History WebVideo / SevenSecondRiddles

* Something will happen- such as a scandalous act, a murder, or a kidnapping.

Other times, the audience will be tasked with identifying which character of multiple fulfills the criteria of the search- such as being an alien in disguise, a maniac, or wealthy, based on subtle clues in the picture. There are several other variants of riddles and formats, but they all resolve around the audience having to solve puzzles on the spot, either with logic, clues, or general knowledge.

* AccidentalMurder: The solution to a riddle involving a man's girlfriend dying while at his proposal dinner involved the man putting the ring in her food- causing her to accidentally choke to death.

* AlienAbduction: Multiple riddles involve children being abducted by aliens. When their parents go to save them, they must then figure out which kid is theirs, as by that point their kid has been imperfectly cloned. To the alien's credit, they always willingly agree to hand the kid back as long as their experiments are done.

* Area51: A character ends up going there as part of the 2019 event and discovers it's not only filled with aliens, but other monsters as well- and some human guards. The aliens are actually super chill and welcome him with open arms, as it turns out the site is actually a secret alien settlement.
* AudienceParticipation: Of a sort; some riddles never actually have definitive answers, and are instead deferred to the commenters, who can then theorize amongst themselves as to what the "correct" answer is. On at least on occasion, a riddle's answer was chosen from the comments section.
* AxeCrazy: Quite a few characters in this universe seem to commit murders for the sake of it. An entire subset of them revolves around determining which characters are actually maniacs- the clues range from things like having bloodstains in their room, to having body-parts in the vicinity, to carrying weapons or other suspicious objects.
* BuriedAlive: One riddle involves a woman getting buried alive by some angry Mafiosi; the riddle is how she can get herself freed, before she suffocates to death.

* ChainsawGood: AxeCrazy SerialKiller characters are often depicted as holding giant, bloody chainsaws.

* DeathOfAChild: While kids are more likely to just be knocked unconscious or otherwise spared than adults are, there's still plenty of riddles featuring kids being found dead or murdered. One riddle even murders two of them- a kid is killed off by their bully, and then the bully themselves is killed for revenge.

* EasyAmnesia: One riddle involved a [[TheButlerDidIt butler who killed his master]], but somehow passed a LieDetector when claiming he didn't commit the murder. The solution was that he'd hit his head afterward, conveniently forgetting he committed a murder.
* EiffelTowerEffect: A cheating husband in one riddle is caught when he claims to be in London, but sends a picture with the Statue Of Liberty visible in the background, proving him to be in New York.

* FailedASpotCheck: Many crime-based riddles involve the culprits lying about impossible scenarios, claiming things that fly against what they should know to be true- like the time of day something happened, or where it took place. In other instances, they'll send pictures of themselves claiming to be in one location, but miss an obvious detail in the picture that proves them a liar; for example, a palm-tree in the background of a supposedly cold area.
* FantasyKitchenSink: In the ''7-Second Riddles'' universe, ordinary humans live alongside all sorts of monsters and other strange creatures- from ghosts, to vampires, to aliens, and everything in-between. Many riddles either involve escaping from these monsters, or solving a riddle based around understanding the monsters and their stereotypical traits- such as that [[SilverHasMysticPowers silver can harm werewolves]] or that [[WeakenedByTheLight sunlight kills vampires]]. It's just accepted in these riddles that these monsters exist and we need to deal with them somehow.

* FrameUp: A common plot in the riddles involves characters faking a crime. The riddle part is determining the evidence that proves the crime never happened- and that whoever was being framed for the crime is innocent.

* HostileHitchhiker: One of the "Hostile To Hitchhikers" variant; there's a riddle involving a hitchhiker that got murdered by a man who gave him a ride.
* HumanDisguise: A common scenario involves finding aliens in disguise as humans. They will inevitably give themselves away ''somehow'', simply by doing things humans cannot- like [[PowerGlows glowing]], sporting ExtraEyes, or displaying some sort of superpower.

