GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & RIDDLES
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Riddle № 1. Jailbreak
Jack is placed in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window positioned so high no one could reach it. The cell is empty except for a shovel. It’s dry and hot in there, but Jack won’t get any food or drink anytime soon. He has only 2 days to break out of the jail. If not — he’ll die.
Digging a tunnel is not an option because it’ll take more than 2 days. How should Jack escape the cell?
Riddle № 2. A stolen necklace
Mrs. Smith went to the police claiming that her vintage necklace was missing. When the police arrived, they saw no signs of a break-in. Only one window was broken. There was a total mess inside the house and dirty footprints all over the floor.
The next day, Mrs. Smith was arrested for fraud. Why?
Riddle № 3. Murder at school
On the first day of the school year, a geography teacher was murdered. The police had 4 suspects: the gardener, the math teacher, the coach, and the school principal. They all had alibis:
- The gardener was cutting bushes.
- The math teacher was holding a mid-year test.
- The coach was playing basketball.
- The principal was in his office.
The killer was arrested immediately. Who killed the geography teacher, and how did the police solve the mystery?
Riddle № 4. A lonely man
A lonely old man lived in his house in the suburb of a city. He never left the house for long. It was a midsummer Friday when the mailman walked by and called out for the man. There was no answer. The mailman looked into the window and saw him in a pool of blood. When the policeman arrived, he found Tuesday’s newspaper, 2 bottles of warm milk, and 1 bottle of cold milk.
The next day, the killer was arrested. How did the police find out who it was so quickly?
Riddle № 5. 2 pills
A serial killer kidnapped people and made them take 1 of 2 pills: one was harmless, and the other was poisonous. Whichever pill a victim took, the serial killer took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The killer survived.
How did the killer always get the harmless pill?
Riddle № 6. Frozen windows
Once on a winter day, John found his friend dead in his own house. John called the police and said that he was just passing by Jack’s house and decided to come in.
He’d been knocking and ringing the bell for a long time, but all was silent. However, he could see the light in the room through a frozen window. He breathed on the iced window glass and saw Jack on the floor.
The police arrested John as the main suspect. Why?
Riddle № 7. Chemical substances
A famous chemist was murdered in his own lab. There was no evidence except for a piece of paper with the names of chemical substances on it. On the day he was murdered, the chemist had only 3 visitors: his wife, Mary, his nephew Nicolas, and his friend Johnathan.
The police arrested the murderer right away. How did they know who it was?
Answers
Riddle № 1
Jack should use the shovel to make a pile of dirt under the window, climb on it, and escape from his cell.
Riddle № 2
The police were sure that Mrs. Smith lied to them because the window was broken from the inside. If it was broken from the outside, little pieces of glass would be on the room’s floor.
Riddle № 3
The killer was the math teacher. According to his words, he was holding a mid-year test, but the crime happened on the first day of the school year.
Riddle № 4
It was obviously the mailman. He knew that no one in this house would read a newspaper on Wednesday or Thursday.
Riddle № 5
Both of the pills were harmless. The poison was in the glass of water the victim drank.
Riddle № 6
John wouldn’t be able to unfreeze the window glass because it’s usually icy on the inside.
Riddle № 7
The piece of paper had a clue on it. If you combine the short names of the chemical substances on the paper, you’ll get a name: Ni-C-O-La-S.
1. A serial killer
A serial killer invited a prospective victim to her home. They had dinner together after which, she offered her victim an apple. The victim said that she was already full. The killer divided the apple in half so they could share it. They both started eating the apple and as soon as the guest tried the apple she died.
Question:
If both of them had the same apple, why did one of them die and another survive?
Answer:
The killer used a knife coated with poison just on one edge.
2. Murder at home
A man was found murdered on a Sunday afternoon. At the time of the murder there were four people in the house. The wife, the cook, the maid, and the gardener. The police were called to investigate the murder. Everybody told the police what they were doing.
The wife said “I was reading a book”
The cook said “I was cooking breakfast”
The maid said “I was fixing the table”
The gardener said “I was watering the plants”
After listening the statements, the police arrested the murderer.
Question:
Who is the murderer and how did the police know?
Answer:
The cook did it.
You don’t cook breakfast in the afternoon.
3. Stolen money
A man placed a $100 bill on the table and left for work. When he returned, the money was gone. He has three suspects: the cook, the maid, and the electrician.
The cook said “I put the bill under a book to keep it safe,” the man checked and it was not there.
The maid said “I moved the bill inside the book between page 10 and 11 to keep it safe,” the man checked the book and there was nothing between pages 10 and 11.
The electrician said “I saw the bill sticking out of the book and I moved it between pages 11 and 12 to keep it safe.”
The man immediately knew who stole the money.
Question:
Who is the thief?
Answer:
The elecrician stole the money.
If the man checked for the money between pages 10 and 11 of the book, then pages 11 and 12 will be opposite sides of a single sheet and the electician simply was not able to do what he said.
5. FROST ON WINDOWS
Ben was found dead in his study by his friend John. John called the police and told them what happened. He said “I was walking by Ben’s house and saw light on in his room. I decided to look from outside to see if he was there. There was frost on the window, so I wiped it and that’s when I saw the body. I kicked the front door in to check things out and found that my friend was dead. I called police immediately.”
The officer knew immediately that John was lying.
Question:
How did the detective know?
Answer:
Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So John could not have wiped it off to find his friend.
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