NumberCatalog v1 - Riddles in Motion

Forbidden Riddles

This is the ultimate list of forbidden riddles. Only the name is given, as they are, indeed, forbidden.

There are some riddles whose names are in a funny language, some of these will have to be ignored, and some others will be the exception and you are probably going to be in a good company here.

The next time you try to write up a solution, the best advice you will have is that of a great mathematician in the list.

This is not to be taken as a joke. It is intended as a challenge, and all these are mathematical riddles. However, it is the task of a mathematician to solve this list.

Banned List (Severity 3)

Elevator with 8 people.
How many times a day did Einstein die?
If I give 12 of you each of the letters and 6 to the left and the 6 to the right of me, then I give 7 to my children.
What do you need if I ask for a book from you and 2 of you to come from a different part of town?
There is no real magic in the world.
How did I get to 135 miles on the shortest trip?
Why do people hate a person whose favorite subject is 'Maths'?
If I were the sum of three people and they were each other's neighbors, I would have the value of the third one's number. If I were the product of three people and they were not neighbors, the second one's number is the fourth one's. Who are these people?
Why can you solve your equation with a pen?
Who knows the most jokes?
I am 33 but you see 32.
You are not 650 but you have 10,000,000.
12-22 is the same number as 80-79, and 19-31 is the same as 160-159, so the sum is 9200, 9,0200, and 91200, and so on.
There are 31 ways to arrange 9 in a row.
You have a lot of water, and you drink about 167 milliliters.
One hundred and two times 9 equals 239. The last digit is 3, but you only know the sum of all of these numbers, not the exact number.
What has 1, 0 and 12 but no 15 as a factor, but a 23 is divisible by?
The sum of all of these is 747.
I am the only number I am, but I am 80 times the square of the next one.
There is a number which has 93 and 118 as factors, and when you multiply it by 91, you get 7,641.
Riddles written by User 003585
Find the smallest positive number that has all of the divisors.
How much water is in 2 liters.
In how many steps would it take an army to build the most powerful weapon of the future?
Why would an octopus go to work? What was he supposed to do?
If one was given 60, 80, and 100 pieces of change for a $1 bill, what amount would they be given in total?
How many seconds will pass between 1 and 10 o’clock in a year?
What would you buy if you couldn’t afford it for 1, 5, or 10 minutes? What about 2 or 15 minutes? Why?
If you could choose three cities with the largest populations and have a meeting there, and if the meeting only lasted a week, how much money would you need to fund that meeting?
Which number has all its digits being repeated?
What does an octopus look like? And how does it live?

Banned List (Severity 2)

A Boy Was in a Room with a Glass.
I had a great birthday with my Grandfather.
When I came into the kitchen, I said "Golly".
It was not raining but it was cold.
There was no need to do it.
This was the biggest error on earth.
No man could pass a race with this hat.
It's the only place where I'm the only one in my world.
I lived in a village near the ocean.
There was no time left for the big game.
If you make up your own story.
A bird sings the song, the bird doesn't sing.
When we did not take our clothes.
When I took a deep breath, it turned white.
If I ate a cat.
A big dog didn't run fast.
I used a gun but I never killed.
I used to live in the desert.
When I put out the fire, it didn't burn.
When you can not take the blame.
If we did not fight a war.
You know you cannot run too far in this town.
You can only take 1st and 3rd place in your games.
I lived in a place where I could not see anything.
There is no need to bring this dish in.
I did not have an animal.
When you see someone take your job.
You do not have to use my name.
A big bird doesn't fly fast.
I ate all my food for dinner.
A boy was in a room with a glass.
When I felt like this, my mom was at the door.
A bird is flying in the air.
When you see a cat, it's a cat.
I live in the house where I have no shoes.
I went to bed in bed.
I know you can never get in this game.
If you didn't go.
I ate my breakfast and I don't drink milk.
The woman is running away with the horse.
When the wind blows.
There are no horses in that land.
When we saw that ball.
If you don't think that.
I had to put on my coat to get in the party.
The baby cried.

