Riddles
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: the first is full of raging fires; the second, assassins with loaded guns; and the third lions who haven’t eaten in years. Which room is the safest?
The poor lions died of starvation.
I flop and bounce and swing around on the floor or on some sticks and I sometimes look like I don’t have bones. I desperately need a white powder to do what needs to be done and looking at me you might wonder why I look like I am about to go swimming. Who am I?
A gymnast
You might be called this animal
If someone thinks that you’re afraid
This is something that you might eat
As well as its eggs that it laid
Which animal am I?
Chicken
A boy and a doctor went fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor wasn’t the boy’s father. Who is the doctor?
The boy’s mother.
I carry a lot of secrets, happy or sad, I drive or walk to my destination rain or shine to make sure I give you what is truly yours. Everything that I bring with me is destined for only for one place which is decided in advance. Who am I?
A mailman
I have no sword, I have no spear, yet rule a horde which many fear, my soldiers fight with a wicked sting, I rule with might, yet am no king. What am I?
A queen bee
What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living?
A glove.
I can laugh, I can cry, I can be the flying hero in the sky, I can be the devil, I can be be a saint, I can do just about anything what you want me to be and I still get paid. Who am I?
An actor/actress
My start goes on toast, and my end’s how birds move. My baby eats leaves but I drink flowers. What am I?
Butterfly
Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. One girl drank them very fast and had finished in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the girl who drank the most survive?
The poison was in the ice, as she slowly drank her one drink, the melting ice released the poison.
I can be scary, I can be entertaining, I cover my face so it will be impossible for you to recognize me, and I create animals from plastic. Who am I?
A clown
The height of my legs, usually around 6 feet, is taller than most humans. What am I?
Giraffe
What do you call a room with no windows or doors?
A mushroom.
I purposefully give you problems, yet I can also help you solve your problems, I give you instructions and guide, yet I criticize you and point out your mistakes as well. I may know numbers; I may know how to sing or dance and anything in between. Who am I?
A teacher
I fly in the air. I eat seeds and worms. I say “Tweet, Tweet.” What am I?
Bird