What am I?
I have a little house in which I live alone. It has no doors or windows and if I want to get out I must break through the wall
(Hint: important baking ingredient!)
eggs
Why did the chicken cross the road?
to get to the other slide
One brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years’ time, I will be twice as old as my brother.” How old are they each now?
One way to solve this math riddle is to use even numbers: The older brother will be twice as old as his younger brother in three years’ time. This immediately rules out the older brother currently being 8, 11, and 14, so he must be 17, and the younger brother 7. Two years ago, they were 15 and 5 respectively, and in three years’ time, they will be 20 and 10.
You are in a room that has three switches and a closed door. The switches control three light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door, you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?
Switch on switches 1 & 2, wait a moment and switch off number 2. Enter the room. Whichever bulb is on is wired to switch 1, whichever is off and hot is wired to switch number 2, and the third is wired to switch
What do you call a boomerang that won't come back?
Hint: Something you can find in the woods
Stick
They are twin sisters, same height and same weight. They work in the kitchen arm-in-arm. Whatever is cooked they always try it first. What are they?
(Hint: traditional Chinese eating utensil)
Chopsticks
How many seconds are there in a year?
Hint: you don't need to do any math
12!
Jan 2nd
Feb 2nd
March 2nd
I add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
Hint: think of time
11:00 --> 6 hours later --> 5 hours
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower — everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
Hint: reread the prompt--> the stairs are not pink!
There are no stairs
What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?
Hint: it's a device that you bring to school every day
a phone (or a doorbell)
He devotes his life to looking after the house. His mate always follows when the master goes out. A gentleman sees him and goes away. A villain sees him and it spells bad luck. Who is he?
Hint: you use them while opening lockers
lock
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
The woman took a photo of her husband
Old Granny Adams left half her money to her granddaughter and half that amount to her grandson. She left a sixth to her brother, and the remainder, $1,000, to the dogs’ home. How much did she leave altogether?
Hint: come up with an equation with variables and fractions and solve
Adding one half, one quarter, and one sixth tells us that the total is a fraction of twelfths (2+4+6=12). You can also think about it as 6/12, 3/12, 2/12, which equals 11/12. If the remainder is $1,000, that must be one-twelfth, so the total is $12,000.
You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. At the second stop, three men get on, and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair?
Hint: reread the prompt, it's not that hard
whatever hair color you want... you're the driver!
What can’t you see that is always ahead of you?
Hint: you never know what happens the next second or the next hour....
The Future
I can follow you for thousands of miles and not miss home. I do not fear cold or fire, and I desire neither food nor drink. but I disappear when the sun sets behind the western mountains. Who am I?
What can you keep after giving to someone?
your word
What is the smallest number that increases by 12 when it is flipped and turned upside down?
86
-->The answer is 86. When it is turned upside down and flipped, it becomes 98, which is 12 more than 86.
You’re escaping a labyrinth and there are three exits. Exit A leads to an inferno. Exit B leads to an assassin. Exit C leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in 3 years. Which exit do you pick?
Pick the lion because the lion hasn't eaten for days
Where does today come before yesterday?
Hint: look at the first letters of the words
in the dictionary
This lovely maiden eats no meat but eats leaves. She labours each day spinning and weaving for the benefit of others. Who is she?
silkworm
What do an island and the letter “t” have in common?Hint: Think "water..."
They are both in the middle of water!
How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 Can you figure it out?
Hint: what can you do to make the equation false?
You are in a place called Wally’s World and there is only one law. There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or exit. What is the law?
Hint: look for a pattern in the words
Everything in Sammy's World must have double letters.
What do you bury when it’s alive and dig up when it’s dead?
Hint: essential to the foodweb and produces oxygen
A plant