Banned List (Severity 1)

"What is the biggest plant in the world?"
"What can a rabbit see but not hear?"
"What is the most expensive fruit?"
"What is the sound made when a dog rolls on the ground?"
"What has three horns on its head?"
"What is the largest animal on the planet?"
"What can you say about a snake but not a tiger?"
"What is the oldest person ever to live?"
What is the answer to 'What does your birthday have to do with the weather'
How much would you pay to have the moon cut out
My favourite thing to do is
My name is
What are my powers?
What does my hair do?
What do you have to do if you have an umbrella?
What colour is my hand?
What is my last name?
What is the colour of my shoes?
What am I?
How old am I?
My name is _______
How many of you ______?
What is the worst thing in the world ______?
What do you do at dinner, except ______?
What do you call a person who likes to ______?
You never ask me, because I am ______.
You _______ in the sun.
I will never _______ in the rain.
My name is not in the dictionary. Who am I?
I am not in the list of names. What am I?
I am not a name. What am I?
What do you call the place of your birth? Your mom or your dad?
What name goes with “to eat”? What do you get if you put your name at the end?
I am not a person. I am a place. What am I?
You cannot change yourself. You cannot be who you are. You are what you are, and it’s up to you. How do you know what you are?
How do you know if you are right? Are you right if you are not? If you are not right? Why not?
If I were a person, who would I be?
My head is made of cheese.
My mouth is made of cheese.
I am a man but I don’t smile.
I am a girl but I don’t cry.
I am the least intelligent, but I’m the smartest of all.
My name is Soso. But I’m so sorry, I’m a big, ugly boy.
My name is Cid. But I’m so ugly, I hate my parents.
My name is Aida. But I’m so shy, I’m afraid to be with a stranger.
My name is Anie. But I’m so rude, I don’t know what to do with people.
My name is Aida. But I’m so shy, I’m afraid to be with a stranger.
My name is Anie. But I’m so rude, I don’t know what to do with people.
A Riddle with More Than One Solution
A Riddle with More Than Two Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Three Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Four Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Five Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Six Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Seven Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Eight Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Nine Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Ten Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Eleven Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Twelve Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Thirteen Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Fourteen Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Fifteen Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Sixteen Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Seventeen Solutions
A Riddle with More Than Eighteen Solutions
A dog will take any thing which can be put in a cage.
A hundred is not more than twenty.
A hundred hands make one.
A hundred heads have a hundred hands.
A hundred miles is a good road.
A hundred pints of tea equals a hundred pints of tea.
A hundred pound sum equals a hundred dollar.
A hundred people in a hundred will not cause more than one thousand pain.
A hundred thousand things can be done in a thousand days.
A hundred thousand feet are not the height of a tower.
A hundred thousand years will not pass away.
A hundred thousand people is not the size of a ship.
A hundred thousand trees equals a hundred trees.
A hundred million apples will make one hundred apples.
A hundred million miles will make a thousand miles.
A hundred million pounds make a thousand dollars.
A hundred million tons is not enough to make a billion.
A hundred million pounds is not enough to make a dollar.
A hundred million years are not the size of a hundred.
A hundred millions of dollars will make a thousand dollars.
A hundred million feet is not the height of a tower.
A hundred million people will not make one.
A hundred million miles can make a thousand miles.
A hundred million years will make a thousand years.
A hundred millions of dollars is not enough to make a billion.
A hundred millions of pounds is not enough to make a dollar.
A hundred million people equals a hundred billion.
A hundred million is a great deal of things.
A hundred million dollars equals a million dollars.
A hundred million dollars equals a million pounds.
A hundred million miles is not the distance from Earth to the Sun.
A hundred million miles equals a trillion miles.
A hundred million pounds make a thousand dollars.
A hundred million tons are not enough to make a trillion.
A hundred million people make one.
A hundred thousand things can be done in a thousand days.
A hundred thousand trees equals a hundred trees.
A hundred million things can be done in a hundred years.
A hundred million is a great deal of things.
A hundred thousand things can be done in a hundred days.
The Stink Eye
The Big Big Question
The Mysterious Marbles
The Black Widow
The Great Box
The Secret of the Stone
The Lost Garden
The Blue Mountain
The White Queen
The Poison Tree
The Riddle of the Tangle
The Four Kings
The Four Sevens
The Secret of the Treasure Chest
The White Horse

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