Riddle: An old billionaire offers a million-dollar prize to whoever can guess what he is thinking of. Plenty of people tried but they old got it wrong, until one young boy came up. Soon after, the boy walked away a millionaire. What did he guess?
Answer: The boy said, "You are thinking of something you thought I wouldn't guess". The boy was right by technicality.
Riddle: A woman waved to a man in a taxi. She got into the taxi and told the taxi driver where to take her. He nodded to her and drove. The woman talked a lot and that annoyed the taxi driver. The taxi driver said," Ma'am, I can't hear what you are saying! I am as deaf as a post!" The woman stopped talking for the rest of the ride. Once she got out of the taxi, she realized he was lying. How did she know?
Answer: There are two ways she figured out: 1. He would have had to hear her to know she was talking as he was focusing on driving. 2. He would not have heard her directions if he was deaf and wouldn't have nodded in response as a way to confirm he got the directions.
Riddle: Jake was talking to his friend Beth. Jake: Beth, I would like you to guess what I am thinking of. Beth: Alright. Beth got it right, and Jake did it again, but he thought of something else. Beth got it right again How did this happen. (Not based on personality or insider knowledge)
Answer: Jake is a schizophrenic who hallucinated beth, having her guess right every time.
Riddle: A man was found dead, with a suicide note and a tape that played him saying goodbye and shooting himself. Soon, the case was ruled as a homicide. Why is this?
Answer: Because the man would not be able to end/wind the tape, meaning the tape would still have been recording,