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These are the puzzles that require thought, intellect and a dab of creativity. Logic puzzles may require you to think hard and sometimes think outside the box. Boy oh boy though that feeling of satisfaction when you are done with a brain teaser? Totally worth it in the end! –tag “This is the one time it IS nice to tease”

Riddle:

What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.

Answer:

Your finger.

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Riddle:

There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?

Answer:

The fish bowl got knocked over. The bodies were goldfish.

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Riddle:

A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He then walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet through his hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, completely blocking the man's vision. How did he manage this?

Answer:

He hung is hat on the barrel of his gun.

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Riddle:

There is a dead man in the middle of a field, nothing is around him and there are no footprints of any sort. There is an unopened package next to him. How did he die? HINT: As he approached the field he knew he was going to die.

Answer:

Failed Parachute

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Riddle:

I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by reappearing.

What am I?

Answer:

The letter "T".

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Riddle:

You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland. Every day a tractor and wagon gives hay rides around the island. Puzzled as to how the tractor had gotten onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island. Explain how the tractor got there?

Answer:

It was driven over in winter, when the lake was frozen.

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Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?

Answer:

His plan is to dig the tunnel and pile up the dirt to climb up to the window to escape.

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Riddle:

A man was born in 1955, how is it today is his 18th birthday?

Answer:

He was born in room 1955 of the hospital.

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Riddle:

Charlotte is 13 years old. Her father Montague is 40 years old. How many years ago was Charlotte's father four times as old as Charlotte?

Answer:

Four years ago.

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Riddle:

Can you Form a word from the letters? A  B  C  D  E F  G  I.  (note; the word is hyphenated)

Answer:

Big-Faced.

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