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10 Hard Riddles Only the Smartest 5% Can Crack — Transcript

by BRIGHT SIDE · 1,112 words · 174 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

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  1. 0:01[Music]
  2. 0:04ten clever riddles that will puzzle you
  3. 0:06to pieces
  4. 0:07get ready you'll need all your logic
  5. 0:10skills and lateral thinking to figure
  6. 0:11out the answers to these riddles number
  7. 0:16one a hijack riddle a criminal hijacks a
  8. 0:20plane which is transporting a valuable
  9. 0:22cargo and eight passengers he takes the
  10. 0:24cargo and demands nine parachutes from
  11. 0:26the crew after his order is carried out
  12. 0:28he puts on one of the parachutes and
  13. 0:30jumps out of the plane leaving the rest
  14. 0:32of the parachutes behind why did he
  15. 0:34request nine parachutes you have 15
  16. 0:37seconds to consider his reasons
  17. 0:40[Music]
  18. 0:58the countdown has started the hijacker
  19. 1:01is a clever man he realizes that if the
  20. 1:04crew members believe that he's going to
  21. 1:05take hostages with him
  22. 1:07they will never risk giving him a
  23. 1:08damaged parachute number two a bus
  24. 1:12driver riddle a bus driver is heading
  25. 1:16down the street in Boston he passes a
  26. 1:18stop sign without slowing down turns
  27. 1:20right at the corner where there is a no
  28. 1:22right turn sign after that he goes the
  29. 1:25wrong way along the one-way street
  30. 1:27what is more later he moves to the left
  31. 1:29side of the road going past the police
  32. 1:30car
  33. 1:31however policemen don't stop him as he
  34. 1:33hasn't broken any traffic rules how so
  35. 1:3615 seconds for you to solve this mystery
  36. 1:40[Music]
  37. 1:46[Music]
  38. 2:00confusion in this case can arise because
  39. 2:02the profession of the man is mentioned
  40. 2:04but in fact the bus driver isn't on duty
  41. 2:06he is just walking number three a
  42. 2:11philosophical riddle about betrayal Jack
  43. 2:15and Anna were so unhappy that they
  44. 2:16decided to end their lives they agreed
  45. 2:19to jump from a skyscraper on the count
  46. 2:20of five so they started to count and as
  47. 2:23soon as five sounded Jack stepped from
  48. 2:25the roof while Anna remained unmoving
  49. 2:27she observed Jack falling for about six
  50. 2:30seconds after which his parachute opened
  51. 2:32so here's the question who betrayed whom
  52. 2:34this is an unusual riddle take your time
  53. 2:37you have 15 seconds
  54. 2:39[Music]
  55. 2:45[Music]
  56. 2:59despite the fact that both participants
  57. 3:02of this drama stayed alive it was Jack
  58. 3:04who betrayed Anna probably she didn't
  59. 3:07jump because her survival instinct
  60. 3:08kicked in and there was nothing she
  61. 3:10could do to overcome it at the same time
  62. 3:12Jack having a parachute behind his back
  63. 3:14had been prepared to avoid death that
  64. 3:16day number four an elevator riddle one
  65. 3:22man lives on the 11th floor he goes down
  66. 3:25to the first floor using an elevator
  67. 3:26every morning but when he comes back in
  68. 3:28the evening there are two ways he gets
  69. 3:30to his flat if the day is rainy or if
  70. 3:33there are other people in the elevator
  71. 3:34he goes directly to his floor otherwise
  72. 3:36he uses the elevator to get to the 8th
  73. 3:38floor and then walks three more flights
  74. 3:40of stairs up to reach his apartment why
  75. 3:43get that brain of yours into gear and
  76. 3:45solve this riddle 15 seconds 14 13
  77. 3:55[Music]
  78. 4:06the problem of the man is his short
  79. 4:09height he can't reach his floor button
  80. 4:11but can ask others to do this or he can
  81. 4:13push number 11 on the panel with his
  82. 4:15umbrella number 5 a lateral thinking
  83. 4:21riddle a father and his son did it to a
  84. 4:24car crash
