Riddles
Who always enjoys poor health?
A doctor
I have a thousand needles but i do not sew. What am I?
A Porcupine
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. WHY?
His father was in front of him when he was born, therefore he was born before him. His mother died while giving birth to him. Finally, he grew up to be a minister and married his sister at her ceremony.
Four friends do yardwork for their neighbors over the weekend, earning $15, $20, $25, and $40 respectively. They decide to split their earnings equally among themselves. In total how much will the friend who earned $40 give to the others?
$15
A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?
The answer is 20! 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.
What did the scientist get when he crossed a chicken and a cow?
Roost Beef
When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?
When it has a hole in it.
A boy was born in 1955 he just had his 18th birthday today how did that happen
1955 is not the year he was born it was the hospital room he was born in
Luka is making lemonade to sell at a school fundraiser. His recipe requires 4 times as much water as sugar and twice as much sugar as lemon juice. He uses 3 cups of lemon juice. How many cups of water does he need?
24
The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How long is the whale?
48 feet
When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?
Fleas
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.
I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her.
How old are we now?
I am 40 and my daughter is 10.
If a boy blows 18 bubbles,
Then pops 6 eats 7 and then
He pops 5 and blows 1.
How many are left?
1
2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?
33. The pattern: Double the previous number and subtract 1.
A very pretty thing i am, I am fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed i am a pretty thing. What am I ?
A Butterfly, delicate and unique.
There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
Meat
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
$45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
Three matches are sitting on a table. Without adding another make for three matches four. You are not allowed to break any of the matches.
Shape the 3 matches into the numeral four.
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Once, because after you subtract it's not 25 anymore.
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I ?
A Calendar
How many sides does a circle have?
2 The inside and the outside
How much will a 38° angle measure when looked at under a microscope that magnifies ten times?
It will still be 38°.
Tara has $29.00 dollars. She bought 4 coloring books that cost $3.00 each, 4 boxes of crayola crayons that cost $2.00 each. She spend the rest of her money on markers.
How much money did she spend on markers
$9.00 on markers