Situation Puzzles for Kids

A man is running, a crowd is running after him. The man is screaming to the crowd:"You will never see the gold!" and he starts shooting. People who observe all that are exulting.

The man received the parcel in which he found a dead mouse. He reported this to the police, and the sender of this parcel was found guilty of fraud.

Many people were surprised when a famous town merchant named Bill rolled out a barrel of honey to the square and offered everyone a treat. But people were even more surprised when they asked about the reason for such a gift and heard Bill reply that it wasn’t a gift at all.

A rich pirate buried a treasure full of jewels. Of course, he had a map to find it, but someone stole it a month later. The pirate didn’t react to this at all. Why was he so calm?

A prisoner was put in an escape-proof cell and told that he would be pardoned if he could break out. He was also given permission to keep any plants he wished in his cell. He was released in less than a week. How did he di it?

A man comes up to the border of a neighboring country on his motorcycle. The customs officer at the border crossing stops him and searches the man. He finds nothing so he lets him cross. The next day the same thing happens. This goes on every day for several months. Then one day, the man doesnʼt show up. The border official meets up with him in a restaurant in the city. The officer says, “I know youʼre smuggling something and itʼs driving me crazy. Itʼs all I think about. I canʼt even sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?” What is the man smuggling?

The boy knocks on the door. The owner of the house opens it. The boy immediately thanks the owner and leaves. Why?

Rachael and Monica have moved into a shared house with several other occupants. Monica doesn’t like their new accommodation though because of the angry and aggressive cat that greeted them when they first walked in. Rachael realizes that there isn’t really a problem. Why?

A magician is standing on a concrete floor holding a raw egg with his hand outstretched. Without the aid of any objects, he is able to drop the egg two feet without breaking it's shell. How does he do it?

A man was born in 1972 and dies in 1952 at the age of 25. How can this be?

Why Alexander the Great told his army to shave off their beards?

A woman enters a large metal tube. She is overcome with fear and clenches her boyfriend’s hand tightly. She is visibly shaken. Her boyfriend gently rubs her arms and speaks softly to her, but is unaffected himself. A few hours later, the woman’s boyfriend tells her that it’s time to go and her torment ends. What was happening to the woman?