Lightning Riddle #1
There are four words. Two of them have four letters, and the other two have five letters. The four-letter words have two vowels and two consonants. The five-letter words have two vowels and three consonants. If you read one of the four-letter words backward, you will get the other four-letter word. If you put a consonant at the beginning of a four-letter word you'll get one of the five-letter words. If you put the same consonant to the end of the other four-letter word you will get the other five-letter word, which is also read backward as the first five-letter word. There is a correlation between one of the four and one of the five-letter words. The same goes for the other two words. One pair has to do with something bad and the other pair has to do with life. What are the words?
Evil Devil Lived Live
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light,
Grown in the darkness, a lady's delight.
What am I?
A pearl
The thunder comes before the lightning,
And the lightning comes before the cloud,
The rain dries all the land it touches,
Wrapping the earth in a blood-red shroud.
What am I?
A volcano.
Cold and dark, I'm the same as my neighbor. Flatter than a pancake, faster than a panther. Lighter than a feather I still prevail, Yet a million mean trying to lift me would fail. Expanding and shrinking throughout the day, When heat is highest, underneath I lay. I leave in the darkness of the night, And don't come back if there's rain insight. What am I?
A shadow.
This appears in a bad storm
But it's not a big rain cloud
It what follows a lightning bolt
And can be extremely loud
Thunder
You're driving down the road in your car on a wild and stormy night. The weather is like a hurricane, with heavy rains, high winds, and lightning flashing constantly. While driving, you come across a partially-covered bus stop, and you can see three people waiting for a bus:
1. An old woman who looks as if she is about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about (your soulmate).
Knowing that you only have room for one passenger in your car (it's a really small car), which one would you choose to offer a ride to? And why?
I would give the car keys to my old friend, and let him take the old woman to the hospital. Then I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my impressions.
Has a blade of jagged cut.
Keeps the quickest hand out shut.
Goes in darkness.
Wears a ring. One is quiet. Many sing?
Key
When it's really stormy outside
This is something you hear
It happens straight after lightning
When it is very near
Thunder
Light hides me and darkness kills me, what am I?
A shadow
What did the lightning bolt say to the other lightning bolt?
You're shocking!
A man sees a sign that says 'Coconuts, $5 a dozen. With his lightning-quick brain, he calculated that if he sold those same coconuts to the coconut air assault team for the going rate of $3 per dozen that in no time at all he would be a millionaire. How does this make any sense?
He's a millionaire already.
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron It can only attack when pulled back What is it?
A bullet
Its thunder roars before its lightning;
its lightning blazes before its clouds;
its clouds provide no rain;
its rain dries all that it touches.
Its a volcano
I have billions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I?
The human brain.
What type of lightning likes to play sports?
Ball lightning!
Why are pianist's fingers like lightning?
They rarely strike the same place twice.
I stand tall for 8 days and 8 nights, my greatest task is to give darkness light. What am I?
The Menorah
A man was sitting in his cabin writing a letter during a lightning storm when suddenly he died. How did he die?
The cabin was on a ship!
I appear everywhere except in the dark. What am I?
Hint: Not a shadow
Light
One morning an airline president is leaving on a business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancels his trip. Sure enough, the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
He was fired from sleeping on his job.
I was created by a scientific experiment but I’m not a drug
I have yellow skin but I’m not a banana
I have bolts but I’m not lightning
I’m brought to life by electricity but I’m not a light bulb
I’m 8 feet tall but I’m not a basketball player
What am I?
Frankenstein
Has a blade of jagged cut.
Keeps the quickest hand out shut.
Goes in darkness. Wears a ring.
One is quiet. Many sing.
A key. It has a jagged cut in order to fit the lock. A locked door keeps people out and the keyhole is dark. Key rings are a common way to hold a set of keys, and when you're using a key that one is quiet, but the rest jingle and jangle.
My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?
A volcano.
If you had only one match and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?
The match.
A man has two ropes of varying thickness (Those two ropes are not identical, they aren’t the same density nor the same length nor the same width). Each rope burns in 60 minutes. He actually wants to measure 45 mins. How can he measure 45 mins using only these two ropes? He can’t cut the one rope in half because the ropes are non-homogeneous and he can’t be sure how long it will burn.
He will burn one of the rope at both the ends and the second rope at one end. After half an hour, the first one burns completely and at this point of time, he will burn the other end of the second rope so now it will take 15 mins more to completely burn. so total time is 30+15 i.e. 45mins.