Poem Riddles
I tower over the man-made plain;
My peaks scrape the heavens.
I have many brothers; in fact,
We may be as many as a hundred and seven.
We're as ancient as the oldest trees,
But not older than the hills.
We've been studied for centuries now,
But with mystery we're still filled.
The pyramids of Egypt.
What does this say?
XLR8
Accelerate.
A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?
Nine
What does this mean?
I RIGHT I
Right between the eyes.
Where would you find the Great Barrier Reef?
In the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?
What is a Map.
30 white horses upon a red hill,
first they start stamping,
then they stand still.
What are the 30 white horses?
Teeth.
If 7 is transformed into 13 and 11 is changed to 21 then what does 16 become?
31, because I multiplied the number by 2 and subtracted one.
What does this say?
QTPI
Cutie pie
At certain times of the year you could walk from the United States to Russia because of two islands known as Big (Russian) and Little (U.S.) Diomede.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Russia and the United States, at their closest points, are about 2.4 miles apart.
I am small as an ant and big as a whale,
I can soar through the air like a bird with a tail.
I can be seen by day and not by night,
I can be seen with a big flash of light.
I follow whoever controls me by the sun,
but I fade away when dark fell like a ton.
What am I?
A shadow.
A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, "I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son." But the doctor was not the boy's father. How could that be
The doctor was his mom.
Which is correct: Seven and five is thirteen or Seven and five are thirteen?
Neither because 7 + 5 = 12.
What does this say?
esgg sgeg gegs gsge
Scrambled eggs
How many time zones are there in Russia?
6 4 11 13
Russia spans 11 time zones.
You may enter, but you may not come in,
I have space, but no room,
I have keys, but open no lock.
What am I?
A computer.
The red house is on one side and the blue is on the other, where is the white house?
In Washington DC
A man walked all day long but only moved 2 feet. How is this possible?
He only has two feet with which to move!
What does this say?
TOIMWN
I'M IN TOWN
. In which American city is the Golden Gate Bridge located?
San Francisco
You may enter, but you may not come in,
I have space, but no room,
I have keys, but open no lock.
computer
How can you go from DINER to MENUS, changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step?
DINER
MINER
MINES
MINUS
MENUS
A boy is 2 years old, his brother is half as old as him. When the first boy is 100, how old will his brother be?
99
What does this say?
/R/e/a/d/i/n/g/
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
What do you call smaller rivers that flow into another river?
Tributaries (It doesn’t flow into the sea)