101 Long Riddles to Test Your Problem Solving Skills

Long riddles are usually tricky and need a lot of brain focus and power. You need to be pretty smart to solve such long riddles.

If you love giving busters to your brain, you must try these long riddles with answers. Well, isn’t it the best mental exercise as well? Who doesn’t love to solve riddles that require a little more thinking?

If you find yourself the master of easy, short, and tricky riddles, you must now move towards some long riddles. Such riddles help you test your reading/listening, focusing, understanding, and problem-solving skills.

You can test yourself on your own as well. You can keep a list of long riddles and answers. You can read riddles one by one to yourself and try solving them. Once you are done solving, you can check the answers individually.

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Best Long Riddles

Best long riddles are the perfect way to give your mind some shockers. These riddles are also the best long brain teasers. You can use them on yourself or someone else as well.

1. A man is found unconscious in front of a store at two in the morning. His head is bleeding and there’s a brick laying next to him. When the police arrive, they carry the man to jail. Why did they arrest him?

Answer: The man was trying to rob the store. He threw a brick at the store’s bullet-proof window and it bounced back and hit him.

2. There are 500 coffins and 500 men who need them. The undertaker asks the first man to go to every coffin and open them. Then he tells the second man to go to every one and close it. The third one goes to every third coffin and so on. How many are open?

Answer: 22.

3. What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?

Answer: Nothing.

4. I am something people love or hate. I change people’s appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself, I will go up even higher. 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.

5. At a four-legged table, there is one grandma, two mothers, two daughters, and a granddaughter. How many legs are under the table?

Answer: 10 legs There are 3 people sitting at the table. Grandmother (who’s also a mother), her daughter (who’s also a mother and a daughter), and a granddaughter (who’s also a daughter and granddaughter.)

6. I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?

Answer: Sleep.

7. After booming and zapping is when I emerge, to bring you bright dazzling beauty when I diverge. Some say that I hide enormous wealth, but those riches have always proven stealth. My colors are of beauty, iridescent, luminous and pretty. You can find me somewhere way up high, it might be the land that you heard of once in a lullaby. What am I?

Answer: A rainbow.

8. If you drop a 15 lb iron bar and a 5 lb bag of cotton from a height of 50 feet which will reach the ground first?

Answer: Gravity is a constant for all objects on earth. They will land at the same time.

9. Power and treasure for a prince to hold, Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red. Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain. Of bright flowers, wrought – a remnant. Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty. With delicate wire, my grip makes. Warriors weep, my sting threatens. The hand that grasps gold. Studded. With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom. To my lord and foes always lovely. And deadly, altering face and form.

Answer: Sword.

10. Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?

Answer: The river was frozen.

Funny Long Riddles

What can be better than something interesting and fun at the same time? Long funny riddles are the best in this regard as they are mind-blowing and funny at the same time.

1. A spy was in Canada trying to steal insider information on how to set up new Maple Syrup factories in their country. He was introduced to the operations manager of the biggest factory in Canada. However, the manager was suspicious and decided to test him with a question before he trusted him. So he asked, “What would you be sure to find in the middle of Toronto?” The spy thought fast and came up with an answer for the manager. What was his answer?

Answer: “0”—it’s the middle letter in “Toronto.”

2. If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

Answer: All greenhouses are made of glass.

3. There was a man walking in the desert. It was an especially hot day that day. In the distance, the man suddenly saw a restaurant. He rejoiced and ran to the restaurant and immediately asked the waiter for a glass of water. Instead, the waiter pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man’s head. The man replied with, “thank you”. Why did the man say “thank you”?

Answer: It was a water gun.

4. Each day many people from all over the world and all walks of life come and visit me, however they usually only stay for a few minutes. I am considered by many to be very dirty, yucky and gross yet few people would want to live without me. And, whenever people come see me, they reveal to me a part of themselves that they rarely show to others. What or who am I?

Answer: A toilet.

5. My first is in chocolate but no in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea-time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?

