Impossible Riddles
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Only 5% of people can solve all of these riddles. Can you?
extreme
1245
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
medium
1056
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
medium
1189
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than a minute. What am I?
hard
1421
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
hard
1356
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
medium
923
I'm found in socks, scarves, and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
hard
1392
I am not alive, but I can die. I have no lungs, but I need air. I have no mouth, but I can drown. What am I?
medium
1253
If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am I?
hard
1385
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
medium
1267
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
extreme
1593
The person who makes it doesn't want it. The person who buys it doesn't use it. The person who uses it doesn't know they're using it. What is it?
hard
1347
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you cannot go in. What am I?
extreme
1456
I am a word of five letters. I sound the same when you remove my first letter. I sound the same when you remove my third letter. I sound the same when you remove my last letter. I sound the same when you remove all three. What word am I?
extreme
1328
I am a 7-letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. What am I?
extreme
1429
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
medium
1358
I'm light as a feather, but even the strongest person cannot hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
extreme
1586
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But five minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
extreme
1492
I am a word. If you pronounce me correctly, I am wrong. If you pronounce me incorrectly, I am right. What word am I?
extreme
1547
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
hard
1375
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
extreme
1198
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
extreme
1256
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 person, while the entire word signifies a great woman?
extreme
1125