Yesterday I returned home from work a little earlier than usual. I had just sat down at the table, getting ready to have dinner, when suddenly something fell in my wife’s room. I rushed there and saw an antique vase lying on the floor, which my wife treasures very much. The vase was broken.
At the same moment, a man ran out of the room. I rushed after him. But as soon as I was outside, the lenses of my glasses immediately fogged up. You know that we have cold evenings now. I tripped over a rake, fell and lost sight of the stranger. I beg you to find the attacker. After all, he, of course, intended to rob our apartment. Besides, how will I explain to my wife - and she is returning from her parents today - how her vase ended up broken?
I cannot understand why you, Mr. Waldemar, are so afraid of your wife. You are trying to mislead me by referring to some imaginary criminal, but it will be much better if you just tell your wife how it all happened.
Why did Inspector Warnicke refuse to investigate this incident?
View answer Glasses fog up when moving from a cold room to a warm one, but not after leaving a warm house on a cold street.
2. You can’t hide from Varnike
It was a hot summer day. Inspector Warnicke and his assistants, pursuing the criminals, crossed a small copse and came across a group of swimmers in a small but deep and fast river.
Listen! - Inspector Warnicke shouted. - We are looking for a guy your age. He must be around here somewhere. Haven't you seen him?
The young men looked at each other silently. Then one of them said:
A few minutes ago, a guy actually came running here. Just here he threw himself into the river. Look, there he is on the other side coming out of the water! Hurry! Do you want me to give you my boat, otherwise he will slip away from under your nose.
“Let him run away,” said Inspector Warnicke, “now I want to get to know you better.”
What caused Inspector Warnicke to make this decision?
View answer IN fast river the guy inevitably had to be carried away by the current. He could not get out to the opposite bank opposite the place where he entered the water.
3. Excited Zoo
The time for the zoo to close was approaching. The last belated visitors had already begun to gradually head towards the exit, when suddenly an indignant cry was heard. One zoo visitor, a middle-aged lady, lost her elegant handbag. She even managed to see the back of the fleeing visitor. Inspector Warnicke immediately rushed after him, who never manages to spend even a few hours in peace. One of the visitors joined him, declaring that he knew all the passages and exits here. The two of them ran around the entire park. The criminal was nowhere to be found. He could not leave the park: only the central gate remained open, and by order of the inspector, the most careful surveillance was established behind it.
Warnicke was already wondering if his assistant was leading him by the nose. Maybe he is an accomplice of the kidnapper and is now trying to cover his tracks? But immediately this thought left the inspector, for one circumstance that suddenly attracted his attention enabled him to discover the scoundrel. 
How did the criminal reveal himself?
View answer One of the zoo employees feeds the rhinoceros meat, although he should know that the rhinoceros is a herbivore.
Poirot. Detective puzzles for brain training (collection)
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Introduction
The beloved and familiar character of Hercule Poirot, the most popular literary detective of the 20th century, along with Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Maigret, appeared in the imagination of the author Agatha Christie completely by accident. She had almost thought through the plot of her first work when she realized that she needed a detective to establish the truth. And she saw him - little man densely built with a huge mustache, putting everything in order, carefully arranging both objects and facts in their places. Since there were many refugees from Belgium in the area during the First World War, the author decided that a retired police inspector could be among them.
This character gave the writer great freedom. Telling about many details of everyday life and the conventions of English life, she shows them through the eyes of an outsider, who sometimes has to interpret the rules that are understandable to the English bourgeois without prompting. Agatha Christie's hero is very ironic and sharp-tongued, especially regarding the English. For example: “From their own experience, many English people are convinced that what is said to a foreigner need not be taken seriously.” For a great detective, the capture of a criminal is the need to restore moral order: after all, evil must be punished, justice must prevail. In this sense, he, of course, expresses the position of the writer herself, who saw in detective literature its moral aspect.
The main assistants in the investigation of any crime of the famous detective Hercule Poirot are method, order and gray cells (this is what Poirot calls the brain), as well as the study of the psychology of the criminal. With all this, Poirot is more than standard as a person. It is the standard and the norm that give him the opportunity to accurately determine deviations from them characteristic of the behavior and habits of the criminal.
