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These are the difficult riddles that require your brain thrusters to be at maximum capacity!

Get ready to think!  Some of these hard riddles are trickier than others so dig deep, hunker down and enjoy your time on riddles.com! 

Riddle: I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?
Answer: Age.
Difficult Riddles: I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
Answer: It's a shadow!
Riddle: Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?
Answer: A shirt.
Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
Answer: 11 o'clock plus 2 hours = 1 o'clock 9 o'clock plus 5 hours = 2 o'clock
Riddle: How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
How can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, and kills laughter. What is it?
Answer: The dark.
Riddle: What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Answer: Queue.
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters? Riddle Meme.
Riddle: What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?
Answer: A choice.
Riddle: Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.
Answer: Ace of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Two of Spades.
Riddle: George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Answer: Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.

Riddles need much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand. These won't tease your brain they will destroy it!

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