RIDDLES 1
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive
A glove
What goes up and never comes back down?
Your age
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name
Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it?
Your shadow
It's been around for millions of years, but it's said to be no more than a month old. What is it?
The moon
What has a single eye but cannot see?
A needle
Everyone in the world breaks me every time they speak. Who am I?
Silence
What five-letter Word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What begins and ends with an 'E' but only has one letter?
An envelope
What type of cheese is made backwards?
Edam
Why did the boy bury his flashlight?
Because the batteries died
What starts with a 'P', ends with an 'E' and has thousands of letters?
Post Office
What begins with 't', ends with 't' and has 't' in it?
A teapot
Mary's father has four children; three are named Nana, Nene and Nini. So what is the fourth child's name?
Mary
What three numbers have the same answer when added together and when multiplied together?
1, 2, 3
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
I have a Little house all alone. My house has no doors or Windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the Wall. What am I?
A chicken in an egg
What flies without wings?
Time
While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why?
Everybody on the boat was married
Where do you find roads without vehicles, forests without trees and cities without houses?
On a map
Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?
Because they are a girl, her mother and her grandmother on her mother's side
Who can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard?
A barber
What runs but cannot walk?
Water / Nose
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in an hour?
The letter M
What is in the middle of nowhere?
The letter H