Riddles
What is full of holes but still holds water
Sponge
A girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days of the week he speaks the truth. “Yesterday I was lying,” the lion told the girl. “So was I,” said the unicorn. What day is it?
early
Which food item never spoils?
Honey
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
I am the reason you run. I am the reason you scream. I am the cause of your pain. I am a cage from which you will never be free.
Your body
wrongs
All beverages quality degrades by time. But one of them in conrast gets better. Which is that?
Wine
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
I can fall off a building and live, but in water I will die. What am I?
Paper
You ___ what you sow
reap
How many stripes are there on the US flag?
13
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An Echo
You’re at a fork in the road in which one direction leads to the City of Lies (where everyone always lies) and the other to the City of Truth (where everyone always tells the truth). There’s a person at the fork who lives in one of the cities, but you’re not sure which one. What question could you ask the person to find out which road leads to the City of Truth?
Which direction do you live?
All that _____ is not gold
glitters
About how many scents can a human nose remember?
About 50 000
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
A farmer wants to cross a river and take with him a wolf, a goat and a cabbage. He has a boat, but it can only fit himself plus either the wolf, the goat or the cabbage. If the wolf and the goat are alone on one shore, the wolf will eat the goat. If the goat and the cabbage are alone on the shore, the goat will eat the cabbage. How can the farmer bring the wolf, the goat and the cabbage across the river without anything being eaten?
First, the farmer takes the goat across. The farmer returns alone and then takes the wolf across, but returns with the goat. Then the farmer takes the cabbage across, leaving it with the wolf and returning alone to get the goat
___ _____ __ ______ _____ on the other side of the fence.
The grass is always greener
What is the currency of Scotland?
Pound Sterling