15 Tricky Riddles That Can Boost Your Brain Power

A few mysterious puzzles have appeared on the Internet since 2012 from an organization called Cicada 3301. They claim that they search for “highly intelligent individuals” from the general public who can solve the riddles, but to this day, no one knows what their ultimate purpose is.

We at Bright Side have a few riddles for you too, but the difference is that we don’t have any major secrets; our goal is just to have fun.

1. How old was he?

2. What is the number inside the third triangle?

3. How many boat rides do they need?

4. Which one is fake?

5. What’s the number on the last card?

There are 5 cards with numbers from 1 to 5.

• The sum of the first 2 cards is 8.
• Cards #2 and #3 add up to 9.
• #3 and #4 add to 5.
• #4 and #5 add to 3.

6. What’s the code?

7. How many triangles are there?

8. Which fruit is more expensive: the banana or the pear?

9. Which button is pushed the most often in the elevator?

10. What is he buying?

11. How is that possible?

12. What is the finding?

13. What are the correct labels?

14. Who’s the odd one?

15. How many kids are there?

How many riddles did you get right?

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