RIDDLE 1
What is the capital in France?
The letter F is the only capital letter in France
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A MAP
If 11 plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 a.m. plus two hours = 1 p.m.
9 a.m. plus five hours = 2 p.m.
What is it that, given one, you’ll have either two or none?
A choice
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy, and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
I am something people love or hate. I change people’s appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself, I will go up even higher. Some people might want to try and hide me, but I will show. No matter how hard people try, I will never go down. What am I?
Age
It can’t be seen, can’t be felt, can’t be heard, and can’t be smelled. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, and kills laughter. What is it?
The dark
I have branches, yet I have no leaves, no trunk, and no fruit. What am I
A bank
A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
The man’s son
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm and feeling no pain.
What is it?
A shadow
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
What has a head, a tail, is brown and has no legs?
A penny
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day and night
With pointed fangs, I sit and wait; with piercing force, I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?
A shirt
Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards
Ace of diamonds, king of hearts, two of spades
When I’m used, I’m useless. Once offered, soon rejected. In desperation, I’m often expressed. What am I?
An excuse