Riddles
You go at red, but stop at green. What am I?
A watermelon.
Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.
Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to figure out the rest.
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
The letter C.
I can teach you about the lives of people who lived long ago. I am events that happened in te past. What am I?
history
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Time
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo.
add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
Tricksy, tricksy! You have to think more broadly. Here’s a hint: Think about the numbers on a clock. When it is 11 a.m., adding six hours makes it 5 p.m.
What starts with the letter P, ends with the letter E and has thousands of letters?
The Post Office!
am a word used t describe when something happens. If something has already happened, it is in the _______. What am I?
The past
What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth?
The word And
One brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years time, I will be twice as old as my brother.” How old are they each now?
One way to solve this math riddle is to use even numbers: The older brother will be twice as old as his younger brother in three years’ time. This immediately rules out the older brother currently being 8, 11 and 14, so he must be 17, and the younger brother 7. Two years ago, they were 15 and 5 respectively, and in three years, they will be 20 and 10.
What single digit appears most frequently between and including the numbers 1 and 1,000? Hint: Look for a pattern!
The most common digit is 1!
What begins with T, finishes with T and has T in it?
A teapot.
I am the "father of our country". I was a Virginia farmer who became the first American president. Who am I?
George Washington
How does Moses make his coffee
Hebrews it.
One day a group of tennis players came to a restaurant but then suddenly were kicked out why?
They making to much racket.
if a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?
Two dozen.
What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter?
Envelope
I am the place where people live, work, and play. What am I?
Community
What is Greater than God, worse than evil, the poor have it, the rich require it and if you eat it you die?
Nothing
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
My twin lives at the reverse of my house number. The difference between our house numbers ends in two. What are the lowest possible numbers of our house numbers?
The lowest possible numbers for the houses are 19 and 91. The difference is 72.
What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles
I was a famous American inventor. My kite experiment proved that electricity was present in lightning. Who am I?
Benjamin Franklin
What would you say in everyone in the US Sneezed at the same time?
God bless America