1) There is a room with no doors, no windows, nothing and a man is found hanging from the ceiling and there is a puddle of water on the floor. How did he die?
2) A lift is on the ground floor. There are four people in the lift including me. When the lift reaches the first floor, one person gets out and three people get in. The lift goes up to the second floor and two people get out, and six people get in. It then goes up to the next floor, but no one goes out and 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor the lift cable snaps and crashes to the floor. Everyone dies in the lift. How did I survive?
3) The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old. Next year, she'll turn 10. How is this possible?
4) There is a man who killed his mother, was born before his father and married over 100 women without divorcing. Yet he was considered normal by all of his acquaintances. How?
5) The maker does not need it, the owner does not want it, the user does not know he's using it.What is it?
6) Two horses were born at the same time, travelled the world, and then died at the same time, but did not live to the same age. How was this possible?
7) Which word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but if pronounced wrong is right?
8) A boy and a doctor were fishing. The boy is the doctor’s son but the doctor is not the boy’s father. Who is the doctor?
9) A prisoner is in jail. There are two doors, one leads to freedom and the other leads to death. There is a guard at each door. One guard always tells the truth, the other always tells lies. The prisoner is allowed one question to either of the guards. What is the question that will give him freedom?
10) What happens only in the middle of each month, in all of the seasons, except summer and happens only in the night, never in the day?
Solution:
1) He was standing on a block of ice and it melted.
2) I got out on the second floor.
3) Today is January 1st. Yesterday, December 31st, was Chris’ eighth birthday. On December 30th, she was still seven. This year she will turn nine, and next year, she will turn ten.
4) When he was born, his mother died from labour. He was born in the presence of his father (‘before’ meaning in the presence of) and he was a priest who married 100 men to 100 women.
5) A coffin.
6) One horse travelled east and the other travelled west, the first gaining in the number of days it lived, and the second losing!
7) Wrong.
8) His mother.
9) If I were to ask the other guard, “Which door leads to freedom?” what would he say? Whichever door the guard points out to, you go out of the other door.
10) The letter N. The middle of each month, in all of the seasons and happens in the night, never in the day.
11) Fragile.
12) A book.
13) An earthworm.
14) White (It’s a polar bear, the house is at the North Pole)
15) He goes to bed when there is still daylight.