Challenging riddles
What comes first in Russia and second in France?
(Letter "P")
A tin can was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the can hung from the table. After some time, the can fell. What was in the jar?
(Piece of Ice)
There were 90 apples growing on a birch tree. A strong wind blew and 10 apples fell. How many are left?
If you're having fun with puzzles and finishing your daily crossword and Sudoku in the newspaper before you've had your coffee for breakfast, you might consider the following brain-twists: Get the following tools: five armless chairs, a chair with armrests, six team members, three metal ones jars with red, yellow and blue colors, three watering jars of different sizes and a live duck. Never risk a duck's life. No animals should be harmed during a coin search.
The bizarre company lasts from 48 to 72 hours and is fueled by a lot of junk food, adrenaline and insomnia. Schäfer also organized the next three Schnitzelagdens, and since then the search has been carried out without a ladder. Instead, he is always the winner of last year's competition who needs to figure out the next round of puzzles. This rule ensures that a team does not dominate the competition year after year, and also makes puzzle development a team effort, as it takes more than one leader to seriously try out groups of a hundred or more difficult puzzles.
(Apples don’t grow on birch trees)
You are competing and have passed the runner in second position. What position do you take now?
(If you answered that you are now first, then you are absolutely wrong. You overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position)
You passed the last runner, what position are you in now?
Brad Schaefer came up with the first treasure hunt. The answers to Schaefer's problems, duly combined, indicated the location of the coin, hidden somewhere on campus. In the case of Schaefer's first game problem, it was to figure out which "corona cluster is closest to Corcaroli", the other simply referred to a poster in Building 7 on campus. A small fragment of text written in a strange letter seemed even more unusual. He expected the treasure hunt to last all weekend and promised to provide more advice on Monday morning, but the martyrdom did not last 24 hours.
(If you answered the penultimate one, you are again absolutely wrong. Think about it. How can you overtake a runner who is running last? If you are running after him, then he is not last. The answer is that it is impossible. It turns out that your use of the brain is not the best strong point)
Do not write anything or use a calculator, and remember - you must answer quickly. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Often tasks are asked that never existed in the form. The numbers corresponded to tables attached to trees on campus, and final decision The "Andrew Carnegie" puzzle came from the table on the last tree. Often, puzzles have no or only hidden clues as to what to find at all. For example, Cesar Romero played a joker. But the year number Romero also played was the same for Hooks, Crowns and Jewels, which ran for eight years.
On the other hand, this information was meant to be interpreted as referring to the eighth Joker letter. All letters received in this way, when properly organized, gave the final remark: "She wrote Emma" by Jane Austen. In another problem, you had to know that the basketball game literally treated in the book “Forty-Eight Minutes” actually lasted no more than 48 minutes, but 53 minutes.
(The answer is 5000? Wrong again. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator)
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Chacha 2. Cheche 3. Chichi 4. Chocho.
Question: What is the name of the fifth daughter? Think fast. The answer is just below.
(Chuchu? NO! Of course, her name is Mary. Read the question again)
When a woman lifts her leg, what do you see? Five letters, starts with P and ends with A.
Katz's mystery duck, "Duck Conundrum", is the opposite. Instead of coming with instructions, you end up with as confusing as possible instructions. People and the "duck" must be brought from one chair to another, the undersides of the chairs must be marked with different colored letters, and the chairs must be moved and rotated until the solution word to be deciphered is recognized on its underside . As far as is known, live ducks have not yet been used.
It can therefore be assumed that no animals were harmed in this treasure hunt, as one of the rules requires; therefore, MPs had to take on the role of a living duck, temporarily squatting on other players' laps or adopting other unnatural body positions.
What elongates when you take it in your hands, pass it between your breasts and insert it into the hole?
(Seat belt)
What is on a woman's body, on a Jew's mind, used in hockey and on the chessboard?
(Combination)
What has a head but no brain?
(Cheese, onion, garlic)
Run, run - you won’t get there,
Fly, fly - not reach.
Very difficult riddles
After this, the participants met with Morpheus and found out that they were moving in some kind of matrix. This year's hunt also had a hidden theme. She started out quite innocently by saying that the participants had to take a course on “How to Be Really Good.” But before they knew it, they had sold their souls to the devil. To get them back, they had to go through Hell - a place where riddles cannot be solved - and quickly take a course in "How to be Evil".
