Romans Castle Brain Twister

Once upon a time, there was a castle on a square island. The entire island was surrounded by a 14m wide trench. The Romans had wanted to invade the castle and had brought a few wooden planks along with them to facilitate themselves in crossing the moat. The planks were however found to be only 13m long.

The Romans still managed to cross the trench. How did they do it?




Similar Riddles

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Asked by Neha on 24 Jan 2023


I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 29 Oct 2025

By using all numbers, i.e. 123456789 and subtraction/addition, operators number 100 can be formed in many ways.
Example: 98 + 7 + 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 + 2 - 1 = 100

But if we add a condition use of the number 32 is a must. Then there are limited solutions.
One of such solution is: 9 - 8 + 76 + 54 - 32 + 1 = 100

Can you tell me any other solution?

Asked by Neha on 10 Aug 2024


I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 25 Aug 2025

In the following series, a set of numbers is progressing with a particular pattern. Can you deduce that pattern and find the missing set?

(2 + 6), (21 + 6), (58 + 6), (119 + 6), ___

Asked by Neha on 05 Dec 2025

Count The number of F's in the paragraph below:

"FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS"

Test your Eye

Asked by Neha on 25 Mar 2021


Can you find the missing letter in the sequence?
S - T - I - L - ? - T - F - Y - C

Asked by Neha on 04 Oct 2025

Do you know of a place where the wind blows south and then suddenly shifts direction towards the north?

Asked by Neha on 14 Sep 2025

Steffi's daughter Jazelle needs to be picked up from school every day.
Steffi asks one of her colleagues to pick up Jazelle from the school. Steffi devised a password system to confirm that Jazelle goes with the correct colleague only.

The password on Monday was SJM16.
The password on Wednesday was TAW39.

What will the password be for Friday?

Asked by Neha on 28 Jan 2026


What is the largest number you can write with just 3 digits?

Asked by Neha on 18 Apr 2025

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Challenging

There is a cryptic organization called Cicada 3301 that posts challenging puzzles online, possibly to recruit codebreakers and linguists.