Answer: Cat—”c” is the first letter in “chocolate,” “a” is the second letter in “cake” and “jam,” and “t” is the third letter in “tea-time.”

6. My name is Toby, I live on a farm with four other dogs who are my brothers and sisters. Their names are Spot, Snowy, Brownie and Rex. What do you think the fifth dog’s name is?

Answer: Toby.

7. Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month, and in the same year, however, they’re not twins. How is this possible?

Answer: The two girls are a part of a set of triplets.

8. A bus driver goes the wrong way on a one-way street. He passes the cops, but they don’t stop him. Why?

Answer: He was walking.

9. Sometimes I am born in silence, Other times, no. I am unseen, But I make my presence known. In time, I fade without a trace. I harm no one, but I am unpopular with all. What am I?

Answer: A fart.

10. There is a restaurant that is shaped like an oval. Inside there are waiters, a chef, a hostess, and a janitor. The restaurant opens and later that night the lights go off. Then when the lights turn on everyone except the staff is dead. So, the next day an investigator comes and asks people what they where doing that night. He asked the waiters what they were doing and they said, “Serving customers.” He asked the chef, and the chef said, “He was cooking.” Then he asked the janitor and he said he was sweeping in the corners. Who killed everyone?

Answer: The janitor, because there are no corners in a circular restaurant!

11. Your friends make a surprise visit to your house early one morning. So, you decide to make breakfast for everyone. You start to gather the ingredients you need for pancakes. Then you get juice from the refrigerator to serve as well. What do you open first?

Answer: First, you open your front door to let your friends inside.

Long Riddles with Answers

If you want to test your problem-solving skills on your own, you can take help from these long riddles with answers. This way you can question yourself and find the answers afterward.

1. One night, a man runs away from home. He turns left and keeps running. After some time he turns left again and keeps running. Later, he turns left one more time and runs back home—but when he gets home, he finds a man in a mask. Who was the man in the mask?

Answer: A catcher—they’re playing baseball.

2. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between 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?

Answer: The third room, because those lions haven’t eaten in three years, so they are dead.

3. 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.

4. Lily is a lily pad in a small pond. Lily doubles her size each day. On the 20th day, she covers the whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size of the pond?

Answer: Day 19, it’s not 10 because on day 20 she doubled from day 19, so 19 must be half the size of the pond.

5. Mike and Pat are in a desert. They both have packs on. Pat is dead. Mike, who is alive, has his pack open. Pat has his pack closed. What is in the packs?

Answer: Parachutes.

6. Sally and her younger brother were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn’t touch each other. How did she accomplish this?

Answer: Sally’s mother slid a newspaper under a door and made Sally stand on one side of the door and her brother on the other.

7. Oh, how I love my dancing feet! They stay together – oh so neat.And when I want to walk a line,They all stay together and do double time.I count them up, ten times or more, And race on-off, across the floor.

Answer: Centipede.

8. I am a five-letter word and a fruit. Take out my first letter, and I am a crime, take out my second letter too, and I am an animal. Take out only my first and last letters, and I become a kind of music. What am I?

Answer: A Grape.

9. What has wings, But can not fly. Is enclosed, But can outside also lie. Can open itself up, Or close itself away. Is the place of kings and queens, And doggerel of every means. What is it upon which I stand? Which can lead us to different lands.

Answer: A Stage.

10. You can hear me, but I have no voice. I don’t last forever, but I will never rot. I was made to protect, but only exist because I failed. What am I?

Answer: A Seashell.

Tricky Long Riddles

Tricky long riddles are the best of all. They are the perfect mind twisters. They are also the best for mental health. You must keep testing your brain with such riddles to keep it healthy.

1. A woman named Maria was at the funeral of her mother. She met a nice young man that she had never seen before and after the service, they spent a bit of time together. Then she got busy and didn’t get his name or phone number before he left. She tried to find him, but no one knew who he was or how to contact him. A few weeks later, Maria’s older sister dies and the police suspect murder. Who killed the sister?

