Protect the king

Eight of us go fourth, not back, to protect our king from an attack. What are we?




Similar Difficult Riddles

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 18 May 2022


What work can one never finish?

Asked by Neha on 12 Jan 2024

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Asked by Neha on 29 Dec 2025


How can one talk without saying a single word?

Asked by Neha on 25 Nov 2023

When a clock is observed, the hour hand is at a minute mark and the minutes hand is six minutes ahead of it.

When the clock is observed again after some time, the hour hand is precisely on a different minute mark and the minute hand is seven minutes ahead of it.

Can you calculate how much time has elapsed between the two observations?

Asked by Neha on 07 Jul 2021

Jenifer and Jesica are having a conversation.

Jenifer: I am definitely not over 30.
Jesica: I am 28 and you are surely 5 years older to me at least.
Jenifer: No, you are at least 29.

You are told that both of them are lying throughout in the conversation. Can you find their respective ages?

Asked by Neha on 18 Jul 2021


Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?

Asked by Neha on 16 Mar 2025

There is something which you can be arrested for attempting but not for successfully completing.

Asked by Neha on 30 Apr 2024

A clock loses 10 minutes each hour. If the clock is set correctly at noon, what time is it when it reads 3 PM?

Asked by Neha on 26 Apr 2025


What question can you never answer yes to?

Asked by Neha on 09 May 2022

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Crossword puzzles

In the 1920s, people feared that crossword puzzles would contribute to illiteracy.