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Friday
Friday
Friday
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night in town, and left on Friday. How do you account for this?
81%
3 min.
3/10
Nov 2023
Rich couple
Rich couple
Rich couple
A man and a woman got married. After the wedding they abandoned all their activities, that were bringing them money, and only had fun. As a result, in three years they became millionaires.
80%
5 min.
4/10
Jan 2018
A fratricide
A fratricide
A fratricide
A man kills his brother in front of a crowd of people. However, no one reports him.
80%
7 min.
3/10
Mar 2018
The birdwatcher
The birdwatcher
The birdwatcher
An avid birdwatcher sees an unexpected bird. Soon he’s dead. How come?
79%
7 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Chicken gun
Chicken gun
Chicken gun
In the 1950s in America there was invented a chicken gun. What for?
78%
24 min.
6/10
Feb 2018
The dancing dead
The dancing dead
The dancing dead
A couple of dancers die around a dance competition.
78%
5 min.
4/10
Mar 2018
Healthy people
Healthy people
Healthy people
A hospital director recently confirmed that many that many of people admitted to his hospital were not ill at all. They were perfectly healthy, yet were given hospital care and treatment.
76%
9 min.
3/10
Feb 2018
A woman
A woman
A woman
A woman entered a building accompanied by a man whom she loves very much. But she left the building with another man, whom she loves very much. What happened?
76%
1 min.
1/10
Feb 2022
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
Piece of Paper on the Cactus
A man walks up to a cactus, looks at a piece of paper pinned there, and kills himself.
74%
10 min.
4/10
Jan 2018
That trip
That trip
That trip
A man comes breathless out of a house, closes the door and goes quickly down stairs. Then he walks two blocks to get to another house, enters and breathes relieved.
73%
16 min.
5/10
Jan 2018
Time isn’t important
Time isn’t important
Time isn’t important
One day Mark hid his watch. What for?
73%
38 min.
6/10
Apr 2021
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Here we have collected all the short situation puzzles (also known as lateral thinking puzzles) with answers. Short intricate stories will keep your brain busy on the go or when travelling. Fill in time nice and profitably with these short riddles. You can sort these puzzles by rating or complexity level.