Answer: Maria—she hoped the man would show up at her sister’s funeral just as he had for her mother’s funeral.

2. Four golfers named Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue were competing in a tournament. The caddy didn’t know their names, so he asked them. One of them, Mr. Brown, told a lie. The 1st golfer said “The 2nd Golfer is Mr. Black.”The 2nd golfer said “I am not Mr. Blue!” The 3rd golfer said “Mr. White? That’s the 4th golfer.”And the 4th golfer remained silent. Which one of the golfers is Mr. Blue?

Answer: The 3rd one.

3. A man started to town with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came to a stream which he had to cross in a tiny boat. He could only take one across at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How did he get them all safely over the stream?

Answer: He took the goose over first and came back. Then, he took the fox across and brought the goose back. Next, he took the corn over. He came back alone and took the goose.

4. You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don’t know which is which. So, What do you ask?

Answer: You ask each twin “What would your brother say?” This works because…. Well let’s say the correct path is on the left side. So say you asked the liar “What would your brother say?” Well, the liar would know his brother was honest and he would say the left side, but since the liar lies, he would say right. If you asked the honest twin the same question, he would say right, because he knows his brother will lie. Therefore, you would know that the correct path was the left.

5. A man is twice as old as his little sister. He is also half as old as his dad. Over a period of 50 years, the age of his sister will become half of their dad’s age. What is the age of the man now?

Answer: 50 years old.

6. You walk into a room and see a bed. On the bed, there are two dogs, five cats, a giraffe, six cows, and a goose. There are also three doves flying above the bed. How many legs are on the floor?

Answer: Six—the bed’s four legs, plus your two legs.

7. You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get on and another 1 get off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off again. How old is the bus driver?

Answer: Whatever your are (you’re the driver).

8. There’s a one storey house where everything in it is yellow. The walls, the carpets, the beds and all the other furniture is completely yellow. The house has yellow cutlery, a yellow fridge, and yellow pictures on the walls. What colour are the stairs in the house?

Answer: There are no stairs.

9. A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?

Answer: Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead.

10. This is a puzzle about a murder. Listen carefully to the names of the four suspects. A detective is questioning them, Mr Smith, Mr Carpenter, Mr Black and Mr White, after a murder takes place in a circular house. The body is lying in the garden. He asks them where they were before the body was found. Mr Smith says, “I was in the house, cooking in the kitchen.” Mr Carpenter says, “I was in the house, in bed fast asleep.” Mr Black says, “I was in the house, sitting in the living room, reading in a corner.” Mr White says, “I was in the house, tidying up the cellar.” Who was telling a lie?

Answer: Mr Black. There are no corners in a circular house!

Hard Long Riddles

We all have someone in our life that calls himself the smartest, right? Long hard riddles are the best way to test his smartness. It will be a lot of fun to challenge him for this.

1. You stand in front of two doors. A guard stands next to each door. You know the following things: one path leads to paradise, the other leads to death. You cannot distinguish between the two doors. You also know that one of the two guards always tells the truth and the other always lies. You have permission to ask one guard one question to discover which door leads to paradise. What one question would you ask to guarantee you enter the door to paradise?

Answer: Ask, “Which door would the other guard say leads to paradise?”

2. Polar bears around an ice hole, like petals around a rose. The game is in the name, and the name is in the game. How many polar bears are there?” Johnny asked as he rolled the five dice. The first roll produced 4, 6, 1, 3, 2. “Six,” said Billy. “No, two,” Johnny replied. The next roll was 5, 1, 5, 2, 4. “Four?” said Billy. “No, eight,” Johnny said. The next rolls were 3, 5, 3, 1, 2. There were 8 polar bears. The next rolls were 6, 2, 1, 2, 4. There were no polar bears. How does Johnny figure out the number of polar bears?

Answer: Dice all look the same. On a die, the 1, 3, and 5 all have a dot in the center. The 3 has 2 dots on either side of the center dot, and the 5 has 4 dots around the center dot. Johnny simply counted the number of dots around the outside. A “3” has 2 “petals around the rose, or polar bears around an ice hole.” The “5” has 4 “petals” or “polar bears.” Roll some dice and it will become clear!!

