Answer: ‘You walk in a room with a match’ riddle
Riddles are making the rounds and this one has left people raising their eyebrows. Heres the ‘you walk in a room with a match’ mind boggler, and how to solve it fast and easy.
Now we’ve exhausted every Netflix series, cooking recipe, and at-home workout possible, the lockdown has turned social media into riddle-central.
It’s been a saviour for knocking the family’s heads together and solving the test. Can you solve the latest one?
Here’s the Riddle:
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
Twitter users on this thread have been coming up with some hilarious reasons behind their answers:
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, and a candle, and see a fireplace. Which should you light first? #LetsExplore
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) July 23, 2013
Think you’ve cracked the code and got the answer?
Check if it’s correct down below, we’ll give you the lowdown on why that’s the right option!
Answer: You walk in a room with a match
The answer to the ‘you walk in a room with a match’ riddle is the match.
The key to answering this correctly is to think about how you would light the rest of the options without the key component that is the match! None of the other options are self-lighting, so the match needs to be struck before it is possible to ignite the others!
Many people mistakenly answer the lamp as it could burn for the longest or some say if you can see the fireplace then the other lights are not needed, but it depends on what the objective is heat, light, or longevity.
Be sure to test this out on your friends and family, and once that’s been cracked – stay tuned for the next riddle!
