riddles 1
What 8 letter word can have one letter taken away times and still make a word every time.
Starting. Staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I
what has a head, tail, but no legs?
a penny
What time does a tennis player get up?
ten-ish
What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
a stamp
What did the tree wear to the pool?
swim trunks
What is more useful when it is broken?
an egg
There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too?
monkey see monkey do
What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forewords?
racecar
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
a blackboard
I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?
a chick in an egg
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
a fire
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
your name
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What am I?
a watermelon
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
when you are a mouse
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
pencil lead
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
the man is bald
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Because it has Greece at the bottom.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
a umbrella
How do you make the number 7 an even number without addition, subtraction, multiplication or division?
drop the s
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
in the dictionary
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
an apple a day keeps a doctor away
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!
How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
SEE O DOUBLE YOU