100+ Detective Riddles Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul

A Cell With A Dirt Floor

1.Detective Riddles

Jaikal is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won`t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape or he`ll die. Jaikal can`t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Jaikal escape from the cell?

Jaikal has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.

An International Smuggling Ring

2.Detective Riddles

Detective Mehul was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring that has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-known location, Detective Mehul finds a note: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718. Currently there are 3 suspects:

Bill,  John, and Todd

Can you break the code and help detective Mehul find the criminal`s name?

John
Bill
Todd
Non of them

Explanation :  The criminal is Bill. If you look at the note upside down, you`ll notice that the numbers resemble letters and that those letters form legible sentences. The message is Bill is boss. He sells oil.

The Confusing Question

3.Detective Riddles

One day, Kushal and Mehul went for a day out. It was a long day, and they both were tired. None of them wanted to drive the car. Mehul challenges Kushal to solve a riddle. If Kushal could give the correct answer, Mehul offers to drive the car, if not, Kushal will have to drive the car.

Mehul then asks Kushal "Agents Yellow, Red and Green each have a green badge, a yellow badge and a red badge, but none of them has a badge color that matches their name.

They met when called to a conference at headquarters. The Agent with the Green badge said, "I have a license to kill! to which Agent Red replied sarcastically: What, time? What color is each Agent's badge?" Can you tell me the answer?

Note that it`s the agent with the Green badge and not Agent Green talking to Agent Red. As the agent with the green badge has spoken to Agent Red, we know that Agent Red doesn`t have a green badge. We already know he doesn`t have a red badge. Therefore he has a yellow badge. The agent with the green badge cannot be Agent Red, nor can he be Agent Green, therefore he is Agent Yellow. So Agent Yellow has a Green badge, and Agent Red has a yellow badge, meaning Agent Green must have a red badge.

Man Got Killed In His Office

4.Detective Riddles

A man got killed in his office.

The suspects are Edison, Maxis, Jason, Jenny, Sofia, Patrick.

A calendar found near the man has blood, written 6, 4, 9, 10, 11.

Who is the killer?

The answer is Jason.

Explanation:

If we consider the given numbers  6, 4, 9, 10, 11 to be the month number the riddle becomes damn easy to crack.

6 - June - J
4 - April - A
9 - September - S
10 - October - O
11 - November - N

Hence the answer is JASON.

3 Women Turned Into Rose

5.Detective Riddles

Once there was an evil scientist named Jaikaal. He took 3 women from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the women had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed.

At night he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. The next day the husband decided to go rescue her. So, he snuck into his laboratory. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?

Jaikaal brought the rosebush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.

A Local Art Theft

6.Detective Riddles

After a local art theft, Detective Mehul interviewed six suspects . Below is a summary of their statements.

Detective Mehul knows that exactly four of them told one lie each and all of the other statements are true. From this information can you tell who committed the crime?

Jaikal said:
    It wasn't Gogo
    It wasn't Jagga
    It wasn't Bhool bhulaiya 

Gogo said:
    It wasn't Jaikaal 
    It wasn't Dhamaka Singh 
    It wasn't Bhool bhulaiya
 
Dhamaka Singh said:
   It wasn't Gogo
   It wasn't Kushal
   It wasn't Bhool bhulaiya 

Jagga said:
   It wasn't Jaikal 
   It wasn't Kushal
   It wasn't Dhamaka Singh 

Bhool bhulaiya said:
   It wasn't Dhamaka Singh 
   It wasn't Jagga
   It wasn't Kushal

Kushal said:
   It wasn't Dhamaka Singh 
   It wasn't Jagga
   It wasn't Jaikaal

Dhamaka Singh committed the crime. If any other person had committed the crime there would not be exactly 4 lies told.

Kushal's Murder Mystery

7.Detective Riddles

Kushal was killed in an office. At the time of murder there were only four people in the office; Mr. Gogo, Mr. Jagga. Mr.Dhamaka SIngh and Mr.Jaikal.
When police asked them who did it they got the following statements from each one of them.

After analysis the police found out that three of them were lying and they were able to catch the killer.

Mr. Gogo: Mr. Jagga did it
Mr.Jagga: Mr. Gogo did it
Mr. Dhamaka Singh: Mr. Jagga's telling the truth
Mr. Jaikaal: Mr. Dhamka Singh not lying

Analyze the statements above and find out who did it.

Mr. Gogo
Mr.Jagga
Mr. Dhamka Singh
Mr. Jaikal:

Explanation :  Let us consider all the statements one by one for every person and find out.

Case 1: Mr. Jagga did it, then

Statement 1 => true

Statement 2 => false (as Gogo did not do it)

Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)

Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamaka Singh is lying)

It was Mr. Jagga who did it. But let us confirm by taking up other cases as well.

 

Case 2: Mr. Gogodid it, then

Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Jagga did not do it)


Statement 2 => true

Statement 3 => true (as Mr. Bilbo is not lying)

Two statements are true whereas only one should be true, thus Mr. Reese did not do it.

 

Case 3: Mr. Gerry did it, then

Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Bilbo did not do it)

Statement 2 => false (as Mr. Reese did not do it)
Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)

Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamaka Singh is lying)

All four statements stand false, thus Mr. Gerry did not do it.

 

Case 4: Mr. Yang did it, then

Statement 1 => false (as Mr. Bilbo did not do it)

Statement 2 => false (as Mr. Reese did not do it)

Statement 3 => false (as Mr. Jagga is lying)

Statement 4 => false (as Mr. Dhamka Singhis lying)

 

All four statements are false therefore Mr. Jaikal did not do it.

 

We have verified with everyone and now know that it was Mr. Jagga who did it.

The Anonymous Phone Call

8.Detective Riddles

Acting on an anonymous phone call, Detective Mehul raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. Detective Mehul doesn`t know what he looks like, but he knows his name is Jaikal and that he is inside the house. Detective Mehul bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman playing cards. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, he immediately arrested the fireman. How did Detective Mehul knew that fireman is Jaikal ?

The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of them are women.

Catholic School Riddle

9.Detective Riddles

Kushal went to a Catholic school. During school, he started goofing around, so the teacher called him out and sent him to the Pastor. Since this was a traditional school, the boy would be spanked, but the Pastor believed in giving people a chance.

He said, "If you can ask me a question about something you learned and I don't know the answer on the spot you will go free."

The boy may have been lazy, but he was very witty. He asked, "What is it that you can see and I can see, usually every day, but God cannot see." The Pastor stood there, stumped. He couldn't figure it out because he strongly believed that God sees and knows all, and that there is only one God. The boy smiled and told him. What was it?

His own equal! We see our equals everyday, but since there is one God, he cannot see someone equal to himself.

Who Kidnapped The Son

10.Detective Riddles

A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions, but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain Gogo. What did he do?

When the rich man reached the phone booth, he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird. When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.