Riddles P1

A

100

What grows while it eats, but dies when it drinks?

(¿Qué crece mientras come, pero muere cuando bebe?)

fire (fuego)

200

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years? 

M

300

What goes up and down without moving? 

stairs

400

I am a ball that can be rolled but never bounced or thrown. What am I?

Eye ball

500

Why is the longest human nose only 11 inches long? 

If it was 12 inches it would be a foot 

B

100

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

(Qué invento permite mirar a través de una pared)

a window (una ventana)

200

What is at the end of rainbow? 

The letter W

300

I have no life, but I can die, what am I?

battery

400

I don't have wings, but I can fly. I don't have eyes, but I will cry! What am I? 

a cloud

500

Paul is 6ft, works at a butcher's shop and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh? 

meat/flesh

C

100

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?

(Imagina que estás en una habitación oscura. ¿Cómo puede salir?)

stop imagining (deja de imaginar)

200

If you look at the numbers on my face, you won't find thirteen anywhere. What am I ?

a clock

300

I will always come, but will never arrive today. What am I? 

tomorrow. 

400

Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days; how many have 28?

All of them

500

What is lighter than a feather but the world's strongest man can't hold it for more than 2 minutes.

Your breath

D

100

The more it dries, the wetter it gets.

(Cuanto más se seca, más se moja.)

Rag/towel (trapo/toalla)

200

What can travel all around the world in a corner?

a stamp

300

People always buy me to eat, but they never eat me. What am I? 

a plate

400

Jimmy's mother had 3 children. THe first was called April, the 2nd was called May. What was the thirds name? 

Jimmy

500

Poor People have it, Rich people need it. If you eat it you die

Nothing

E

100

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

(¿Qué tipo de árbol puedes llevar en la mano?)

 

A palm tree (Una palmera)

200

I am full of keys, but I can't open any doors. What am I?

Piano

300

What can you catch but not throw? 

a cold

400

Which is heavier? 1000 pounds of feathers or 1000 pounds of rocks

they are the same weight 

500

Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep?

Your father