Detectives - each in their own way - have their own unique style of investigation. Poirot uses the method of searching for anomalies and deviations in the behavior of a criminal, studying every seemingly insignificant little detail, which in the end may turn out to be decisive in solving the mystery. It is interesting that in cases where the element of chance or improvisation dominates in the behavior of the criminal - at least at one stage - Poirot temporarily comes to a dead end. But the way out of this impasse is the same. IN extreme situation Poirot even goes so far as to stage the death of one of the characters - and based on the reaction of those around him, he reconstructs the picture of what happened. WITH psychological point From a perspective, this technique is, of course, interesting, but the reader is forced to experience slight disappointment from the lack of a climax and a key to the solution. Poirot's creative baggage includes investigations of murders in old wealthy estates and expensive hotels, in social drawing rooms and student dormitories, on a train, in an airplane, on a ship, etc. Accordingly, the conditions of the game and the nature of the evidence change. But Poirot can get to the bottom of the truth and, sitting in his office, in any case, prefers not to fuss, at the same time not missing the opportunity to joke about the police: “In your opinion, a good detective ... should be full of life. He must rush back and forth. He must lie on his stomach in the road dust and look through a tiny magnifying glass for tire tracks. He's supposed to pick up cigarette butts and thrown matches, right? But I, Hercule Poirot, tell you that this is not true! The only thing that is important is the little gray cells... Quietly and imperceptibly they do their job...” By this, Poirot convinces that the ability to think logically and analyze available facts is the basis of a detective’s activity, on which the principle of investigation is built.
Poirot's method is to connect all the facts, no matter how insignificant they may seem at first glance, into a single picture. He is able to remember the smallest details testimony of witnesses, and it is these details that lead him to the correct solution to the problem. The desire for truth allows him to rummage through other people's things, read other people's letters and eavesdrop on conversations. He is also a fan of psychological experiments, which more than once allowed him to identify the killer. Poirot says about the role of the detective: “Experts collect facts, and the role of the detective is to solve the crime using the method of logical deduction, correctly reconstruct the chain of events, comparing them with evidence. But above all, understand the psychology of the criminal.”
Every self-respecting detective writer conscientiously follows all these rules. The detective's motto, based in part on the practical experience of all great masters detective genre, and partly on the prompts of the voice of conscience of an honest writer:
● The reader has the right to have equal opportunities with the detective to investigate a crime. All clues and clues must be clearly identified and described.
● It is prohibited to deliberately deceive or mislead the reader, except in cases where he and the detective follow all the rules fair play the criminal is deceiving.
● A detective work should not be love story. The main goal is to bring the criminal to justice.
● Neither the detective himself nor any of the investigators and police officers can be a criminal. This could be considered a kind of misleading of the reader.
● The criminal must be discovered deductively - using logical conclusions, and not through chance, coincidence or unmotivated confession. After all, choosing this last method solving the mystery of the crime, the author quite deliberately directs the reader along a deliberately false trail, and when he returns empty-handed, he calmly informs him that the solution was in his, the author’s, pocket all the time. Such an author is no better than a fan of primitive practical jokes.
● The main figure of the detective is the detective himself. His task is to collect evidence that will serve as a clue and ultimately point to who committed this vile crime in the first chapter. The detective builds his chain of conclusions based on the analysis of the collected evidence, otherwise he is likened to a careless schoolboy who, having not solved the problem, copies the answer from the back of the problem book.
● Any detective novel must have a corpse, and the more realistic it is, the better. Only murder makes the novel as interesting as possible. Who would read three hundred pages with excitement if there were not a certain climax and movement towards solving the mystery! In the end, the reader should be rewarded for their trouble and energy.
● The mystery of the crime must be solved in a materialistic way. Such methods of establishing the truth as divination, seances, telepathy, fortune telling with the help of a magic crystal, etc., etc. The reader should have a chance to compete with a detective who thinks rationally, but if he is forced to compete with otherworldly forces, then he is clearly doomed to failure.
● The detective should be that unexpected figure who light hand unravels a situation that seemed hopeless. To use the minds of several detectives in the investigation of a crime not only confuses the reader and breaks the direct thread of logic, but also unfairly puts the reader at a disadvantage. If there is more than one detective, the reader does not know which one he is competing with in terms of deductive reasoning.
