Riddles
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
A stamp
I am full of holes, but I can still hold a lot of water. What am I?
A sponge
Give me fuel, and I will thrive. Give me water, and I will perish. What am I?
Fire
Ginger's parents had 4 children. They named the first Monday, the second Tuesday, and the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
How many months have 28 days?
12...they all HAVE 28 days.
I shave every day, yet my hair still gets longer. What am I?
A barber
Carol is a butcher. She is 5ft, 10in tall. What does she weigh?
Meat
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
Before Mt. Everest was discovered by Europeans, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Still Mt. Everest, it just wasn't discovered by Europeans yet. (It was called Chomolungma for centuries and the area around the mountain has been inhabited by humans for about 40,000 years)
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
"Extended Response"
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower--everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
there were no stairs. It's a one-story house
What word begins with the letter e, ends with the letter e, and only contains a single letter?
an envelope
What are the next 3 letters in the following sequence: J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A
S, O, N, D: these are the initials of the months
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map
What is at the end of everything?
The letter G
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
100-200, 145 is passing
An elevator is on the ground floor. There are four people in the elevator, including me. When the elevator reaches the first floor, one person gets out and three people get in. The elevator goes up to the second floor. Two people get out and six people get in. It then goes to the next floor up. No one gets out, but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor, the cable snaps, and the elevator crashes to the floor. Everyone else dies (total bummer). How did I survive?
I got out on the 2nd floor
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
Your breath
How many seconds are in a year?
12! Each month has one 2nd.
I'll also accept 31,536,000
What 5 letter word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
Short
What is one question you can never answer truthfully?
Are you asleep?
What breaks but never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
day and night
You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two people get on. At the second stop, three people get on, and one person gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their dad get on, and another person gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair?
Your hair color, you're the bus driver
Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat. Everyone ate one sandwich, yet only 3 sandwiches were eaten in all. How is this possible?
They were a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter