Silly Riddles
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
C
If there are four apples and you take away three, how many do you have?
3 apples
What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W
I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
A carrot
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
In which month do people sleep the least?
Eggs are 12 cents a dozen. How many eggs can you get for a dollar?
100 eggs
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroon
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?
A keyboard
Forward, it’s heavy. Backward, it’s not. What is it?
Ton
The total cost of a pair of shoes and a hoodie is $150. The hoodie cost $100 more than the pair of shoes. How much does each item cost?
The hoodie costs $125, and the shoes cost $25.
What kind of ship has two mates but no captain?
A relationship
What has a heart that doesn't beat?
An artichoke
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
What travels the world without ever leaving its corner?
A stamp
I am a three-digit number. My second digit is four times bigger than the third digit. My first digit is three less than my second digit. Who am I?
141
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter R
Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
Corn on the cob
The person who makes it has no need of 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
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
An anchor
Robert and David played several golf matches against each other in a week. They played for a pizza at each match, but no pizzas were purchased until the end of the week. If Robert and David had the same number of wins at any time, those pizzas were canceled. Robert won four matches (but no pizzas), and David won three pizzas. How many rounds of golf were played?
11
Explanation: David won seven matches — four to cancel out Robert’s four wins and three more to win the pizzas.
Where is the only place where today comes before yesterday?
The dictionary
What do you buy to eat but never consume?
Cutlery
What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
An umbrella