● The criminal should be the hero of the work who plays a relatively prominent role, that is, a character who is familiar and interesting to the reader.
● Choosing a servant or butler to play the role of a criminal means avoiding difficulties. The criminal must be a person of a certain dignity - one who usually does not attract any suspicion until a certain point.
● There should be only one criminal, no matter how many crimes are committed in the work. He may have a partner or accomplice who provides him with some services, but the entire burden of guilt must lie on the shoulders of one person. But it is necessary to give the reader the opportunity to focus all his attention on one single negative character.
● The participation of any secret gangster societies and mafia groups is prohibited. After all, an exciting and truly beautiful murder will be irrevocably spoiled if it suddenly turns out that the blame falls on the whole company. Of course, the murderer in a detective story should be given hope of salvation, but allowed to resort to help secret society– this is already too much. No professional self-respecting killer needs such an advantage.
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Everyone knows regular tests on IQ, where, by answering (or not answering) 40 questions, you can find out your level of intelligence. However, there is another way to find out what your mind is really capable of.
AdMe has selected several for you detective riddles, which not everyone can solve.
Task No. 1. Escape
Jack was put in a prison with a dirt floor and one window located so high that he could not reach it. There was nothing in the cell except a shovel. The prison is very dry and hot, but Jack will not receive any water or food, so he only has 2 days to escape, otherwise he will die.
How can Jack escape from prison if the digging option is not an option, since digging it will take much more than 2 days?
Task No. 2. Stolen necklace
Mrs. Smith contacted the police to report that an antique necklace was missing. When the police arrived at the scene, they saw that there were no signs of forced entry on either the door or the windows, and only one window was broken. The inside of the house was a complete mess, and there were dirty marks all over the carpet.
The next day Mrs. Smith was arrested for fraud. Why?
Task No. 3. Murder at school
On the first day academic year At the last break, the body of a geography teacher was discovered in one of the classes. The police had 4 suspects: a gardener, a math teacher, a physical education teacher and a school principal. They all told where they were at the time of the murder:
- The gardener was trimming the bushes in the backyard.
- The mathematics teacher administered the final semi-annual test.
- The physical education teacher was playing basketball with his students.
- The director spent the whole day in his office.
Immediately after this, the police arrested the criminal. Who killed the geography teacher and how did the police figure out the killer?
Task No. 4. Lonely person
On the outskirts of the city lived a lonely old man who never strayed far from home. At the height of summer, one Friday morning, a postman came to his house and called the owner, but he did not answer. He looked out the window and saw him lying on the floor in a pool of blood. The postman called the policeman, who found two bottles of warm milk, one of cold milk and a daily newspaper for Tuesday near the house.
The next day, a policeman arrested the killer. How did the police identify the culprit so quickly?
Problem No. 5. Two tablets
A serial killer kidnapped people and forced them to take 1 of 2 pills: the first did not cause harm, and the second killed instantly. The killer always took the remaining pill himself. The kidnapped person swallowed the chosen pill, washed it down with water and died immediately, and the killer always got a harmless pill.
Why did the killer never get a poison pill?
Problem No. 6. Frozen windows
One freezing winter day, John found his friend Jack dead in the living room of his home. John immediately called the police and, when asked by the policeman how he found the body, replied that he was walking by and decided to go visit Jack.
According to him, he knocked and rang the doorbell for a long time, but his friend did not open it for him, although through the frozen window it was clear that the light was on in the house. Then John breathed on the frozen window glass to melt the ice. When he looked into the room, he saw Jack lying on the floor.
The policeman immediately arrested John on suspicion of murder. Why?
Problem No. 7. Chemist's riddle
A famous chemist was found murdered in his own laboratory. No evidence was found in the room, except for a piece of paper next to the body, which listed several chemical elements. The investigator found out that on the day of his death, 3 people came to the scientist’s laboratory: his wife Mary, nephew Nicholas and friend Jonathan.
The investigator immediately arrested the murder suspect. How did he do it?
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
Problem No. 1. Solution
With the help of a shovel, Jack needs to make an earthen mountain under the window, stand on it and get out of prison.
Problem No. 2. Solution
The police realized that Mrs. Smith was deceiving them: the glass in the house could only be broken from the inside, because if it had been broken from the outside, the fragments would have been on the floor of the room.
