There are a few things that are more satisfying than solving a puzzle.  Here, we will exhibit 12 puzzles and riddles that only an intelligent person can solve.

Do you wanna test your intelligence? Then solve all these puzzles.  These puzzles will help us to disconnect from our routine schedule and exercise our head to think a little beyond our comfort zone.

12 Puzzles and Riddles that Only the Most Intelligent Can Solve

Let us see all the 12 puzzles and riddles below.

1. Share

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you do not have me anymore, what am I?

2. The Maze

You are in a maze and you want to get out of there. To do this, you have to choose one of these doors: the one on the left will take you to hell; in the center, there will be a horrible murderer; the one on the right will have a lion that has not eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?

3. The Horses

A man dies and, at the time of dividing the inheritance, decides that it will be given to one of his two sons. Thus, his last will is for them to carry out a horse race, and the one who loses, that is, the second will be the one who takes everything. The sons of the man climb their horses and start the race, but both stop in the middle of the competition because no one wants to win. So they ask a wise man from the village and he tells them something. Then, the two climb up to their steeds and compete to get the first. What did the man tell them to do this?

4. All and nothing

Turn me to the side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I’m nothing. What am I?

5. The farmer

A farmer needs to carry a fox, a hen, and a bag of grain from one side of the river to the other. For it, it only has a small boat in which two elements fit and it always has to be one of them. Of course, there are a couple of problems: if you leave the animals unattended the hen will eat the grain and the fox to the hen. How will the farmer shift all of them to the other side of the river?

6. The Hourglass

If you had a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass, how would you cook an egg in exactly 15 minutes?

7. The roads

You are walking through a forest and, suddenly, the road bifurcates. One path leads to eternal happiness, while the other is sure death, but you do not know which leads to where. In the middle, there are two brothers: one always tells the truth and another always lies. You can only ask the two of us a question, and it has to be the same. What would you ask them to discover the path that leads to happiness?

8. The sequence

Guess what is the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, ____.

9. The bridge

Four people arrive at a bridge that falls apart so that only two people can cross at the same time. It is night and they only have a torch that will light the way, and everyone must use it to cross the bridge. Person A is able to make the journey in a minute; the B in two minutes; the C in five minutes; the D in eight minutes. If two people cross the bridge at a time, both must move to the rhythm of the slower person. Can they cross the bridge in 15 minutes or less?

10. The census

During a census, a man communicates to the person in charge of the administration of the same that had children. When he asks for his ages, he answers that the product of the same is 72 and that the sum of them is the same as the number of the house in which he lived. 

The person in charge of the census decides to go to the door of his house and, in spite of having seen the number, knocks at his door and tells him that, even so, he is not able to find out how old his children are. His answer is: “Oh, it’s true, I forgot to tell you that the older man loves chocolate pudding.” Then, the manager finds out the ages of their three children and points them in the census. How old are the children?

11. The light

You are in a dark room in which there are a candle,  a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. What do you light first?

12. The gold

There are five backpacks filled with gold that is physically identical, and each one has 10 pieces of this coveted metal. One of them contains fake gold, but both rucksacks containing real gold and fake ones which are the same, except that the pieces of fake weigh 1.1 grams, and good ones weigh 1 gram. You are lucky enough to have a very precise digital weight, but you can only use it once. How would you determine which one contains fake gold?

Answers to the Above Puzzles and Riddles

If you want to know the correct answers to these puzzles and riddles, take a look at this list of answers and explanation:

1. Sharing: I am a secret.
2. The maze: You have to choose the lion’s door since if it takes three months without eating it will be dead (starving).
3. The horses: The wise man tells them to exchange horses and compete for the first with the brother’s steed.
4. Everything and nothing: I am the number 8: If you turn it is infinite; if you cut it in half it becomes two zeros.
5. The farmer: The above must follow the following steps: Take the hen on the other side of the river; to return with the empty boat; take the grain and take it to the other side of the river; bring the hen again; take the fox to the other side of the river; return with the empty boat; finally, take the hen across the river.
6. The Hourglass: The steps are as follows: Turn the two timers at the same time and insert the egg to cook it at the same time; after 7 minutes one of the clocks will finish, so put it back; after four minutes, when the 11-minute clock ends, it turns the 7-minute clock back; wait for the 7-minute clock to finish, which will give you another four extra minutes, and you’ll have exactly 15 minutes.
7. The ways: You will have to ask each brother: “If you were your brother, which way would you say that leads to eternal happiness?” The explanation is simple: Imagine that the good route is the one on the right. In asking this question, both brothers would say “the one on the left”, so you just have to go the other way.
8. The sequence: The number will be 13112221. Why? The sequence is the verbal representation of the previous term: 
   1 contains “one one”, that is, 11; 11 contains “two ones”, that is, 21; 21 contains “one two and one one”, that is, 1211; 1211 contains “one, two, and two ones,” that is, 111221; 111221 contains “three ones, two doses and one one”, that is, 312211, and so on.
9. The bridge: Yes, the steps you have to do are: First, person A and B cross together and A returns to the origin with the torch (3 minutes); then the C and D cross the bridge and the B returns the torch to the origin (10 minutes); finally, the A and B cross together (2 minutes).
10. Census: Ages 3, 3, and 8. Why? The key to solving this puzzle is that the census looked at the number of the house, that is, knowing the sum of the ages of children. At this point, he still could not know how old his children were, implying that there are several possibilities. In other words: there are two options (2, 6, 6 and 3, 3, 8). Then we have another clue: the older brother is passionate about chocolate pudding, which implies that there is one of the brothers who are “older”, so it can only be the second option.
11. The light: The match.
12. Gold: The process is as follows: Grab a piece of gold from the first backpack; two of the second backpack; three of the third bag; four of the fourth pack; and five of the fifth pack. If the weight of the scale ends in .1, it means that it is the one containing false gold; if it ends in .2, that is the one that has it; if it ends in .3, it will be that; and so on.

So far these are the best riddles we have found. If you know any other best puzzles and riddles that are worth including in this article, let us know them in the below comment section. We will review it and include it in this article as soon as possible.

How many Puzzles and Riddles you have answered in the above list of 12?