Instead, all tasks were created in stages over several years. This way, participants get something new from round to round. Solutions to individual problems are used to solve "meta problems", the solutions of which are again needed to answer the metametry. Not only has treasure hunting become much more sophisticated over the years, but the increasing complexity of the activities has also increased the number of participants.
(Horizon)
Little blue fur coat -
Covered the whole world.
Blue field
Silver is strewn.
(Stars in the sky)
Blue scarf,
Red bun
Rolling on a scarf
People smile.
(Sky and sun)
White cat
Climbs through the window.
(Rays of the sun)
Gray boars covered the entire field.
No arms, no legs,
And he opens the gate.
How to choose children's riddles?
Katz says: When it comes to weirdness and craziness, others can't give us water. Thanks to this equipment, they can solve all problems. The largest teams have a hundred or more competitors. This requires significant coordination and strategic division of labor. These teams typically have a central database in which each team member can track collective progress on each task and possibly contribute to its implementation. Many of them have now achieved fame and honor in national mystery competitions.
An eagle flies across the blue sky:
Wings spread out
Found the sun.
I'll look out the window:
Long Antoshka is coming.
Red rocker
It hung across the river.
No arms, no legs,
And he can draw.
The tablecloth is white
I dressed the whole world.
It flows, it flows, it won’t flow,
He runs, he runs, but he won’t run out.
Doesn't burn in fire
Doesn't sink in water.
Looking back on what he created nearly three decades ago, Schaefer sometimes wondered about the enormous amount of work and time spent investing in the development and dissolution of these crazy creatures. “You might realize how many human hours have been lost over all these years,” he reflects. “But perhaps years of cerebral gymnastics have paid off unfairly elsewhere.”
Perhaps Schnitzelagden isn't a waste. Perhaps trying to squash the meaning out of something as meaningless as Entenrazel will end up making a profit: Bring a duck to sit under the chair no. If it's stubborn, lure it with food. Be kind to her, then she will play in the end. Ducks love Schnitzelagden. Obviously people.
Not the sea, not the land,
Ships don't float
But you can’t walk.
What does half an orange look like?
(To the other half)
When is the best time for a black cat to get into the house?
(When the door is open)
Two nails fell into the water. What is the Georgian's last name?
(Rusted)
There are two coins on the table; they add up to 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What coins are these?
Steve Nadis is a science journalist. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Translation: Robin Caket, Berlin. The three gods A, B and C are called Truth, Falsehood and Chance. Truth always tells the truth, lies always lie, and a random answer can be true or false. Wait, there is more: the gods will answer in their language.
The most difficult riddles
Your words themselves are not "yes" and I, but you don't know what each means. You can ask multiple questions to the same god. What the second question is and to whom you pose it may depend on the answer you give to the first question.
(2 rubles and 1 ruble. One is not 1 ruble, but the other is 1 ruble)
She was white and gray
A green, young one came.
(Winter and Spring)
Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. HOW?
(They were on different banks)
What do you drop when you need it and pick it up when you don't?
Will randomly answer with the truth or a lie, as if throwing a coin mentally: if she steps on her face, she will tell the truth; if he crosses, he will speak falsely. A random one will answer every day or every time you ask a question whose answer is yes or no. The game is inspired by the original mystery by Raymond Suillant.
The first question should have the goal of finding a god who is not random. This solution can be simplified. If you've played in and after, you'll probably have noticed a very strange fact: Pokemon are much harder to catch! Are Pokemon too easy to capture? Here, rather, this option has been preserved. End of year celebrations are a time to gather with family and friends, a time to take stock of the year, share gifts and food, but it is also a time to celebrate!
Two fathers and two sons were walking and found three oranges. They began to divide - everyone got one. How could this be?
(They were grandfather, father and son)
Without work it hangs, while work it stands, after work it is wet.
What is it that is easy to pick up the earth, but difficult to throw it far?
What rocks are not in the sea?
How do day and night end?
Our first interlocutor is Emmanuelle Assor, mother little boy with autism spectrum disorder. She is very involved and writes often on this topic because, as she says, what fuels parents is hope. This hope for a better world begins with awareness among the general public, one person at a time, to get them to understand and accept developmental disorders in certain children.