Problem No. 3. Solution
A mathematics teacher killed a geography teacher. According to him, he conducted semi-annual testing, but the crime happened on the first day of school of the year.
Problem No. 4. Solution
It is obvious that the killer is a newspaper delivery boy. Only he could know that on Thursday and Wednesday there would be no one to read the newspapers.
Problem No. 5. Solution
Both tablets were completely harmless, and the poison was in a glass of water intended for the victim.
Problem No. 6. Solution
John couldn't melt the ice crust on the glass outside the house because it only appears on inside windows.
Problem No. 7. Solution
The clue was on a piece of paper lying next to the victim. If you add up the letters representing chemical elements, then you get the name Nicholas in Latin: Ni-C-O-La-S.
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Something that cannot exist (photos of incredible artifacts)...
The presenter invites children to play detectives and complete a number of interesting, mostly humorous, tasks to develop attention and innovative thinking.
Two teams with any number of players participate. The winner is the one who gets greatest number tokens for correct answers.
The event is designed for students in grades 3 - 4.
Leading. Let's play detective. I invite you to an internship at detective agency. Main qualities good detective are observation, out-of-the-box thinking, determination. Which team is in to a greater extent has these qualities, we find out at the end of the game.
The first competition is called “Warm-up”.
Who committed the first crime in human history? (Eve)
The science of techniques and means of solving crimes. (Forensics)
The popular Soviet detective series is called “The Investigation is Conducted...” (experts).
Who invented the famous Sherlock Holmes? (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Fingerprinting is the science that studies... (fingerprints).
The famous writer who invented Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. (Agatha Christie)
Killer is... (killer).
Kidnapping is... (child abduction).
The most famous dog, accomplice to the crime committed on the peat bogs. (Hound of the Baskervilles)
Physical evidence left at a crime scene. (Evidence)
Who is in charge of solving the crime? (Investigator)
What is the name of a criminal who has repeatedly committed crimes? (Recidivist)
What is the name of the procedure for obtaining information about the case from the offender, which takes place in the investigator’s office? (Interrogation)
Who determines the degree of guilt of the accused? (Court)
The second competition is called “The investigation has established...”. Who are we talking about?
1. A certain person, using her experience and knowledge, forced a newly born person to strange circumstances a boy to engage in an activity that is not typical for a child of the first year of life, namely, teaching school sciences. Special signs. She: has hair blue color. He: outstanding nose. (Malvina and Pinocchio)
2. Face Eastern nationality, whose age is estimated at thousands of years, was engaged in deliberate deception of a minor named Kostylkov, which is expressed in providing him with false information that the earth has the shape of a flat disk, stands on six elephants, and they, in turn, on a turtle. Special features of an elderly person: long gray beard; wears a turban. (Hottabych and Volka Kostylkov)
3. Three malefactors, being on public service, misled the king regarding the birth of an heir, and also committed forgery of documents, which resulted in the disintegration of the family, and also threatened the life and health of the mother and child. (Weaver, cook, matchmaker Babarikha)
4. A powerful female person, possessing the powers of magic and sorcery, was caught in kidnapping, that is, kidnapping a child, and seducing a minor through kisses, as a result of which he became cold and insensitive. ( Snow Queen and Kai)
5. The detainee, a native of Denmark, nicknamed “Close Your Eyes,” was engaged in infiltration at night into other people’s apartments, namely, into the bedrooms of children, opened magic umbrellas over young citizens and, through hypnosis, instilled in them the dreams that, in his opinion, they deserved . (Ole-Lukoie)
6. A creature whose habitat is the water element is noticed in exceeding its official powers, which served as an unjustified advancement up the social ladder for an elderly woman, from a peasant woman to a free queen, which, in turn, entailed the beating of her husband by this power-hungry person in the presence of witnesses.” ( Goldfish, old woman)
7. As a result of natural disasters, the van, which is the place of residence American family from Kansas, collapsed along with its inhabitants - a minor girl and a dog - into the permanent residence of the sorceress, which led to the death of the latter. There are no criminal actions in this case." (Ellie, Totoshka, Gingema)
8. Two representatives of the animal world are suspected of fraud in order to take possession of someone else’s property, namely five gold coins. Special characteristics of the suspects. She: red tail. He wears black glasses and uses a cane when walking. (Fox Alice, cat Basilio)
The third competition is called "Criminal Specialization".
