Some of us like to read long and Big Riddles. There can be many reasons for that. These riddles often keeps a situation in front of you and you have to apply your mind in various directions to find out the solution. The Big Riddles may also contain a story line which makes them pretty interesting to read. To solve such riddles, you also use your mind in different directions which helps in the mental growth. Thus we have come up with loads of Big Riddles just for the enthusiast who are always on a spree of finding them.

#11 - Funny Story Puzzle

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Some time back, there was a bus conductor who was pretty rude with the passengers every day. On a fine morning, a beautiful young lady tried to board the bus. But the conductor did not stop the bus. The lady was run over by the bus and was killed right on the spot. The passengers became quite angry with the conductor and took him to the nearest police station. At the police station, the police looked after the case and decided to throw him in the court for trial. The judge was very angry with the conductor and sentenced him to death by electrocution.

The conductor was taken to the electrocution chamber. In that room, there was a chair in the center of the room. There was also a banana peel in one corner of the room. The conductor looked at it as he was strapped to the chair. Then, he was exposed to a high voltage current. But everyone was shocked as he survived it. Since it was impossible, the judge thought it was a miracle and allowed him freedom.

The bus conductor returned back to his profession. After a few months, a middle aged lady tried to board the bus. The conductor did not stop the bus and as a result, she was run over and died instantly. The passengers were agitated. They took him to the nearest police station. The police took him again to the court. In the court, the judge became very angry seeing him again. He sentenced him to death again.

He was again taken to the electrocution chamber, where a seat sat in the center of the room and a banana peel lied in one corner. The conductor looked at the banana peel while he was strapped to the chair. He was then exposed to a high voltage current. But he was able to survive yet again. Everyone was surprised and shocked again. He was granted freedom again by a surprised judge. Taking this as a lesson, the conductor decides to become a good person.

He returns back to his profession. After a few days, an old aged lady tries to board the bus. The conductor stops the bus for him but the lady slips while boarding and is killed by the injuries. The passengers take him back to the police who takes him to the court again. The judge after listening to the case knows that he is innocent in this particular case. But seeing his previous record, he sentences him to death.

He is again taken to the electrocution chamber with the same chair in the center and the same banana peel in one corner of the room. He is strapped to the chair and exposed to a high voltage current. Everyone is surprised as this time, the conductor is killed.

Why did he die this time while he survived the previous two times?

#12 - Logical Deduction - Real Life Murder Or Suicide Puzzle

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Alexis jumped off the top of building a suicide attempt not knowing that a safety net is already there near the 8th floor. However, he was interrupted by a bullet shot at the back of head fired near the 10th story window. Alexis falls on the safety net but was dead at the instance.
Normally if a person intends to commit suicide and his actions cause his death, it is a suicide even if the death does not take place in the way the person expected.
But if it's not the bullet Alexis must have survived.

Later on, investigation police found out that an old man angrily fired at her wife in the 1oth floor flat. however, shot missed the wife and hit the Alexis.
Normally, when a person intends to kill one human being and by his action kills another human being accidental, the charge is murder.

Later on the investigation, it was found out that gun was always unloaded and the man is just threatening his wife Further investigation revealed that the shotgun had been loaded by the couple's adult son, who was angry at his mother for cutting off monetary support. The son was hoping one day his father accidentally killed his mother
Normally when a person plans something whose action kills another human being, the charge is murder.

Note: We have changed the name of the people involved.

Is this a murder or suicide and if murder who is guilty?

