Riddles 1
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly: What do cows drink?
Water
What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
An umbrella.
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
your breath
What word in the English language does the following:
The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables, and the other numbers have only one syllable.
What has hands but can’t clap?
a clock
Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what I’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold. What am I?
alarm clock
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.”
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook.
What has many teeth but can’t bite?
a comb
People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
plates and cutlery
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
Pencil lead.
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D’s uncle.
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly
Incorrectly.
Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
a barber
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
a candle
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
your name
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back-to-back with your father.
I know a word of letters three. Add two and fewer there will be.
The word “few”
I have no feet, no hands, no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
smoke