  85. 4:25unfortunately the father dies on the
  86. 4:27spot but the boy can still be saved and
  87. 4:29is rushed to a hospital
  88. 4:31however the surgeon who is supposed to
  89. 4:33carry out the operation after seeing the
  90. 4:35boy refuses to perform it saying I can't
  91. 4:37operate because this boy is my son how
  92. 4:40is such a situation possible come on
  93. 4:42turn on your lateral thinking and crack
  94. 4:44this riddle
  95. 4:48[Music]
  96. 4:58[Music]
  97. 5:06the surgeon who refuses to operate is
  98. 5:09the boy's mother number six a confusing
  99. 5:14riddle why is it illegal for a man
  100. 5:18living in Phoenix to be buried in
  101. 5:20Chicago 15 seconds for you to find all
  102. 5:22the reasons and arguments well it's
  103. 5:46against the law because the man is still
  104. 5:48alive have you practice riddle if so
  105. 5:50press the like button number seven
  106. 5:55a clever admirer riddle a businessman
  107. 5:59and a doctor are both in love with one
  108. 6:01beautiful woman called Mary
  109. 6:02unfortunately for the businessman he has
  110. 6:05to go on a one-week long business trip
  111. 6:07before going away he gives Mary seven
  112. 6:09green apples why does he do this
  113. 6:11tick-tock have you already unraveled
  114. 6:14this mystery
  115. 6:18[Music]
  116. 6:24[Music]
  117. 6:31an apple a day keeps the doctor away
  118. 6:35[Music]
  119. 6:39number eight a perfect solution riddle a
  120. 6:43man is driving along the street on a
  121. 6:46cold stormy night he's passing a bus
  122. 6:48stop where he notices three people
  123. 6:50waiting for a bus they are an elderly
  124. 6:52lady who looks ready to drop an old
  125. 6:54friend who saved his life once and the
  126. 6:56woman of his dreams unfortunately the
  127. 6:58man has a sports car with just one
  128. 7:00passenger seat who should he choose
  129. 7:02that's a dilemma 15 seconds for you to
  130. 7:05make a choice
  131. 7:07[Music]
  132. 7:23[Music]
  133. 7:26in fact this is not a dilemma at all of
  134. 7:29course the man should invite the elderly
  135. 7:32lady to sit in the passenger seat after
  136. 7:34that he should give the car keys to his
  137. 7:36friend and wait for the bus together
  138. 7:37with his ideal woman number nine a
  139. 7:45challenge riddle once a mathematics
  140. 7:50teacher was challenged to make a line
  141. 7:51that had been drawn on a piece of paper
  142. 7:53smaller the condition was that she
  143. 7:55couldn't erase it anyway it took her
  144. 7:57just a couple of seconds to do it how
  145. 7:59you have a bit more than a couple of
  146. 8:01seconds but don't waste time have you
  147. 8:25worked this riddle out the teacher took
  148. 8:27a pen and drew a long line parallel to
  149. 8:29the first one therefore making the first
  150. 8:31one smaller number 10 a coffee-cups
  151. 8:38riddle
  152. 8:40look at this pretty coffee pot that is
  153. 8:42filling the cups with freshly brewed
  154. 8:44coffee stop stop dreaming about coffee
  155. 8:47better solve this riddle which cup will
  156. 8:49get filled first don't hurry you have 15
  157. 8:52seconds to figure it out
  158. 8:54[Music]
  159. 9:07[Music]
  160. 9:14are you there yet all you need is to be
  161. 9:17extra attentive if you are then you have
  162. 9:19noticed that all the pipes leading to
  163. 9:21the cups are blocked at one point or
  164. 9:22another all but this one leading to cup
  165. 9:245 this means that cup 5 will be the only
  166. 9:27one that will get filled which riddle
  167. 9:31did you like the most
  168. 9:32tell us in the comments share this video
  169. 9:35with your friends to have fun together
  170. 9:36if you had a good time solving these
  171. 9:38riddles remember to press the like
  172. 9:39button and click subscribe to join us on
  173. 9:42the bright side
  174. 9:43[Music]

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