Critical Thinking/Riddles
What do Milk, Soda pop, Coffee, and Orange juice have in common?
They are all generally regridgerated
A lily pad doubles in size every day.
If it takes 48 days to cover the entire pond, how long does it take to cover half the pond?
47 days
You are in a cold room with a candle, an oil lamp, and firewood, but only one match. Which do you light first?
The Match
This animal's heart is located in it's head
A shrimp
What has keys but cant open locks
A piano
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
When I was 12, my brother was half my age. I am 40 now, so how old is he?
Every two weeks, a woman sits down and writes two words on 60 sheets of paper. Why does she do this?
The woman owns her own business with 60 employees. Every week, she signs her name on their paychecks.
10 million colours is how many colours this animal can see
A Human
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Everyone is married
You have 20 red and 20 blue socks mixed in a drawer. What is the minimum number of socks you must pull in the dark to ensure a matching pair?
3
A man builds a rectangular house with all four sides having a southern view. A bear walks by. What color is the bear?
White, because the house is on the North Pole
This animal can sleep for 3 years straight
its a snail
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
A map
A man is looking at a photograph. Someone asks, “Who’s in the picture?” He replies: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the picture?
Its his son
5 people meet and each shakes everyone else's hand once. How many handshakes take place?
10
The 60th and 62nd British Prime Ministers had the same mother and father but were not brothers. How?
They are the same person
This animal has 3 hearts
Its an octopus
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
There are three switches downstairs and one light bulb upstairs. You may only go upstairs once. How can you determine which switch controls the bulb?
Turn on switch 1 for several minutes, then turn it off
Turn on switch 2
Go upstairs
If the bulb is on → switch 2
If it’s off but warm → switch 1
If it’s off and cold → switch 3
A farmer needs to move a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across a river in a boat that can only carry him and one other item. If left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How can he safely transport all three?
Take the goat across, go back alone, take the wolf, bring the goat back, take the cabbage across, return alone, take the goat across.
A man pushes his car until he reaches a hotel. When he arrives, he realizes he’s bankrupt. What happened?
He's playing Monopoly
What is the only mammal capable of true flight
A bat
The person who makes it doesn’t need it.
The person who buys it doesn’t use it.
The person who uses it doesn’t know they’re using it.
What is it?
A coffin