Suppose we are short.

Elevator riddle umbrella.

The man and the elevator riddle can you get the answer. If they don t guess that the answer is an elevator read them the clue on the second line and ask them to guess again. If there is someone else in the elevator with him or if it was raining that day he goes back to the tenth floor directly. Could the riddle answer then be about the umbrella so what if the answer is about the umbrella. So let s consider something like this. The tenth floor elevator riddle a man lives on the tenth floor of a building.

Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work. As the clue is that it s something which goes up when it s used they might guess that it s a helicopter an elevator or a hot air balloon. But when he gets home he only goes up 3. Our height is short and we cannot reach the 100th floor button in the elevator. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work. Using the umbrella we have we can reach the 100th floor button.

When he returns he takes the same elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. When he returns he takes the same elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. As the clue is that it s something that has buttons but which isn t a shirt they might guess that it s a microwave a tv remote or a car stereo. If they don t guess that the answer is an umbrella read them the clue on the second line and have them take another guess. He goes down all 6 floors each morning to get to work.