3. A man was driving a black truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. A lady was crossing the street. How did the man see her?

Answer: It was a bright, sunny day.

4. There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?

Answer: His father was in front of him when he was born, therefore he was born before him. His mother died while giving birth to him. Finally, he grew up to be a minister and married his sister at her ceremony.

5. It is novel, it is big, and it has created a massive outbreak. It makes you stay home, it makes you isolate, it drives people crazy they need to meditate. Schools are closed you need to quarantine it is a little scary that toilet papers disappeared and as of today there ain’t no vaccine. What is it?

Answer: Coronavirus.

6. This is a thing that is devoured by all things; flowers, trees, beasts, birds; bites steel, gnaws iron; grinds hard stone to meal; beats mountain down, ruins town, and slays king. What is it?

Answer: Time.

7. I cut through evil like a double edged sword, And chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, Through battles fought with heart and mind, Instead of with my gaze. What am I?

Answer: Justice.

8. A man lives on the top floor of a hotel. When he is out with a friend or out on a rainy day, he comes back, goes to the elevator, and goes to the top floor. When he goes out alone or on a sunny day, he goes half way up and walks the rest of the way up. Why?

Answer: He was using an umbrella or had a tall friend to push the buttons for high floors.

9. I’ve got many palms, but I do have hands. I’ll offer food from distant lands. At my peak you’ll see my smoke, I’m famous for the local folk. My flowers grow, but still they lay. There’s fire where some men play. What am I?

Answer: Hawaii.

10. John and Kelly are long-distance lovers and John has just purchased an engagement ring for Kelly. He wants to mail the ring to her but to make sure it isn’t stolen he wants to put a lock on the package. However, John has locks and Kelly has locks but neither has a key to each other’s locks. Without sending another letter/package, how can they get the ring to Kelly and ensure it isn’t stolen in the process?

Answer: John puts a lock on the package and sends it to Kelly. Kelly puts a lock on the package as well and sends it back to John. Once John has the package again he can remove his lock from it and send it back to Kelly. When Kelly finally gets the package back, only her lock is on it so she can finally open it up.

Long Riddles for Adults

Riddle is a package for every age. It is even more fun to be played with adults. You can play long riddles for adults to have a time off and to have fun with your partners.

1. Sally lives in a place where six months of the year is mild summer and the temperature drops significantly the other six months. She owns a lake where there is a small island. She wants to build a house on the island and needs to get materials there. She doesn’t have a boat, plane, or anything to transport them to the island. How does Sally solve this problem?

Answer: She waits to take the materials over during the colder months because the lake will freeze over, so she can walk over it.

2. Jim and Tom decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Jim won three bets and Tom won $5. How many games did they play?

Answer: Eleven games.

3. 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.

4. I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry and turbulent. I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death.No man can own me, yet Iencompass what all men must have.

Answer: Ocean.

5. I carry a lot of secrets, happy or sad, I drive or walk to my destination even in mud. Rain or shine I go to work to make sure I give you what is truly yours. Everything that I bring with me is destined for only one place which is decided in advance, when I see you happy I might break out with a silly dance. Who am I?

Answer: A mail carrier.

6. My first is in flower and in rose. My second is in fork and well as hose. My third is in crocus but not in gnome. My fourth is in rake never in home. My fifth is in hoe and also in weeds. My sixth is in shears though not in seeds. My seventh is in ladybird not in creature. What am I?

Answer: Rockery.

7. His eyes were raging, that scraggly beast. His lips were bursting, with rows of angry teeth. Upon his back a razor was found. It was a fearsome battle we fought,my life – or his, one would be bought. And when we were through,

and death chilled the air, we cut out his heart, and ate it with flair.

Answer: Boar.

8. We are such little tiny creatures; All of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; One of us you’ll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, and the fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we?

