is it?
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A bank teller uses a "mute" button while talking to her mother. How did the mother know to call the police?
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A warden toggles 100 jail cells in a complex mathematical pattern. Which cells stay open?
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A town has two barbers: one clean with a great haircut, one dirty with a bad haircut. Why do people go to the...
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Adults & Lateral-Thinking