Riddles
A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theater together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?
3 (the grandfather is also a father and the father is also a son)
If it took 6 people 9 hours to build a barn, how long would it take 12 people to build the same barn?
None, the barn is already built!
If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
Zero
What is the next number in the series? 7,645 5,764 4,576
6,457 because the last number is moved to the front to make the next number in the series.
If you place three matches on a table then tell a friend to add two more matches to make eight, how can he do so?
Make a Roman numeral five out of two matches and add it to the three to make a Roman numeral eight.
A duck was given $9, a spider was given $36, a bee was given $27. Based off of this information, how much money would be given to a cat?
$18 ($4.50 per leg)
Eggs are $0.12 a dozen. How many eggs can you get for a dollar?
100 eggs, at one penny each
Jennifer passed away at a very old age on her 26th birthday. How can this be?
She was born on February 29th of a leap year
What weighs more, a pound of iron or a pound of feathers?
Both would weigh the same.
What goes up and down stairs without moving?
Carpet
If you buy a rooster for the purpose of laying eggs and you expect to get three eggs each day for breakfast, how many eggs will you have after three weeks?
Zero, roosters do not lay eggs
Jeff has $28.75. He purchased three cookies that cost $1.50 each, five newspapers that each cost $0.50, five flowers for $1.25 each, and used the remainder of the cash on a pair of sunglasses. How much were the sunglasses?
$15.50
If four men can build four tables in four hours, how many tables can eight men build in eight hours?
16 tables
If you can purchase 8 eggs for 26 cents, how many can you buy for a cent and a quarter?
8
As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.
A glove
If the zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo and if two pairs of babies are born for each and every one of the original animals, and then sadly 23 animal don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
977 animal (100 x 2 = 200; 200 + 800 = 1000; 1000 – 23 = 977)
Maria went to the bread store to buy a loaf of bread for dinner. She had 2 quarters, 4 dimes, 3 nickels and 2 pennies. The total cost of the bread $0.82. She promised to make sure she had exactly 1 coin remaining after purchase. Which coins did she have left after buying the loaf of bread?
One of the quarters
What number goes up and doesn’t come back down?
Your age
A 300 ft. train is traveling 300 ft. per minute and must travel through a 300 ft. long tunnel. How long will it take the train to travel through the tunnel?
Two minutes because it takes the front of the train one minute and the rest of the train will take two minutes to clear the tunnel.
Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
Neither, the yolk is yellow
A little boy goes shopping and purchases 12 tomatoes. On the way home, all but 9 get mushed and ruined. How many tomatoes are left in a good condition?
Nine
In an alien land far away, half of 10 is 6. If the same proportion holds true, then what is 1/6th of 30 in this alien land?
6
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
nine
If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been?
Twenty-one
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
coat of paint