If you consider yourself to be an expert at solving riddles, you’ve come to the right place to be tested.

Riddles present a great opportunity to have fun while boosting your mental power. Thinking about the possible answers can not only improve your logical thinking but also teach you how to think outside the box.

Today, we have prepared a series of riddles that will challenge your skills. Your job is to try and solve as many riddles as possible. However, keep in mind that you should take no more than one minute for each of them.

Let’s get started!

The first riddle goes like this: “When you need me, you throw me away. When you don’t need me, you bring me back. What am I?”

What could the answer be? Surely, there aren’t many things you throw away when you need them the most. And there are even fewer things you take back when you don’t need them.

Here’s a hint – the answer has something to do with boats and water. Any ideas yet?

Here comes the answer… AN ANCHOR!

Now that we got this far, there’s no turning back. Here come several more riddles that are no easier than the first one. Give them your best shot!

RIDDLE: “First, you throw away the outside. Then, you cook the inside. And, then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What am I?”

ANSWER: CORN!

RIDDLE: “A word I know, six letters it contains. Remove one letter, and twelve remain. What am I?”

ANSWER: DOZENS!

RIDDLE: “From the beginning of eternity to the end of time and space, to the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?”

ANSWER: E!

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