Answer: The vowels (a, e, i, o, u).

9. What animal walks on all fours in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?

Answer: A person during the course of their life; they crawl as a child, walk as an adult, and use a cane as an elder.

10. A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said Parrot repeats everything it hears. Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn’t say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

Answer: The parrot was deaf.

Long Riddles for Kids

Long riddles for kids are perfect to enhance the thinking capabilities of your kids. This is best because it is fun and knowledgeable at the same time. Try such riddles with your kids to have a fun and interesting time together.

1. The captain of a ship is telling you an interesting story, and then poses a question. He says, “I have traveled the oceans far and wide. One time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly. Can you tell me how that was possible?”

Answer: The sailors were standing at opposite ends of the ship, but facing one another.

2. It was asked of me what I could be made, and so people were fed from me.It was asked of me what I could be made, and so houses were built.

It was asked of me what I could be made, and so things were written.It was asked of me what I could be made, and so I fertilized the ground.But when asked more of what I could be made, There was nothing to be found.

Answer: Tree.

3. I have four legs, but no hair. People ride me for hours, but don’t go anywhere. Without needing to be tugged or turned on, I always manage to be ready for work. What am I?

Answer: A desk.

4. I am a five-letter word. I sounds the same when you remove my first letter. I sound the same when you remove my 3rd letter. I sound the same when you remove my last letter, and I sound the same when you remove all three. Which word am I?

Answer: Empty, mpty, emty, emp-t, m t.

5. I have a little house in which I live all alone. My house has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?

Answer: A chicken in an egg.

6. First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets andtells naught but lies.Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,The middle of middle and end of the end?And finally give me the sound often heardDuring the search for a hard-to-find word.Now string them together, and answer me this,Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

Answer: Spider.

7. I come off a beautiful creature, which soars in the sky. I come off a puckish creature, which has a tail as mighty as the sun! I am sometimes dirty, and parents beg you not to pick me up. What am I?

Answer: Feather.

8. A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, “I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son.” But the doctor was not the boy’s father. How could that be?

Answer: The doctor was his mom.

9. I am seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter and you will get 80. Who am I?

Answer: Weighty.

10. I can be moved. I can be rolled. But nothing will I hold. I’m red and I’m blue. And I can be other colors too. Having no head, though similar in shape, I have no eyes – yet move all over the place. What am I?

Answer: Ball.

Long Riddles of Story

If you are a person who loves stories then story riddles are a complete package for you. You can get a story to listen to and a riddle to solve individually. Doesn’t it sound so much fun!?

1. A California farmer owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner calls the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to buy. The farmer knows the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

Answer: None—a pear tree doesn’t grow plums.

2. A father told his three sons he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He said, “Go to the market and buy something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket. From this, I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy enough to inherit my land.” They all went to the market, and each came back with a different item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to fill up his bedroom with their item. The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth he bought and laid them across the room, but it barely covered the floor. The second son came in and laid some hay on the floor, but there was only enough to cover half the floor. The third son came in and showed his father what he bought. He wound up getting the property. What did the third son show his father?

Answer: A box of matches. Whenever he lit a match, it filled the room with light.

3. A young man is arrested while on vacation for a minor infraction. He is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. Although the window has no bars, it is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He knows he won’t get any food or water. He only has two days to escape or he’ll die. The man can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will he escape from the cell?

Answer: He uses the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.

4. Once upon a time a farmer went to a market and purchased a fox, a goose, and a bag of beans. On his way home, the farmer came to the bank of a river and rented a boat. But in crossing the river by boat, the farmer could carry only himself and a single one of his purchases: the fox, the goose, or the bag of beans. If left unattended together, the fox would eat the goose, or the goose would eat the beans. The farmer’s challenge was to carry himself and his purchases to the far bank of the river, leaving each purchase intact. How did he do it?