As a rule, criminals have their own specialization and stick to it throughout their lives. So, for example, a fraudster specializes in forgery of documents and bribery, but never kills. The blackmailer obtains information that is compromising the person and, speculating on this, forces him to pay.
Pick the code and decipher the specialization of the criminal who...
♦ cracks safes
MYODOVOEOZHOAOTONOIOKO
♦ robs apartments
DUOUMUUUSHUNUIUKU
♦ pulls valuables out of citizens’ pockets and purses
KIAIRIMIAININIIIIKI
Answers: bugbear, burglar, pickpocket.
The fourth competition is called " Mysterious stories» . (The presenter reads the text.)
One king had three daughters - Maria, Helen and Anna. All three are beautiful, you won’t be able to take your eyes off them. One is blond, her hair falls down to her knees in waves, the other has green eyes that shine brighter than emeralds, the third has a thin waist, thinner than the thinnest birch tree in the royal garden. And one more thing: one of the sisters sang the best in the kingdom, the other danced the best, and the third knew how to ask such riddles that no one could guess them!
All day long the king looked for worthy grooms for his daughters.
The princes came from overseas countries, and even from far away kingdoms and thirtieth states, but no one, in the king’s opinion, was suitable for his daughters: some were too poor, others not smart enough. Therefore, the visiting princes were not even shown to their daughters.
But finally, a worthy groom was found for Princess Anna - Prince Gluttony the First. He was a prominent groom, very noticeable.
- Tomorrow is the wedding! - the king announced his royal will and ordered, just in case, until tomorrow do not let Anna out of the royal palace.
- What should I do? - Princess Anna wringed her hands, shedding tears. (The fact is that her heart was dear to the young forester who lived in the royal forest - it was to him that Anna promised her hand.)
- Stop crying! - said the sister who knew how to tell riddles. - We need to warn your forester, and you will get married today in the church in the neighboring town!
- We'll warn you now! - Elena supported her.
She took a bow and arrow, walked to the window that looked out onto the royal garden, took aim and shot.
The arrow pierced with a ringing sound into a large oak tree that grew near the forester’s house. He, of course, immediately guessed what this meant and gave a sign to his to the faithful dog. A loud bark filled the entire forest.
- It's time! - said Elena. - The forester is waiting for you.
- But how will I leave the palace? - Anna asked, drying her tears and looking around busily. “The royal guards are all around!”
- I think I came up with something! - Maria exclaimed, her green eyes flashing. -Where is the white wig? And give me your cloak here!
A few minutes later, Maria, having put on a wig and her sister’s cloak, was already racing on a horse through the royal park.
- Hold her! Hold it! Here she is! - the guards shouted, mistaking her for Anna, and rushed in pursuit.
Now the way was clear, and after a few minutes Elena escorted her sister to a small secret gate in the royal garden.
- I wish you good luck! - Elena said, kissing her sister and closing the gate behind her. “I envy your future husband: no one in our kingdom can sing to him better than you!”
Soon Anna was already at the forester's house. Next to the happy forester stood Anna’s sister, who safely escaped the chase.
- Your fiance almost led me to the crown! — the sister said laughing, returning Anna’s cloak and taking off her wig. - I got confused with you out of excitement!
A couple of hours later, Princess Anna, arm in arm with the forester, appeared before her father. A wedding ring glittered on Anna's finger.
The king was angry at first, but when he saw how the previously round face of Gluttony the First stretched out, he began to laugh.
This is the end of our story.
Teams receive 9 signs with the inscriptions: “Elena”, “Anna”, “Maria”, “Green eyes”, “ Thin waist", "Blonde hair", "Sings", "Dances", "Keeps riddles."
Exercise: During repeated reading, lay out these tablets in three columns so that it is clear who is who.
Note: the presenter carries out repeated reading with short pauses in appropriate places so that the players have time to put down the signs.
Leading. And another mysterious story.
Ivan was walking through the forest when he suddenly saw: there was a hut on chicken legs, and a curious Baba Yaga was looking out of the window. It seems to be waiting for him.
- Hello, grandma! - Ivan bowed.
