Today's Riddles

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There are three chests, each containing 100 coins. One chest has 100 gold coins, one has 100 silver coins, and one has half & half. The catch: the chests are all labeled incorrectly. You may pull out just one coin from any of the chests, then you must identify which chest contains all gold coins. How do you do it?

15

It may sound impossible, but it's not. You wake up trapped in a round room with six doors. A voice over a loudspeaker tells you that five of the doors are booby-trapped and will bring instant death if you try to open them. Only one door provides an opening that will get you out safely. The doors are evenly spaced around the room. They look exactly alike. Your only clue is that on the wall between each pair of doors is a large letter of the alphabet. Going clockwise, the letters are H, I, J, K, L and M. Which is the correct door that will get you out ... and why?

4

Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How is this possible?

20

Those who have me on stage are less satisfied than those who do not have me, for I represent a better result that they could have achieved. What am I?

8

What can roll a bear but can't bear a role?

3

I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?

3

I cut through evil like a double-edged sword, and chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, through battles fought with heart and mind. Creative I am, for from me are forged great works of inspiration. What am I?

9

What occurs once a minute, twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years?

3

Number of renown and infamy, I am an odd multiple of three. Change my orientation and I may stay the same. Each time I'm referenced, the responses do not change.

6

I make a loud noise when changing, grow bigger but weigh less. What am I?

12

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

11

Where is the only place where today comes before yesterday?

15

I am heard but never seen or touched. You cannot hold me but you can break me. What am I?

7

What has a cape but isn't a superhero?

15

I have billions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I?