Really Hard Riddles

Irrespective of whether they make you smile or frown, you can't deny the fact that solving a tough riddle can make you burst with an unknown sort of joy. There do exist some really hard riddles which make you sweat, and perhaps that's the reason some people like to call them brain teasers. These riddles are not for those who don't like to take challenges, but are for those who don't mind to take them head-on!

Hard Riddles and Brain Teasers

There is not much difference between the really hard riddles for kids and hard riddles for adults, and whatever little difference that is there, depends on the way you think. At times, an adult may miss out on a simple brain teaser, while a kid may crack a really tough one. Given below is a compilation of some really hard riddles and brain teasers.

1) There are 3 stoves. A glass stove, a brick stove, and a wood stove. You only have 1 match. Which do you light up first?


2) If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark in order to be sure that you have a matching pair?


3) You have a jug of milk, and you need to measure out just one cup. How do you do this if you only have a three-cup measuring container and a five-cup container?


4) Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so, empty and full glasses alternate?


5) Alex bought a bag of apples on Saturday, and he ate a third of them. On Sunday he ate half of the remaining apples. He ate one more on Monday and one more on Tuesday, and then ate half of the remaining apples on Wednesday. On Thursday he looked in the bag and saw that there was just one apple left. How many apples did the bag have to begin with?


6) You have 15 tiny gold bars and a balance scale. One of the bars is lighter than the others, but you can't tell the difference by feel. What is least number of times you could use the scale to determine which one is the light one?


7) Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they couldn't figure out how. There was no chair or table beneath him to conclude that he might have used it to hang himself. They just found a puddle of water. How did the man hang himself?


8) A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck at that time. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?


9) 2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So, why do they bring home only 3 fish?


10) An extraordinary earthworm is trying to build a house on the top of a tree which is 20 meters tall. Everyday, the worm climbs 5 meters. However, at night, while he is sleeping, he unknowingly slips 2 meters down. In this way, how many days will the earthworm take to reach to the top of the tree?


These were some really hard riddles to solve with answers, which must have made you wreck your brains, not literally though. While solving some of these riddles, you must have realized that you missed on quite a few easy answers, only if you had given it a thought in 'that' manner. Before you attempt to solve any such riddles, you need to understand that even the most difficult riddles can be solved by applying basic mathematics and logic. Next time you come across such hard riddles, you can apply this rule to get the better of them.