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Critical thinking riddles

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    Stump yourself with these hard riddles
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  • There are only 2 barbers in town. One has a messy haircut and one has a clean haircut. Who do you go to?
    The one with the messy hair because the other barber has a clean haircut that was cut by the messy hair baber. You can't cut your own hair.
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  • You stop at green and go at red. What am I?
    A watermelon
  •  15
  • Mississippi has four S’s and four I’s. Can you spell that without using S or I?
    T-H-A-T
  •  25
  • You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
    Second Place
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  • You are in a dark room with a box of matches. On a table are a candle, an oil lamp, and a log of firewood. What do you light first?
    The match! Can’t light any of those things without a lit match.
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  • Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?
    They were playing two different games, against other opponents.
  •  20
  • What invention lets you look right through a wall?
    A window
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  • What two words, added together, contain the most letters?
    Post office.
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  • I break, but never fall. And I fall, but never break. What are we?
    Day and night.
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  • A girl throws a ball as hard as she can. It comes back to her, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?
    She throws it straight up in the air!
  •  20
  • When is “L” greater than “XL”?
    When you’re using Roman numerals. (L=50, XL=40)
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  • What tastes better than it smells?
    Your tongue.
  •  10
  • What has four wheels and flies?
    A garbage truck.
  •  20
  • The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses does not know that they are using it. What is it?
    A coffin
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  • With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
    A stapler
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  • It’s shorter than the rest but when you’re happy you raise it up like it’s the best. What is it?
    A thumb.
  •  20