“Yes, I’m trying, I’m good for now,” Baba Yaga creaked in response. - It’s just that with every new hundred years your health doesn’t increase... And where are you going? good fellow?
- Who greets guests with questions? - Ivan reproached her. - First, feed me, give me something to drink, heat the bathhouse, put me to rest, and only then ask questions!
“Your truth,” agreed Baba Yaga. She did everything as Ivan ordered, and then sat down next to him and asked:
- Well, come on, tell me quickly!
“Kashchei kidnapped my bride, Vasilisa the Beautiful,” Ivan sighed. “I’m going to the Kashcheevo kingdom to rescue my bride.” Do you know the way there?
- Why not! - Baba Yaga responded readily.
- When you leave my hut, go straight north! Where is north, do you know?
- Now we’ll find out! - said Ivan, pulling out a compass from his travel bag. - How long does it take to walk?
“Exactly one day,” answered Baba Yaga. - And then you turn left. Remember?
“I remember,” Ivan nodded and looked at the compass. - To the west, that is. How long does it take to go?
- One more day.
- And I will end up in the Kashcheevo kingdom? - Ivan asked incredulously.
“Not yet,” said Baba Yaga. - Turn left again and walk as much as you did in these two days...
“That means I’ll go south,” Ivan noted.
- And then?
- Turn left again...
— It turns out I’ll go to the east. Strange... And how long does it take to walk?
- Just one more day! - Baba Yaga said joyfully. - And then you’ll turn left again and walk just one day...
- Well, grandma, consider that I have already passed all these days! - Ivan suddenly became angry. “Now tell the truth, old woman, how to go to Kashchei?!”
Question: Why do you think Ivan treated Baba Yaga so impolitely? What would have happened if he had followed her advice? (Ivan would again return to her hut on chicken legs, since Baba Yaga deliberately confused him.)
Leading. Now we'll play. The game is called “Detective” (fifth competition). I will ask one person from the team to leave. Please turn your backs to each other. A detective, or detective, must be very attentive. On command, turn to face each other and within five seconds try to remember the appearance of your counterpart. Then, on command, stand again with your backs to each other and take turns describing appearance opponent.
The sixth competition is “From the problem book of Grigory Oster.”
Exercise: solve problems. (The answer is recorded and then read out.)
The criminals spent only 13 minutes in the bank. Of these, 2 minutes were spent tying the bank director to a chair, 3 minutes for breaking into a safe, and 7 minutes for putting money in a bag. How many minutes
was it like surrendering to the police when they arrived and leaving the bank with your hands up? (1)
In one apartment the criminals stole 3 slippers, and in another 1 slipper. How many pairs of slippers were stolen by the criminals in both apartments? (2)
Sherlock Holmes exposes three criminals every 12 pages. How many criminals will he expose in 48 pages? (12)
The length of the sewer pipe from entrance to exit is 96 meters. Fleeing from the police, the criminal crawled 27 meters along the pipe. How many meters does the criminal have to crawl until he reaches the exit where another policeman is waiting for him? (69)
One criminal was about to rob his own grandmother and pointed two pistols at her. But the grandmother herself was an old criminal and pointed twice as many pistols at her grandson. How many guns did the grandson and grandmother point at each other? (6)
One small police dog received 9 tasty bones as a reward for his bravery. She immediately gnawed 3 bones and buried the rest in the police yard. At night, criminals climbed over the fence and stole half of the seeds. How many bones does the brave dog have left for breakfast? (3)
The seventh competition is “Gastroler”.
Leading. A guest is a criminal who commits his crimes, each time moving to other places, thus hiding from law enforcement agencies. The "tourist's" bag fell into the hands of the police. Guess from the stickers which city the criminal started his journey from and where he is now. (See attachment)
Answer. I started my trip in Tokyo and ended in Kyiv.
Eighth competition - “Attention: wanted!”
A dangerous criminal of advanced age, unpleasant appearance, and sloppily dressed is wanted. Perhaps hiding in the forest. Has personal air transport at his disposal. Nickname - Bone Leg. (Baba Yaga)
Wanted former producer puppet theater. It is particularly cruel in its treatment of children. Special features: long beard; always carries a whip with him. (Karabas Barabas)
A boy lost in the jungle is being sought. (Mowgli)
We are looking for four pets who escaped from cruel owners. (Bremen Town Musicians)
We are looking for a woman of Eastern nationality, of noble origin. Possesses the art of charming men. The place of residence is not permanent; he has the habit of living in a tent. (Shamakhan Queen)
A boy is wanted who left home with his cat. Possible location: countryside. (Uncle Fedor)
Leading. Now let's summarize...