* ImAHumanitarian: Cannibals are a common occurrence in riddles, most often as a potential obstacle or threat standing in the protagonist's way. Occasionally the audience will be tasked with finding said cannibal, which often involves them using bones or body-parts in some way.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Several riddles involve pregnant women being put in danger, either because of [[TooDumbToLive stupidity making them do dangerous things]], or for the audience to solve riddles surrounding the circumstances. Either way, if a pregnant woman is involved, she'll most likely be in trouble.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A lot of riddle culprits end up being caught because they referenced details they shouldn't have known about- such as the contents of a stolen purse, or the fact that the victim's house was empty.
* KnightsAndKnaves: At least one puzzle followed this plotline, involving the riddle's protagonist having to escape a cave where two guards stood at the exits- one liar, one truth teller.

* MadnessMantra: After a traumatizing avalanche and a week's wait in the snow, one of the survivors went mad and began to repeat "Ate...Ate...Ate..." because [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty they ate the eighth member]].
* MadScientist: A recurring antagonist-type, sometimes attempting to experiment on the protagonist, other times working with [[AIIsACrapshoot dangerous AI]], or generally acting as an obstacle.
* MagicBrakes: A busdriver's brakes stop working and he ends up driving the bus and all its riders off of a cliff, with enough momentum to go up hill.
* OffingTheOffspring: One riddle involves a mother murdering her daughter, only to then use CrocodileTears the next morning while setting the table...for only three family members, hinting that she already knew her daughter wasn't going to be there for breakfast.
* PityTheKidnapper: Subverted. One of the potential solutions for a riddle involves annoying a kidnapper into freeing you, but it's the wrong answer; the correct answer is to try and befriend the kidnapper, to make it harder for them to hurt you.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: A [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight monster under a kid's bed]] is shown with bright red eyes, while holding a knife, and smiling evilly.

* RiddleMeThis: The plot of some riddles involves a character being forced by another to solve a puzzle- either they solve the riddle correctly and survive, or fail and die.

* SuicidePact: In one riddle, a husband and wife both agreed to jump off a building. [[SubvertedTrope However, the wife didn't jump, and the husband brought a parachute.]] The riddle was to determine which of the two spouses was betraying the other for insurance money. [[note]]The husband- his parachute was planned from the start.[[/note]]

* SdrawkcabName: An invading alien attempts to disguise himself as a person named "Neil A".

* XMarksTheSpot: A kid finds a treasure-map and follows it to a spot in the garden. It's subverted, because he doesn't find anything when he digs- his steps aren't as big as the person who made the map, so someone else finds the treasure instead.

** The choices in one "Who Is Dumber?" riddle involves [[WebAnimation/DumbWaysToDie two blob people, one that ate expired medicine and the other who sold both their kidneys.]]

* FourIsDeath: There's a riddle rumored to kill people if they look in it at 4:44. However, this is subverted; it actually kills people at 7:16, when the ''mirror image'' of the clock reads 4:44.

* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: A few riddles involve characters surviving a deserted island by making fire with their glasses, or in one case, with a camera lens.
* SeadogPegLeg: A pirate, as well as his PirateParrot, both have peg-legs. He uses his peg-leg to stop a leaking boat.

* HostileHitchhiker: One of the "Hostile To Hitchhikers" variant; there's a riddle involving a hitchhiker that got murdered, with an axe, by the man who gave him a lift.

* TrappedInTVLand: A girl gets pulled into a nightmarish horror-movie world by a MonsterClown, but is able to escape by [[RiddleMeThis solving his riddle.]]

* EvilTwin: One murders his brother [[InheritenceMurder over inheritance]] and gets away with it by stealing his brother's identity and pretending ''he'' was the dead one, not his brother.

* DeathOfAChild: While kids are more likely to just be knocked unconscious or otherwise spared than adults are, there's still plenty of riddles featuring kids being found dead or murdered.