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“And the 100th reason why you should do your homework is so that you become a great leader like him,” Emma pointed towards me, “Otherwise, you’ll end up like him.” Emma pointed at Jack. “Hey!” Jack complained.”
― Write Blocked, Raiders of Null

“A boy at a carnival went to a booth run by a man who said, "If I can 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 agreed, 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?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other, they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally, one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“A father's child. A mother's child. no one's son. Who am I?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“John is 10 years old in 1870, but only 5 years old in 1875. How is this?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“A man is writing his will and he wants to leave everything he has to one of his two sons, whichever one is more dedicated. To decide which one will win his fortune he gives them each a car and tells them that whoever's car passes the finish line he has set up last will get everything he has. After a month of both sons refusing to cross the line they finally go to their uncle for advice. They both leave their uncles house in a hurry and race to the finish line as fast as they can. What advice did their uncle give?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“you have an 11 minute and 13 minute hourglass, how can you accurately time 15 minutes?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“What are the next two letters in the following series and why? WATNTLITFS__”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“2 men catch 2 fish in 2 minutes. At this rate, how many men could catch 500 fish in 500 minutes?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“laughter.”
― Jamie Campbell, A Hairy Tail

“Where can you finish a book without finishing a sentence?”
― M. Prefontaine, Difficult Riddles For Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love

“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe”
― Katrina Kahler, The New Girl: Book 2 - A Whole New Dilemma: Books for Girls

“People died,”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“B, C, D, E, G, P What is the next letter in the sequence?”
― Puzzleland, 30 Interactive Brainteasers to Warm up your Brain

“Scottsville”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“here”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“I hope I didn't hurt you".”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“pain.”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“A father is sent to jail and the mother will have to sell her hotel. But their 16 year old daughter is laughing and looks happy and excited. If they all love each other more than anything in the world, and no one has a mental disorder, how can you explain the girl’s attitude?”
― Puzzleland, 30 Interactive Brainteasers to Warm up your Brain

“A man in prison has a visitor. Afterward a guard asks the inmate who the visitor was to him. The inmate replies: "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who was the visitor to the inmate?”
― Puzzleland, 30 Interactive Brainteasers to Warm up your Brain

“Mr. Parker, a businessman, is leaving on a trip and stops by his office on the way to the airport, around midnight. The night watchman, Paul stops him and says, “Mr. Parker, please don’t take that flight. I had a dream last night, a little after midnight,  that your plane would crash and everyone would die!” The business man cancels his trip and sure enough, the plane crashes, no survivors. Mr. Parker gives Paul a $20,000 reward for saving his life, then fires him. Why?”
― Puzzleland, 30 Interactive Brainteasers to Warm up your Brain

“Fuck!”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“Joe”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4

“You have two ropes that both take exactly 1 hour to burn from end to end. You are unable to cut the rope. How can you burn the two ropes in a total of 45 minutes?”
― Puzzleland, 30 Interactive Brainteasers to Warm up your Brain

“fucking steak".”
― Amy Cross, Days 1 to 4