Answer: The first step must be to take the goose across the river, as any other will result in the goose or the beans being eaten. When the farmer returns to the original side, he has the choice of taking either the fox or the beans across next. If he takes the fox across, he would have to return to get the beans, resulting in the fox eating the goose. If he takes the beans across second, he will need to return to get the fox, resulting in the beans being eaten by the goose. The dilemma is solved by taking the fox (or the beans) over and bringing the goose back. Now he can take the beans (or the fox) over, and finally return to fetch the goose. His actions in the solution are summarized in the following steps: Take the Goose over Return Take the beans over Return with the goose Take the fox over Return Take goose over Thus there are seven crossings, four forward and three back.

5. A man runs away from home. He turns left, and keeps running. After some time he turns left again and keeps running. He later turns left once more and runs back home. Who was the man in the mask?

Answer: The catcher. In baseball game.

6. Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the girl who drank the most survive?

Answer: The poison was in the ice, as she slowly drank her one drink, the melting ice released the poison.

7. Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar’s court with a complaint. ‘Your Majesty, I bought a well from him,’ said the farmer pointing tohis neighbour, ‘and now he wants me to pay for the water.’ That’s right, your Majesty,’ said the neighbour. ‘I sold him the well but not the water!’? The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?

Answer: ‘Didn’t you say that you sold your well to this farmer?’ Birbal asked the neighbour. ‘So, the well belongs to him now, but you have kept your water in his well. Is that right? Well, in that case you will have to pay him a rent or take your water out at once.’ The neighbor realized that he was outwitted. He quickly apologised and gave up his claim.

8. Many years ago a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that his estate would be left to the child who would sing him half as many songs as days that he had left to live. The eldest son said he couldn’t comply because he didn’t know how many days his father had left to live and besides he was too busy. The youngest son said the same thing. The man ended up leaving his money to his third child a daughter. What did his daughter do?

Answer: Every other day, the daughter sang her father a song.

9. It was a Christmas morning for a family in Pennsylvania when the mother went to the store, the youngest son was watching Peppa Pig on TV, the middle son was doing yoga, the eldest son was mowing the lawn, and the father was reading a newspaper. Then, when it was time to eat everyone discovered that all of the food had been eaten. Who ate all the food?

Answer: The eldest son because it was December in Pennsylvania and the lawn wouldn’t need mowing.

10. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.” The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Answer: The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote “your exact weight” on the paper.

Long Riddles for Family

Surviving a boring family meet up is pretty annoying. To light up the moods of everyone in your family gathering, you can play long riddles for family. This will help you spark the night up.

1. A wealthy family lived in a big circular house. They had a maid, a butler, and a gardener. The parents were going to a party, so they tucked the younger kids into bed and kissed them goodnight and said goodbye, and kissed the older kids goodnight. When the parents came home, all the kids were gone—they had been kidnapped. The authorities ask the butler, maid, and gardener what they were doing at the time of the kidnapping. The butler says he was organizing the library, the maid says she was dusting the corners, and the gardener says he was watering the plants. Who’s lying and actually kidnapped the kids?

Answer: The maid—she said she was dusting the corners, but the family lives in a circular house, so there are no corners.

2. The man who invented it doesn’t want it for himself. The man who buys it doesn’t buy it for himself. And, the man who needs it, doesn’t know he needs it. What is it?

Answer: A Coffin.

3. A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

Answer: Four sisters and three brothers.

4. Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?

Answer: There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy, and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.

5. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold.I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. They are the smallest you could imagine.What am I?

Answer: Dentist.

6. Two Japanese people who have never seen each other meet at the New York Japanese Embassy. They decide to have drinks together at a nearby bar. One of them is the father of the other one’s son. How is this possible?

Answer: The Japanese are husband and wife and both blind since birth.

7. Steve was murdered on Saturday afternoon. His wife said she was reading. The doorman said he was in the shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The gardener was pruning hedges. From the information given, who committed the murder?

Answer: The chef because Steve was murdered in the afternoon yet the chef’s alibi was that he was making breakfast.

8. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Answer: Smoke.

