ElementalDragon

“How can you add eight 8s to make 1000?”
― 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

“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