Do you think you’re good at solving riddles?

Sometimes, the simplest questions turn out to be the most difficult. A few ordinary words can hide an answer so unexpected that even experienced puzzle lovers struggle to find it.

A popular collection of 19 challenging riddles features questions designed to test logic, observation, and creative thinking.

But here’s the interesting part.

You don’t necessarily need to be a mathematical genius to solve them.

Sometimes, all you need is to look at the question differently.

Let’s see how many you can answer without looking at the solutions.

Riddle 1: What can travel up a chimney when it’s down but cannot travel down a chimney when it’s up?

Riddle 2: How can you rearrange the letters in “NEW DOOR” to make one word?

Riddle 3: What has nine spaces but can hold ten horses?

And here’s one more.

Riddle 4: You enter a completely dark room containing a candle, a fireplace, and a stove. You have only one match.

What do you light first?

Think carefully before answering!

Continue reading in Part 2 below to discover the surprising solutions.