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💡 Lateral thinking riddles with answers

The obvious answer is almost never right here. Question every guess you make about the story.

  1. A man pushes his car up to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt. Why?

  2. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, and leaves on Friday. How?

  3. A man was out walking in the rain with no umbrella and no hat, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How?

  4. Two girls were born on the same day, in the same month and year, to the same mother and father, but they are not twins. How?

  5. A man jumped out of a window of a 20-story building, but he didn't get hurt. How?

  6. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come right back to you, without it hitting anything?

  7. A boy fell off a 30-foot ladder, but he didn't get hurt at all. How?

  8. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

  9. A truck driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. A police officer sees him but doesn't stop him. Why?

  10. "The day before yesterday I was 10, and next year I'll be 13." How is this possible?

  11. What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

  12. A man lives on the 10th floor. Every morning he rides the elevator down. Coming home, he rides to the 7th floor and walks the rest - unless it's raining. Why?

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