9. 100 coins were dropped and got scattered inside a dark place. 90 of the coins fell with heads facing up and the remaining 10 coins fell with tails up. You are asked to sort the coins into 2 piles. Each pile should have the same count of tails-up coins. How is it possible?

Answer: Make 2 piles, one with 90 coins and the other with 10 coins. Flip 10 coins on the pile of 90. The piles will have the same count of tails-up coins.

10. When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?

Answer: The horizon.

Long Riddles That Will Wrack Your Brain

Warning! This can be damaging and a lot of fun. Well, take it easy! If you are a daring person and love to do stuff that can wrack your brain then you will love to try these long riddles.

1. A woman is sitting in her hotel room and hears a knock at the door. She opens the door to see a man whom she’s never met before. He says, “I’m sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room.” He then goes down the corridor and into the elevator. The woman goes back into her room and calls security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

Answer: If he really thought it was his hotel room, he would have tried to open the door—not knock on it first.

2. A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.

Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.

3. I am the part of the bird that is not in the sky, who can drown in the ocean and yet remain dry. A last vestige of man that refuses to die. In mourning I am tossed at your feet to lie; I begin my job early, devouring your ankles and thighs. I work my way up, eating your legs to your waist. And though around midday away I am chased, I return quickly to savor the arm of my taste. As evening falls I enter your lungs, spiraling down past your mouth and yourtongue. I feast on your body, your soul, and your mind, but as darkness falls you shall find that away I will go, a relief for some; At least until tomorrow morning comes. What am I?

Answer: Shadow.

4. What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

Answer: Heroine.

5. When John was 6 years old, he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later, at age 16, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by 5 centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

Answer: The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.

6. There are eight pills. They are all of the same size and colour. One pill weighs slightly more and is poisonous. You have a balanced scale and can only use it twice. How can you find the poisoned pill?

Answer: Place pills 1, 2, and 3 on one side of the scale, and pills 4, 5, and 6 on the other side of the scale. If the scale is balanced remove all the pills from the balance. Place pill 7 on one side of the scale, and pill 8 on the other side of the scale. The heavier one is the poisonous pill. If the scale is not balanced, assume pills 1, 2, and 3 are heavier than pills4, 5, and 6. Remove all the pills from the balance. Place pill 1 on one side of the scale, and pill 2 on the other side of the scale. If the scale is balanced, then pill 3 is the poisonous pill. If the scale is not balanced, then the heavier one is the poisonous pill.

7. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?”

Answer: One.

8. I am something many people don’t enjoy having as a friend, including you. But I am called upon anytime someone is injured. I have 5 letters and when my last letter is put before my first letter, I become a country. What am I?

Answer: Pains. No one enjoys being in pain, when you’re injured you have pain, and when you move the s to the front, it becomes Spain.

9. You’re stuck in a room with no windows, doors, or vents to use to climb out. In the room with you is a light, a mirror, and a log of wood. How do you get out?

Answer: You turn on the light and look into the mirror. In the mirror, you see what you saw so, take the saw and cut the log in half. From there, two halves make a (w)hole and you can use that hole to climb out.

10. A man receives a phone call telling him that his best friend is dead. The police tell him to come down to the crime scene immediately. When the man arrives ten minutes later, the police arrest him. How do they know he committed the crime?

Answer: They never told him where the crime scene was.

Final Thoughts on Long Riddles

Long riddles are the wordy brain teasers. They are also really good for our brains as they enhance the brain activity. They help you enhance your thinking capabilities. They are fun and help us enhance your mind power as well.

Long riddles is a game that can be played with any age group. You can find riddles for every age according to their brainpower. You can take ideas of long riddles with answers in this article as well. This can also be a source of fun.

You can easily spark up your meetings by playing such long riddle games with your friends. Tip: try these with friends that are smart and intelligent.

So try these long riddles and answers with your friends, family, kids, colleagues, or anyone and make your boring time turn into the best of all!

Stay tuned and enjoy trying these riddles with people you love and enjoy spending quality time with.