Hard Riddles Page 10 of 14
Some of the hardest riddles to solve. We have logic riddles, math riddles, what am I riddles and many more that will be difficult riddles for the average brain.
91. If you buy five pounds of apples, averaging three to the pound, how many apples can you put into an empty paper bag, which will only carry two and a third pounds without bursting?
92. Skinny and of common stock; afraid of scissors but not of rock. What am I?
93. What is greater than God, more powerful than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die?
94. All of my ties are red except two. All of my ties are green except two. All of my ties are black except two. How many ties do I have?
95. A man has 3 daughters. The oldest daughter is 3 years older than the middle daughter and the middle daughter is 3 years older than the youngest daughter. Together, the daughter's ages add up to 57. How old are the girls?
96. A group of sheep and chickens have a total of 99 heads and feet. There are twice as many chickens as sheep. How many of each are there?
97. What's not a game, but can be played; is never seen, but often made.
98. On a shelf in the library, there is a 3 book set of almanacs labeled volume 1, volume 2 and volume 3. Each book is 2 1/2 inches thick, the pages being 2 inches thick and each cover is 1/4 inch thick. A bookworm starts eating it's way from the 1st page of volume 1 and stops at the last page of volume 3. How far did the bookworm travel?
99. Which number is next?
1 4 7 11 15 19 ?
100. Joe makes and sells birdhouses at an antique market for $50 each. It takes him forty-five minutes to make a birdhouse and his only costs are for materials. He sold 100 last year, for a profit of $2,000. This year he raises the price by 20%, but sells 30% fewer birdhouses. If the cost for making each birdhouse remains the same, does he make a bigger or smaller profit this year and by what percentage?