Our second interviewee is Marie-Josée Cordot, a famous blogger diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of 45. She is currently writing a book about social codes for autistic people, occasionally publishing articles about autism for the general public in the Quebec Huffington Post, and lecturing at the autism exhibition at the Laval Cosmodome last October.
(Soft sign)
Who speaks all languages?
There were four birch trees,
each birch has four large branches,
on each large branch there are four small branches,
There are four apples on each small branch.
How many apples are there in total?
(Not a single one. Apples don’t grow on birch trees!)
What is it: blue, big, with a mustache and completely stuffed with bunnies?
Marie Jose's mission is to raise awareness of the autism spectrum and bridge the gap between autistic thinking and functioning and typical ways of thinking and functioning. Our final interviewee is Natalie Garcin, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who is the CEO of the Gold Center.
These three experts kindly answered our questions, and here's what they have to say. It's clear that the holidays can be stressful for a child and their parents if they are not prepared. Marie-Josée: During the holidays everything is difficult! What worries me most is all these sensory “attacks” combined with routine changes. Already the holidays are changing the routine, in addition to the program there are unusual meetings!
(Trolleybus)
Which hand is better to stir tea?
(Which one contains a spoon, and if there is a spoon in both, then which one is more convenient)
In the room there were 12 chickens, 3 rabbits, 5 puppies, 2 cats, 1 rooster and 2 hens. The owner came here with his dog. How many legs are there in the room?
(Two. Animals have paws)
How many steps does it take to put a hippopotamus in the refrigerator?
On a sensory level there is more noise because we have to visit more people at the same time, in noisy environments with music, sudden laughter, sounds of food and the whole sound environment that if more families and friends organize games! Also a lot of physical contact can be very aggressive for some because kisses and braces fly all over the place and are sometimes too harsh and too sudden.
As a child grows and becomes a teenager, social difficulties can lead to further isolation and the child may be very eager to be in an environment where they will have to interact with others. So, anything that impacts the holidays is a cause for concern.
(Three. Open the refrigerator, place the hippopotamus and close the refrigerator)
How many steps does it take to put a giraffe in the refrigerator?
(Four: open the refrigerator, take out the hippopotamus, plant the giraffe, close the refrigerator)
Now imagine: they organized a race around the Kremlin, a hippopotamus, a giraffe and a turtle are participating. Who will reach the finish line first?
The same goes for meetings or outings with family and friends. No more than one social activity per day and it is advisable to invite our friends and family members into our home so as not to destabilize our child who loves to be in his things in the comfort of his home.
We understand that he needs space to feel good. Another thing that served us well was to prepare social scripts with pictograms to alert our child to what would happen during the day. So, he knows, as soon as he wakes up in the morning, we first go to the pool and then to his grandma. Or that we stay at home, but in the evening we go to his grandparents or our friends. Moreover, we try not to go out with him too much in the evening, except to places he already knows.
(Hippopotamus, because there is a giraffe in the refrigerator...)
Can an ostrich call itself a bird?
(No, he can't talk.)
How many peas can fit into one glass?
(Not at all, because peas don’t move)
Small, gray, looks like an elephant. Who?
(Baby elephant)
How does day and night end?
(Soft sign)
As you know, all native Russian female names end in either “a” or “ya”: Anna, Maria, Olga, etc. However, there is only one thing female name, which ends in neither “a” nor “i”. Name it.
The woman is standing on the floor, her hole slightly open.
What is it: the hard is inserted into the soft, and the balls dangle nearby?
What kind of woman first rubs around you and then demands money?
(Conductor on the tram)
There are no clouds on the horizon,
But an umbrella opened in the sky.
In a few minutes
Dropped...
(Parachute)
I have no legs, but I walk
I have no mouth, but I will say,
When to sleep, when to get up,
When to start work.
He's always at work
When we talk
And he’s resting
When we are silent.
Along the river, along the water
A string of boats floats,
There's a ship ahead,
He leads them along,
Small boats have no oars
And the boat is painfully sailing.
Right, left, back, forward
He will turn the whole gang.
