Riddle 1
What starts with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?
A Teapot
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?
In Washington D.C.
Two math books complain to each other. What do they tell each other?
I have so many problems
How many legs does 5 spiders have?
40 legs
Where would you take a sick boat?
To the Dock
It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
Your name
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine run away. How many are left?
Nine
There are four oranges, and you take three. How many do you have?
You will have three oranges
What can be put between 7 and 8 to get the result of more than 7, but less than 8?
A decimal point, as you get 7.8
What kind of lion never roars?
A dandelion
What gets wet as it dries?
A towel
You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?
The match
A family has five sons, each of them has a sister. How many kids does a family have in total?
The family has six kids – five sons have one common sister.
71% of the Earth is covered by what? Answer: What are rivers, lakes and seas filled with?
Water
How many letters are in the alphabet?
11 letters (there's only 11 letters in the phrase 'the alphabet').
There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
You have 2 apples. You took away 2 apples and left 1 in the basket.
In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
They all do!
Mary has a huge family: 20 cousins, ten aunts, and ten uncles. Each cousin has an aunt who’s not Mary's. How is that possible?
The aunt is Mary's mom.
What do you call the process by which plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A Candle
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton.
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __
S, O, N. The sequence is first letter of the months of the year. September, October, and November are the next in the sequence.
What is the product if you multiply all numbers on a phone’s dial pad?
0
Since the phone dial pad ends with a zero, multiplying anything by zero equals zero.
What order are the planets in?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune