Even though riddles can be hard to solve, working through them is a great way to keep your mind sharp, stay focused, and become better at problem-solving. In today’s post, the Arrive South Loop Blog has a few puzzles for you to solve. Enjoy sitting back in your apartment in Chicago, IL as you try to solve some of these clever riddles. At the bottom of the post, we’ll have the answers — so try to refrain from looking too soon!
These riddles come from Reddit:
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Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?
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One morning a man is leaving on a business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says 'Sir don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!' The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough, the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
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Forward it’s heavy, backward it’s not.
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The man who invented it doesn't want it for himself. The man who buys it doesn't buy it for himself. The man who needs it doesn't know he needs it. What is it?
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A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose among three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Answers:
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Leaves
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The watchman was sleeping on the job.
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Ton
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A coffin
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Lions. They are all dead.