#13 - River Crossing Brain Teaser

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River Thames needs to be crossed by Mr. Father, Mrs. Mother, A Thug, A Policeman, 2 dogs and 2 Cats. There is only one boat, which can carry only two people (or a person and an animal or two animals) at a time. Only the humans (excluding the thug) know how to operate the boat. The boat must travel back and forth across the river in order to pick up all of the people and animals.
Following rules must be followed at all times:
Mr. Father: Mr. Father cannot stay with any of the cats, without Mrs. Mother's presence.
Mrs. Mother: Mrs. Mother cannot stay with any of the dogs, without Mr. Father's presence.
Thug: The thug cannot stay with anyone, if the policeman is not there.
Policeman Allowed to travel with everyone.
2 Dogs, 2 Cats: Not allowed to travel without a human, or be in the presence of the thug without the policeman's supervision.
The dogs are not allowed to be in the presence of Mrs. Mother without the supervision of Mr. Father.
Similarly, The cats are not allowed to be in the presence of Mr. Father without the supervision of Mrs. Mother.
Both the dogs and cats are allowed to be unsupervised (provided the other rules are satisfied.)
How will everyone get to the other side of the river Thames? None of the rule can be broken, and all rules apply on the boat as well as on the land.
category : LOGIC

#14 - Brain Teasers Detective Stories

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You are called to investigate a murder in a house. There are six suspects of the murder. The corpse was found in the living room. You begin your investigation by asking three questions to all of them. Four people among the six suspects are liars. Thus, they speak at least one lie but not necessarily all lies. It is confirmed that one of them is a murderer.

The responses of all six people are as given below:
Jerry:
Patrick was in the 2nd bedroom.
So was I.
Max was in the bathroom.

Molly:
I agree with Jerry that Max was in the bathroom and Patrick was in the 2nd bedroom.
But I think that Jerry was in the living room, OH MY GOD!

Patrick:
Molly was in the kitchen with Mike.
But I was in the bathroom.

Max:
I still say Patrick was in the 2nd bedroom and Catherine was in the bathroom.
Jerry was in the 1st bedroom.

Catherine:
Patrick was in the bathroom with Mike.
And Molly was in the kitchen.

Mike:
Max was in the kitchen.
And I was in the 2nd bedroom with Patrick.

The house accommodates eight rooms: Living Room, 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, Garage and Basement. Any number of people could have been present in any of the rooms at the same time.

Can you identity the killer, the four liars and the position of each one of them during murder?
category : MYSTERY

#15 - The Elf Logical Puzzle

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A wicked sorcerer felt enmity towards elf and thus he chooses four among the rest of the elf's and concealed them. The elves are concealed in the ground in a manner that apart from their head the rest of their body was underneath the ground. The elf's are unable to move their body and can only see in that direction that they are facing. All the elf's are concealed underground in such a way that they form a straight line and among those four elf's that are concealed underground one of the elf is detached form the other three elf's via wall. The entire elf's are in the same direction. The elf that is the furthest can only see the heads of its friends in front and a wall. The elf that is second last can only see one head of his friend and a wall. The second elf can only view the wall. The elf can see nothing.
The sorcerer understands the situation and tells the elf's that he has placed hats over their heads. Among the hats places two hat are blue and the other two are red. Among all the four elfs one of the elf has to guess that which colour hat is he wearing. If the elf answers correctly then he shall be set free or else he will have to dig beneath the ground till the very last.
category : LOGIC

#16 - Hard Probability Question

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Imagine a situation in your mind. You are playing a coin game with your friend where you have pre-decided the sequence that you require. The coin is fair and you both keep tossing it till you get the desired sequence.

The predefined sequence for you is H T H.
The predefined sequence for your friend is H T T.

You keep tossing the coin and writing it down till you get the required sequence. You play several games and at the end, the one with the average score less will win.

Game 1 result:
You: H T T H T H
Your score: 6
Your friend: H T H H H T H H T T
Your friends' score: 10

Game 2 result:
You: T T H T T H H T H
Your score: 9
Your friend: T T H H T H T T
Your friends' score: 8

Game 3 result:
You: T T H H T H
Your score: 6
Your friend: H H T H T T
Your friends' score: 6

Now, after playing 3 games, your score is 7 (average) and your friend's score is 8 (average). Assume that you keep playing like this for several many games, what of the following outcomes are you expecting at the end?
a) Your average score is lower and you win.
b) Your friend's average score is lower and he wins.
c) Both have equal scores and the match ties.
category : PROBABILITY

#17 - Ice Cream and House Number Puzzle

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An ice-cream seller visits Jacksonville every evening. In the town, the odd numbered houses and the even numbered houses are built on the opposite sides of the street respectively.

