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.

#211 - Maths Drawing Puzzle

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You are given a wooden board with dimensions 6 feet x 3 feet. In front of you is a hole with dimensions 9 feet x 2 feet. You are asked to cut that board in two pieces such that you can cover the hole with them completely.

Now keep in mind that you can only cut it into two pieces and the hole must be completely covered with them. You can't place the boards overlapping each other and the board should not be extending outside the edges.

Can you do it?

category : MATHS | PICTURE

#212 - Pizza Cost Math Brain Teaser

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Jasmine, Thibault, and Noah were having a night out and decided to order a pizza for $10. It turned out that Jasmine and Thibault were hungrier than Noah. They both ate 6 slices a piece, and Noah got to eat just 2 slices.

Now they want to do a fair split of money. The problem is that none of them have coins with them. Thus, they want to round off the cost to nearest dollar.

What will be the correct way to do it?

What if the pizza's cost was $11?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

#213 - Best Thinking Brain Teaser Ever

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Three men are living in a desert namely – Alex, Brian and Chris.

Alex hates Chris and thus he decides to kill him. To succeed in his evil intentions, he poison the water supply of Chris. Since they are living in desert, he will have to drink water or he will die of thirst.

Brian is not aware of the actions of Alex and he plans to kill Chris as well. To do this, he killed the water supply of Chris.

Chris dies due to his thirst. Who killed him?

#214 - IAS Murder Brain Teaser Riddle

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Two friends are standing in a large hall that is vacant except them both. They are facing each other. First friend predicts the future of the second one and says that in five minutes, the second will be stabbed by someone in the back. The clock is hanging on the wall in front of the second one.

He is shocked to hear this and impatiently sees the clock ticking away. After five minutes, he is stabbed on his back. Who stabbed him and how did it happen?
category : LOGIC | MYSTERY

#215 - Who is tallest riddle

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In an experiment, 200 children are arranged in 10 different rows, where each row contains 20 children. As a result, 20 columns are formed. From each of those columns, the shortest one is selected and from those 20 children, the tallest one is tagged X. These children now return to their initial places.

Now, the tallest child from each row is selected and the shortest from them is tagged Y.

Can you tell which one from the two (X and Y) is taller?
category : MATHS

#216 - Paradox Probability Riddle

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This is a famous paradox probability riddle which has caused a great deal of argument and disbelief from many who cannot accept the correct answer.

Four balls are placed in a bowl. One is Green, one is Black and the other two are Yellow. The bowl is shaken and someone draws two balls from the bowl. He looks at the two balls and announces that atleast one of them is Yellow. What are the chanches that the other ball he has drawn out is also Yellow?
category : PROBABILITY

#217 - Science Balance Brain Teaser

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You have a broom which you balance on your finger keeping your finger exactly on the broom's center of gravity. You mark that point with the help of a marker. Now you cut the broom from there and are left with two different pieces one of which is longer than the other. The longer piece has the handle part whereas the shorter one comprises of bristles and some party of the handle.

Now, if you weigh the two pieces, which one of them will weigh more?
category : SCIENCE

#218 - Hard Lock Puzzle

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A couple - Peter Parker and Mary Jane are madly in love with each other, but they live miles apart. Peter wants to send a gold ring to Mary to celebrate their first anniversary together but in a country where people steal anything unlocked, he can't send it to her without locking it inside a box.

Now, Peter and Mary have a lot of padlocks with them, but they don't have the key to the padlock for one another's.

How will Peter send the ring now?
category : LOGIC | CIPHER

#219 - The GrandMother Riddle

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An old man was traveling to his sister's home with a Tiger a goat and a bundle of green grass. while traveling he arrives at a river bank where he finds a very old boat that can carry the weight of maximum man and one other thing (goat,lion or grass). But if he takes the lion on the boat, the goat will eat grass. Similarly, if he carries grass with him then lion will kill the goat.

How can the man carry all three to the other end of the river?

category : LOGIC

#220 - Palindrome Number Riddle

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There can be myriad ways to create a palindrome. One day, I thought of making my own palindrome. I thought of a number and then decided to add the reversed number to it. Sadly, I did not get a palindrome.

So I kept repeating this step and eventually I succeeded in creating a palindrome. I don't know if you can always create a palindrome using this method but I was able to generate one of four digits.

Can you tell me the number at which I started?
category : LOGIC | MATHS

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