Riddle 1
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
Answer: A candle.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A Map
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Answer: The letter “R. .
What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
Answer: An umbrella.
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Answer: Heroine
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Answer: Bookkeeper.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain
Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead.
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Answer: Four sisters and three brothers.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Answer: Silence
How can the number four be half of five?
Answer: IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard
How many letters are in the alphabet?
Answer: There are 11 letters in the words “the alphabet”
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
Answer: A is D’s uncle.
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
Answer: E N T (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.).
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
Answer: Water.
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Answer: Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
Answer: A fishhook.
Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is lying?
Answer: No one is lying because the three doctors are Paul’s sisters.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
Answer: You are standing back-to-back with your father.