On a particular day, 5 children living in the first 5 houses buy ice-cream from the seller. All of them take different flavor and topping. Can you find out which child lives in which house and ordered which ice-cream with which topping with the help of the following clues?

1. Chunky lives between the child who bought the Raspberry topping and the child who bought pineapple ice cream.

2. Andy, whose house has an even number, bought the grape topping. Stef does not live next to Andy.

3. The chocolate ice cream had no topping.

4. The child who lives in house number 2 had the mixed fruit ice cream. The child in house number 3 did not have raspberry ice cream.

5. Chunk had orange ice cream. He hates orange grape.

6. The child who had the walnut topping lives in house number 5. Brand does not live in house number 4.

Please note that the odd numbered houses and the even numbered houses are located on the exactly opposite sides of the street.
category : LOGIC

#18 - Logical Inference Riddle

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A guy visits a house where three identical triplet sisters lived – Sarah, Sue and Sally. Sarah is the oldest one followed by Sue and Sally. The sisters decides to mock him for a while and let him figure out who is who. Due to their identical looks, he is not able to identify who is who and thus decides to ask them each of them a question.

He goes to the sister sitting on the left sofa and asks her, 'Who is the one sitting in the middle sofa?' He is replied by the girl, 'She is Sarah.'

Then he goes to the one sitting on the middle sofa and asks her, 'Who are you?' To this he is replied by her, 'I’m Sally.'

Finally he goes to the one sitting on the right sofa. He asks, 'Who is sitting on the middle sofa?' She replies, 'She is Sue.'

He is left puzzled after the three answers. He asks again and repeats for three times in total. All of the time, he receives different answers.

He only knows three things:
Sarah, the oldest one is a truthful person who never lies.
Sue the middle sister is a big liar who never tells a truth.
Sally, the youngest speaks both truth and lies.

Can you help him find out who is who?
category : LOGIC

#19 - Challenging Color Of Hat Brain Teaser

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There were three prisoners who were innocent and were in a village jail. The cruel jailer takes all the three men out one day and makes them sit in one straight line one after the other on a chair. They were made to sit in such a way that the man A cannot see the man A & B. the man B can see only A. the man C can see both A&B. the three men are shown 5 hats by the jailer amongst which 2 of them are black and three of them are white. After showing the hats, the men are blindfolded by the jailer, and the jailer places one hat on each one of the men's head. After this, the jailer removes the blindfolds. The three prisoners are told by the jailer that if any one of them guesses the color of the hat within 1 minute, all of the three men will be freed. If they don't guess the right answer, then they will be executed. The prisoners cannot see their own hats. But all the three men are intelligent. Immediately after 59 seconds the man A shouts the color of the hat which is the correct answer.

Question: what could be the color of the man A's hat and how did the man A got to know the answer?
category : LOGIC

#20 - Short Story Mystery Puzzle

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A Japanese ship was making its way through the Arabian Sea. The captain felt like taking a bath and thus went to the bathroom after removing his Rolex watch and gold bracelet. When he returned back from the bathroom, he found out that his valuables were missing.

He suspected five of his crew members. He called them in and asked all of them what they were doing for the last 15 minutes. They replied as follows:parachute
The French cook (with a butcher knife): I was in fridge room getting meat for cooking.
The German Engineer (with some tools in hand): I was working on the generator engine.
The Bangladeshi seaman (empty handed): I was on the mast correcting the flag which was upside down by mistake.
The American Radio officer (with his headphones in hand): I was messaging to company that we will reach the port in the next two days that is Friday morning at 1100 hrs.
The Indian navigation officer (empty handed): I was taking a nap before my night watch began.

Upon hearing all of them, the captain found out who was the thief. How did he know that? Who is the thief?
category : LOGIC | MYSTERY

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