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Here's a good riddle that only works if spoken, not read, so say it to your friends:

One knight (people will think you're saying night), a king, and a queen get on a bus. There's no one else on the bus except the bus driver. After 15 minutes, without picking up or dropping off any more passengers, the bus stops, and everyone but the bus driver gets off, yet three people get off. How is this possible?

Because "knight" sounds like "night," people will think the king and the queen got on a bus at night. At first, they won't realize that a knight, a king, and a queen were on the bus.

How about this:

You're in a cement room with no windows or doors. (The ceiling, floor, and walls are all made of cement.) The only thing you have is a mirror and a piece of wood. How do you get out?

This is a bit of a play on words and it would not work in real life, just so you know.

@meanmistermustard:

There are no gaps and the room was built around you. They put part of the floor down, and then they made you stand on that part while they put the other part down.

Zig said

Egroeg Evoli said
This is an easier one:

Mary's father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. What is is the 4th child's name?

 

Mary

Good job!

          meanmistermustard said

          I'd have said Nono simply because of Nana, Nene and Nini. I watch way too much Only Connect.

What's Only Connect?

I tried Only Connect. The first wall was "fiendishly difficult," as it says on the website. After my three minutes ran out, I tried another wall and I actually got one group correct because it was Sonic the Hedgehog characters and I used to be a huge fan of those games and stuff, but I was confused at first because there seemed to be five characters, but one actually belonged to the group _______ boom, and it was Sonic, so you can see why I was confused.

Hey… I bet I could use an Only Connect wall as a riddle on this thread! Or would that have copyright problems?

Here's another answer for you. I don't intend to encourage giving up, but in case you have no idea, or you're bored and you want to know the answer and move on with your life, I'll post it here.

Egroeg Evoli said
Here's a tricky one:

A traveller comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveller needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveller approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveller ask?