Today's Riddles

Q: It may sound impossible, but it's not. You wake up trapped in a round room with six doors. A voice over a loudspeaker tells you that five of the doors are booby-trapped and will bring instant death if you try to open them. Only one door provides an opening that will get you out safely. The doors are evenly spaced around the room. They look exactly alike. Your only clue is that on the wall between each pair of doors is a large letter of the alphabet. Going clockwise, the letters are H, I, J, K, L and M. Which is the correct door that will get you out ... and why?

First, continue with the order of lettered walls, alphabetically and clockwise, writing the extra letters on the walls as well. Continue past Z with A. This gives you 4 Letters on 4 walls and 5 letters on 2 (the H and I walls). Then, draw a line between letters creating the words "Instant Death." like mentioned verbatim in the riddle. The only door surrounded on both sides by walls not touched by this line (I.e. Walls not containing any letters in "instant death") is the door between the letters J and K. This is the safe door.

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challenging

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easy

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normal

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challenging

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Today's Riddles

I go in dry and come out wet. The longer I stay in, the stronger I get. What am I?

With a breath, I live. From my captor, I flee. Without feathers, I fly. But when freed, I die. What am I?

I run, yet I never get farther away. I get wet when I'm turned on. When people say I'm hot, they bring out my cold side. When I'm infatuated, I pour over people. What am I?

What word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?

I have 'T' as my start and 'T' as my end, though I must say I mostly have 'T' in me too.

What falls from great heights but is never injured?

I give advice to others, yet I know nothing myself. I am a hitchhiker destined to stay still while others pass by me. What am I?

You may think me a bad parent, My children are in a downward spiral. But if they don't hit rock bottom, You may taste their blood and smile.

What is red and smells like blue paint?

What runs but never gets tired?

What goes all over the house but touches nothing?

I can't see you, but you can see me. Stare at me too long and you'll get lazy. I have to be paid for so I'm not for free. What am I?