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About This Quiz
Are you the type of person who is always the first to spot Waldo? Are you a word search master, crossword champ, or Sudoku expert? If puzzles are your thing, see if you have what it takes to ace this quiz of visual riddles! There's no way to Google the answers here, you'll have to use your raw brainpower!
Many common phrases, idioms, places and objects can be represented by pictures. Taking the time to unscramble the pictures or notice how they are arranged can help them take on a much larger meaning than what you see at first glance -- turning snowflakes into a snowman, or transforming seemingly unrelated images or jumbled letters into a brilliant play on words. Of course, not all of these visual riddles will be simple to solve; you'll need to look beyond the obvious and train your eyes -- and your brain -- to see things in a different light. That means not only noticing what the picture looks like, but what might not be quite right about it, or what details might be calling out for your attention.ÂÂ
Think you've got what it takes to puzzle out the answers to these tricky visual riddles? Take our quiz to prove your genius status!
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Pick the answer that correctly solves this riddle.
haircut
on the level
in my mind
level-headed
Solving this riddle is a matter of combining these two items. Start with the tool you see -- it's a level -- to get the first half, and combine it with the body part in the image -- a head -- to get the final answer.
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London underground
The London Underground -- a major mass transit system -- has been in service in some form since 1863. In this image, the word London is shown below ground level, giving us the London underground.
under the sea
miss the boat
at the door
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seven seas
Historically, the worlds major water bodies were known as the seven seas -- and included the Arctic, Indian, Antarctica, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific. If you count the letters in this image, you'll find there are seven, and all are C's.
one caret
one the level
see the world
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Can you puzzle out this riddle?
four-door vehicle
let freedom ring
upstairs
doorbell
Combine these two things to find one everyday item. Start with the door, then add the ringing object you see next to it and -- voila! -- you've got yourself a doorbell.
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on the money
swing and a miss
kiss off
lipstick
Combine this pair of lips with a simple stick and what have you got? Why lipstick of course! Cherry red if you dare, or go for nudes if you prefer something more subtle.
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Can you solve this riddle?
headache
over the moon
on the rocks
snowman
No matter what the weather is doing in your neck of the woods, it's snowing in this quiz! Those flurrying flakes of snow combined with the man in the picture gives us a snowman. You can call him Frosty if you like.
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nickel
dollar bills
flush with cash
penny
Yes, that's a pen you see. When you combine it with the body part in the image -- a knee -- you've got yourself a penny, worth exactly one cent.
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What is the correct answer?
lamplight
lighthouse
See that lamp? It's a type of light. When you add it to the house you see in the picture, you end up with a lighthouse -- a structure used to guide ships around rocks and outcroppings.
moonlight
starfish
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on the level
undercover cop
Here we have the word cop, and the word cover. With the cop UNDER the cover. Eagle-eyed quiz takers will agree that this image is clearly meant to illustrate an undercover cop.
under the table
cop out
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turtleneck
undercover
raincoat
It's raining, it's pouring ... and when you combine that with the nondescript jacket you see here, you've got yourself a raincoat. Don't forget your galoshes!
downpour
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Use the image to pick the right answer.
in the woods
to the dogs
doghouse
This is a simple word puzzle. Combine the dog in the image with the house you see and you've got yourself a doghouse fit for the pickiest pooch!
through the roof
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Use the clues in the image to solve this riddle.
gold rush
goldfish
See that big ol' pile of gold? Combine it with the fish in the image and you've got yourself a goldfish - a freshwater fish that is actually one of the smallest members of the carp family.
in the trenches
luck of the Irish
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Can you solve this riddle using only a picture?
on the corner
mailbox
Did you guess that this one is mailbox? It's a simple trick to combine a letter -- mail -- with a good old cardboard box to create "mailbox."
email
telephone
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Can you solve this riddle using the image you see?
on the lam
poor as dirt
invisible ink
half baked
This image shows a single word -- baked. Except it's not all there. In fact, you might say it's half baked -- a slang term used to describe something or someone that's not fully thought out, or not quite all the way there.
