Riddles
: What 5-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
SWIMS
If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?
9.
Pronounced as 1 letter, And written with 3, 2 letters there are, and 2 only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
Eye
I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
A kitten.
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. But never Neptune, or Venus. What am I?
The letter R.
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
David
I add 5 to 9 and get 2. The answer is correct, so what am I?
A clock. When it is 9 a.m., adding 5 hours would make it 2 p.m
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand.
Four cars come to a four-way stop, each coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. All 4 cars go, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
They all made right-hand turns.
I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?
A echo.
What has a neck but no head?
f a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
977 animals (100 x 2 = 200; 200 + 800 = 1000; 1000 – 23 = 977)
What does a man do only once in his lifetime, but women do once a year after they are 29
Turn 30
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing.
I love to dance, and twist. I shake my tail as I sail away. When I fly wingless into the sky. What am I?
A kite.
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse's name is Friday.
What 3 numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
1, 2, and 3 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6).
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
A ton.
Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
Coffin.
What is it that no one wants to have, but no one wants to lose either?
A lawsuit.
How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
SEE O DOUBLE YOU.
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Nine years
Who has married many women but was never married?
A priest
Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
Corn on a cob
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road