(Duck with ducklings)
He wanders importantly through the meadow,
Comes out of the water dry,
Wears red shoes
Gives soft featherbeds.
They knock and knock - they don’t tell you to be bored.
They go and go, and everything is just there.
In Moscow they say it, but here we can hear it.
Carpenter using a sharp chisel
Builds a house with one window.
I’ll sit under your arm and tell you what to do:
Either I’ll put you to bed, or I’ll let you go for a walk.
(Thermometer)
Angry touchy-feely
Lives in the wilderness of the forest.
There are a lot of needles
And not just one thread.
Everyone tramples me, but I'm getting better.
(Path)
Has no tongue
And who will he visit?
He knows a lot.
I decorate the house too,
I also collect dust.
And people trample me under their feet,
Yes, then they still beat us with batogs.
It has no legs and no wings,
He flies fast, you won't catch him.
(Telephone)
He is in a bright uniform, spurs for beauty
During the day he is a bully, in the morning he is a clock.
Thirty-two warriors have one commander.
(Teeth and tongue)
twelve brothers
They wander after each other,
They don't bypass each other.
Not the sea, not the land,
Ships don't float
But you can’t walk.
This is a cramped, cramped house:
A hundred sisters huddle in it.
And any of the sisters
It can break out like a fire!
Don't joke with your sisters
Thin...
(With matches)
Her whole soul is wide open,
And even though there are buttons, it’s not a shirt,
Not a turkey, but pouting,
And it’s not a bird, but it’s flooding.
(Harmonic)
If it weren't for him,
I wouldn't say anything.
There is a fat woman - a wooden belly,
Iron belt.
He has a lot of teeth, but he doesn't eat anything.
(Comb)
What is it with Galochka?
A thread on a stick
Stick in hand
And a thread in the river.
A steeplejack stands on the roof
And catches news for us.
(Antenna)
I silently look at everyone
And everyone looks at me.
The merry ones see laughter
I cry with the sad.
Deep like a river
I'm at home, on your wall.
An old man will see an old man,
The child is the child in me.
(Mirror)
There are four legs under the roof,
Under the roof there is soup and spoons.
They beat him with a hand and a stick - No one feels sorry for him.
Why are they beating the poor guy?
And for the fact that he is inflated.
Every day at six in the morning
I'm shouting: it's time to get up!
(Alarm)
I am related to Moydodyr,
Turn me away
And cold water
I'll wash you quickly.
It's given to you
And people use it.
Greets everyone with one hand,
The other hand escorts you.
Admire, look - the North Pole is inside!
Snow and ice sparkle there,
Winter itself lives there.
(Fridge)
There is a palace on the pole, and in the palace there is a singer.
(Starling)
Of all the migratory birds,
cleans the arable land from worms.
He has a rubber trunk,
With a canvas stomach.
How his engine hums,
He swallows both dust and rubbish.
(Vacuum cleaner)
Doesn't burn in fire
Doesn't drown in water
It doesn't rot in the ground.
In linen country
Along the river sheet
The ship is sailing,
Back and forth
And behind him there is such a smooth surface,
Not a wrinkle to be seen.
House is a glass bubble,
And a light lives in it.
During the day he sleeps, but when he wakes up,
It will light up with a bright flame.
If I stood up, I would reach the sky.
Small, round,
But you can't catch it by the tail.
On the wall, in a visible place,
Gathers news together
And then its tenants
They will fly to all ends.
(Mailbox)
A piece of paper in the morning
They bring us to our apartment,
On one such sheet
a lot of different news.
He reveals himself, he closes you,
As soon as the rain passes, it will do the opposite.
The monster's emerald eye began to glow.
So, you can cross the street now.
(Traffic light)
I have a robot in my apartment.
He has a huge trunk.
The robot loves cleanliness
And it hums like a TU airliner
He willingly swallows dust,
Doesn't get sick, doesn't sneeze.
(Vacuum cleaner)
A warm wave splashes
There is whiteness under the wave.
Guess, remember,
What kind of sea is in the room?
Two brothers
They look into the water
They will never meet.
(Drum)
In our house under the window
There is a hot accordion:
She doesn't sing or play - she heats the house.
(Heating radiator)
Five brothers - equal in years, different in height.