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What is the correct answer?
fingernail
At first glance, it might not seem like these two objects go together -- but think again. One is just a finger, and the other a nail. Put them together, and what else would you end up with but a fingernail?
all thumbs
on the tip of my tongue
hammer it home
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cupcake
Yup, that's a cup! And next to it, a cake. Sugar lovers everywhere know this image is giving us a glimpse at that sweet treat -- the cupcake.
cup of Joe
going up in smoke
sweet tooth
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on the rocks
butterfly
See that stick of gloriously greasy butter? Combine it with the pesky fly you see next to it, and you've got yourself a beautiful butterfly.
high on the hog
take flight
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on the way
under the stars
look inside yourself
downstairs
You gotta put these two clues together to get the right answer. The arrow is pointing down, and when you combine it with the staircase, you come up with downstairs. Genius!
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What is the correct answer to this visual mind-bender?
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
skin deep
written in the stars
black beauty
In 1877, British author Anne Sewell penned a novel called "Black Beauty," which generations of children have since fallen in love with. Visual geniuses will notice that the word beauty in this image is written in black -- giving us an image of black beauty.
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missed the bus
bus driver
double decker bus
Two buses stacked one on top of the other? Yup, that must be a double-decker bus. This mass transit design has been in use since the 1840s in the UK, but back then, it was powered by a horse rather than an engine.
club sandwich
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Use the clues in the image to solve this riddle.
keyboard
Well, the key to solving this one is that the first picture is just a simple key. When you put that together with the other object you see -- a board -- you've got yourself a keyboard.
hip to be square
make it rain
money is the root of all evil
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thumbs up
green thumb
People with magnificent gardens are said to have green thumbs -- like the ones in this image. The green hue you see here is the hint to this riddle.
hitchhiking
missed the bus
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out on bail
on the lam
behind bars
prison break
See the word prison? But something's not quite right ... that's because the word is broken. Looks like we have a prison break!
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one hit wonder
Alice in Wonderland
What's that hidden inside of the word Wonderland? Why it's Alice herself! Clearly, we are looking at Alice in Wonderland, an 1865 children's classic by Lewis Carroll.
all in
on the upswing
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Pick the answer that correctly solves this riddle.
up to speed
through the roof
dinner
breakfast
Because you're sleeping all night, you're too busy to eat, forcing your body into a fast by default. When you have your first meal of the day, you're breaking that fast. That's why the first meal of the day is known as breakfast. In this puzzle, the word fast has been broken, giving us the meal we all know and love.
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Do you know the answer to this riddle?
under the sea
in the rain
man overboard
Here we have a pair of images, but it's the way they are positioned to one another that reveals the answer to this riddle. We have a man positioned above -- or over -- a board. But them together and you've got the call no one wants to hear at sea -- man overboard!
to the end
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What is the correct answer to this visual mind-bender?
on the level
into the void
play on words
Hmm ... here we have a pair of words, but it is the arrangement of these words that is the key to solving this riddle. Because the word play is on top of the word "words," what we are looking at is obviously a play on words.
under water
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fork in the road
At first glance, this looks like a jumble of letters. look a little closer, however, and you'll find the key to solving this riddle. Within this jumble, you'll find the word "fork." The letters around it spell "the road." It looks like we've come to a fork in the road.
over the moon
in the know
road trip
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over the top
below the rim
an inside job
Here we have the word job. Seems confusing, until you see what's hiding inside -- the word "an." That an is inside of job, making this an inside job.
doorbell
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What's the answer to the riddle shown here?
to the moon and back
lost in translation
Hmm ... another jumble of letters. But look closer, and you'll find the word "lost" hiding inside another phrase. The answer to this riddle is lost in translation.
failure to launch
milkman
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