10 Hard Riddles Only the Smartest 5% Can Crack — Transcript
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- 0:01[Music]
- 0:04ten clever riddles that will puzzle you
- 0:06to pieces
- 0:07get ready you'll need all your logic
- 0:10skills and lateral thinking to figure
- 0:11out the answers to these riddles number
- 0:16one a hijack riddle a criminal hijacks a
- 0:20plane which is transporting a valuable
- 0:22cargo and eight passengers he takes the
- 0:24cargo and demands nine parachutes from
- 0:26the crew after his order is carried out
- 0:28he puts on one of the parachutes and
- 0:30jumps out of the plane leaving the rest
- 0:32of the parachutes behind why did he
- 0:34request nine parachutes you have 15
- 0:37seconds to consider his reasons
- 0:40[Music]
- 0:58the countdown has started the hijacker
- 1:01is a clever man he realizes that if the
- 1:04crew members believe that he's going to
- 1:05take hostages with him
- 1:07they will never risk giving him a
- 1:08damaged parachute number two a bus
- 1:12driver riddle a bus driver is heading
- 1:16down the street in Boston he passes a
- 1:18stop sign without slowing down turns
- 1:20right at the corner where there is a no
- 1:22right turn sign after that he goes the
- 1:25wrong way along the one-way street
- 1:27what is more later he moves to the left
- 1:29side of the road going past the police
- 1:30car
- 1:31however policemen don't stop him as he
- 1:33hasn't broken any traffic rules how so
- 1:3615 seconds for you to solve this mystery
- 1:40[Music]
- 1:46[Music]
- 2:00confusion in this case can arise because
- 2:02the profession of the man is mentioned
- 2:04but in fact the bus driver isn't on duty
- 2:06he is just walking number three a
- 2:11philosophical riddle about betrayal Jack
- 2:15and Anna were so unhappy that they
- 2:16decided to end their lives they agreed
- 2:19to jump from a skyscraper on the count
- 2:20of five so they started to count and as
- 2:23soon as five sounded Jack stepped from
- 2:25the roof while Anna remained unmoving
- 2:27she observed Jack falling for about six
- 2:30seconds after which his parachute opened
- 2:32so here's the question who betrayed whom
- 2:34this is an unusual riddle take your time
- 2:37you have 15 seconds
- 2:39[Music]
- 2:45[Music]
- 2:59despite the fact that both participants
- 3:02of this drama stayed alive it was Jack
- 3:04who betrayed Anna probably she didn't
- 3:07jump because her survival instinct
- 3:08kicked in and there was nothing she
- 3:10could do to overcome it at the same time
- 3:12Jack having a parachute behind his back
- 3:14had been prepared to avoid death that
- 3:16day number four an elevator riddle one
- 3:22man lives on the 11th floor he goes down
- 3:25to the first floor using an elevator
- 3:26every morning but when he comes back in
- 3:28the evening there are two ways he gets
- 3:30to his flat if the day is rainy or if
- 3:33there are other people in the elevator
- 3:34he goes directly to his floor otherwise
- 3:36he uses the elevator to get to the 8th
- 3:38floor and then walks three more flights
- 3:40of stairs up to reach his apartment why
- 3:43get that brain of yours into gear and
- 3:45solve this riddle 15 seconds 14 13
- 3:55[Music]
- 4:06the problem of the man is his short
- 4:09height he can't reach his floor button
- 4:11but can ask others to do this or he can
- 4:13push number 11 on the panel with his
- 4:15umbrella number 5 a lateral thinking
- 4:21riddle a father and his son did it to a
- 4:24car crash
- 4:25unfortunately the father dies on the
- 4:27spot but the boy can still be saved and
- 4:29is rushed to a hospital
- 4:31however the surgeon who is supposed to
- 4:33carry out the operation after seeing the
- 4:35boy refuses to perform it saying I can't
- 4:37operate because this boy is my son how
- 4:40is such a situation possible come on
- 4:42turn on your lateral thinking and crack
- 4:44this riddle
- 4:48[Music]
- 4:58[Music]
- 5:06the surgeon who refuses to operate is
- 5:09the boy's mother number six a confusing
- 5:14riddle why is it illegal for a man
- 5:18living in Phoenix to be buried in
- 5:20Chicago 15 seconds for you to find all
- 5:22the reasons and arguments well it's
- 5:46against the law because the man is still
- 5:48alive have you practice riddle if so
- 5:50press the like button number seven
- 5:55a clever admirer riddle a businessman
- 5:59and a doctor are both in love with one
- 6:01beautiful woman called Mary
- 6:02unfortunately for the businessman he has
- 6:05to go on a one-week long business trip
- 6:07before going away he gives Mary seven
- 6:09green apples why does he do this
- 6:11tick-tock have you already unraveled
- 6:14this mystery
- 6:18[Music]
- 6:24[Music]
- 6:31an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- 6:35[Music]
- 6:39number eight a perfect solution riddle a
- 6:43man is driving along the street on a
- 6:46cold stormy night he's passing a bus
- 6:48stop where he notices three people
- 6:50waiting for a bus they are an elderly
- 6:52lady who looks ready to drop an old
- 6:54friend who saved his life once and the
- 6:56woman of his dreams unfortunately the
- 6:58man has a sports car with just one
- 7:00passenger seat who should he choose
- 7:02that's a dilemma 15 seconds for you to
- 7:05make a choice
- 7:07[Music]
- 7:23[Music]
- 7:26in fact this is not a dilemma at all of
- 7:29course the man should invite the elderly
- 7:32lady to sit in the passenger seat after
- 7:34that he should give the car keys to his
- 7:36friend and wait for the bus together
- 7:37with his ideal woman number nine a
- 7:45challenge riddle once a mathematics
- 7:50teacher was challenged to make a line
- 7:51that had been drawn on a piece of paper
- 7:53smaller the condition was that she
- 7:55couldn't erase it anyway it took her
- 7:57just a couple of seconds to do it how
- 7:59you have a bit more than a couple of
- 8:01seconds but don't waste time have you
- 8:25worked this riddle out the teacher took
- 8:27a pen and drew a long line parallel to
- 8:29the first one therefore making the first
- 8:31one smaller number 10 a coffee-cups
- 8:38riddle
- 8:40look at this pretty coffee pot that is
- 8:42filling the cups with freshly brewed
- 8:44coffee stop stop dreaming about coffee
- 8:47better solve this riddle which cup will
- 8:49get filled first don't hurry you have 15
- 8:52seconds to figure it out
- 8:54[Music]
- 9:07[Music]
- 9:14are you there yet all you need is to be
- 9:17extra attentive if you are then you have
- 9:19noticed that all the pipes leading to
- 9:21the cups are blocked at one point or
- 9:22another all but this one leading to cup
- 9:245 this means that cup 5 will be the only
- 9:27one that will get filled which riddle
- 9:31did you like the most
- 9:32tell us in the comments share this video
- 9:35with your friends to have fun together
- 9:36if you had a good time solving these
- 9:38riddles remember to press the like
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- 9:42the bright side
- 9:43[Music]
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