Some of the best riddles make everyday objects sound mysterious. Here is a favorite that has puzzled families for generations: What has six faces and twenty one eyes but cannot see?
Your first thought may be of a creature with several faces or something from an old story. That is exactly the misdirection the question is designed to create. The words face and eye do not always refer to parts of a living being.
How to solve the challenge
Think of something you might find beside a board game on a rainy afternoon. It is small enough to hold in your hand, easy to roll across a table, and decorated with tiny dots. Those dots are sometimes called eyes or pips, and each side is called a face.
A standard six sided version has one dot on one face, two dots on another, continuing all the way up to six. Its sides look different, but they are all part of the same object. Add the dots together and you find the number hidden in the question.
The answer
The answer is a standard six sided die. It has 6 faces, and its dots total 21 because 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21. The die has no vision at all. That is the clever double meaning behind the riddle.
Share the challenge with a friend and see whether they reach the same answer before reading the explanation.