Counting the number of tokens. Awarding the winners.
Trick riddles are riddles with a common question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and incorrect, but if you read the riddle more carefully and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Riddles with a trick, as a rule, are not without a sense of humor. Not only do they develop quick wit and out-of-the-box thinking, but they are also fun. Tell tricky riddles to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.
On football match the same person always came. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the game starts the score is always 0:0
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More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Seconds (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
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What language is spoken silently?
Answer: Sign language
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Why is the stop valve on trains red and on airplanes blue?
Answer: Many will say: “I don’t know.” Experienced people will answer: “There are no stop valves on airplanes.” In fact, airplanes have a stop valve in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
31329
The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 kopecks
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
39807
One French writer I really disliked the Eiffel Tower, but I always dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain this?
Answer: This is the only place in all of vast Paris from where it is not visible
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
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What city did you hide in? male name and side of the world?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Yulia
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Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister reads a book, the second cooks food, the third plays chess, the fourth solves Sudoku, the fifth does laundry, the sixth takes care of plants. What does the seventh sister do?
Answer: Plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
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Why do they often walk, but rarely drive?
Answer: By stairs
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It goes uphill, then downhill, but stays in place.
Answer: Road
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Which word has 5 "e"s and no other vowels?
Answer: Migrant
Radaev Evgeniy, Petrozavodsk
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Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different shores
25 25, Vladivostok
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Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
18248
Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
24815
Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: In chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A.
34730
What table has no legs?
Answer: Dietary
Boyko Sasha, Volchikha
29339
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
32607
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
33068
What animal do people walk on and cars drive over?
Answer: Zebra
Tanya Kostryukova, Saransk
25761
Which word uses “no” 100 times?
Answer: Moans
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
30697
What's an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Ksenia Prokopieva, Moscow
26630
Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause turned out to be a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
Answer: The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
Katarina, Moscow
10722
Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. in the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address
Tusupova Aruzhan
18773
Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking home from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they talk?
Answer: On Sunday
Khrushka, Ololoshkino
13869
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, fires are put out by firefighters
77643
What route has no one ever walked or ridden before?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktyubinsk
22840
How many years are there in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maksim, Penza
27952
What kind of stopper can't stop any bottle?
Answer: Road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
23284
In what word is the drink and natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: Grapes
Anufrienko Dasha, Khabarovsk
22752
What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: Comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
20174
Without what can nothing ever happen?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
23565
Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember about rivers.
Answer: i-sto-k
Nazgulichka, Ufa
16286
What muscle is the strongest in the human body?
Answer: The common belief is language. In fact, it is the calf and masseter muscles.
Anonymous
17864
You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
Answer: Conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
21810
To what mere mortal does even the president take off his hat?
Answer: Hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
20548
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into cottage cheese
Anonymous
17932
Once upon a time there lived in a thicket an orphan girl, she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster who was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went to get food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. It goes further, through the forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, mom will die. You can't dig a tunnel. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
14039
They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: Nails
Babicheva Alena, Moscow
14819
How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter “y”, in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
20395
Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, and the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: u (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Little Daniel
14400
Guess the riddle: who has the heel behind the nose?
Answer: Shoes
Lina, Donetsk
17334
There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop 2 people got off and 3 people got on, at the next - 1 got off and 4 got on, at the next - 5 got off and 2 got on, at the next - 2 got off and 1 got on, at the next - 9 got off and no one got on, at the next - 2 more came out. Question: how many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, with a question about the number of stops, you will puzzle him.
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There lived a husband and wife. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom chest of drawers. They lived like this for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to come into this room. She took the key, opened the room, and turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone opening the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and locked the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. It's my husband who came. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: My husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
11873
A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a husband and brother-in-law were walking. How many people are there in total?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
14715
This name in full sounds like Danuta. What is it abbreviated as?
Answer: Dana
Hanukova Danuta, Bryansk
12807
A river that “fits” in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village
