Six riddles pitched at experienced solvers, weighted towards the hard end. Two of them work by letting you picture the wrong scene entirely, and both are obvious the second time you read them.
#1easyUnsolved What starts with an E, ends with an E, and usually contains only one letter?
Hint: You would put a stamp on it.Answer: an envelopeAn envelope begins and ends with the letter E, and normally holds a single letter inside.
#2mediumUnsolved I have no life, and yet I can die. What am I?
Hint: When I go, you plug me in.Answer: a batteryA battery is never alive, but everyone says it has died when it runs flat.
#3mediumUnsolved What is always coming, but never actually arrives?
Hint: It is permanently one day away.Answer: tomorrowTomorrow never arrives, because the moment it does it is today.
#4hardUnsolved The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Hint: Reach for the light switch.Answer: darknessThe more darkness there is, the less you are able to see.
#5hardUnsolved A man pushes his car until he reaches a hotel, and immediately announces that he is bankrupt. Why?
Hint: The car is smaller than you are picturing.Answer: monopolyHe is playing Monopoly, and his token has landed on a hotel he cannot afford.
#6hardUnsolved What can be cracked, made, told and played?
Hint: A comedian does all four of these.Answer: a jokeYou crack a joke, make a joke, tell a joke and play a joke on someone.