Animal Riddles
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?
9
I add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get too close, I’ll make you cry. What am I?
An Onion
I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?
A feather
I am wet when drying. What am I?
A towel
There is a man with his horse going to town. The man went to the town on Monday. He stayed there for 3 days and then he came back on Friday. How? His horse was not tired, the man wasn’t sleepy.
The horses name is Friday
What kind of jungle cat is no fun to play games with?
A cheeta
My name seems harsh, but I am still and silent. You are supposed to eat me, but some display me. My name is not easy to do to me because I am hard on the outside. What am I?
A squash
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?
None You light the Match first.
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest, It just wasn't discovered yet.
First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat?
Corn on the Cob
Why can’t a leopard hide?
Because he is always spotted.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
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.
One winter day, there was a man standing in the middle of someone’s front yard. The person stayed there for several weeks without moving and the owner of the yard didn’t mind. Eventually the man left. Who was he?
A snowman
Accused of stealing the farmer’s chickens, a man is locked up in an empty room in the local jail. His cell has a dirt floor and is completely void of any accessories except for a shovel. There is a window overlooking the hills outside. The man is determined to break out and prove his innocence, but the window is too high to reach and beneath the shallow dirt floor is rock. How can he escape?
The man needs to use the shovel to make a pile of dirt that helps him reach the window. He can then climb on the pile and easily escape the cell.
I have a hole in my back and legs I lack.
I live where I can’t breathe,
And I eat without teeth.
A Whale
What can carry lots of food but cannot eat anything?
A fridge
Mike is a butcher. He is 5’10” tall. What does he weigh?
Meat
What has legs but cannot walk?
A table
The Greens are a very wealthy family that lives in a big, circular home. Early one morning, Mr. Green wakes up to find his gardener’s still warm body in the front yard. He calls the police. The detective who comes asks the employees about their whereabouts and what they were doing early that morning.
Driver: “I was outside washing the car.”
Maid: “I was dusting the corners of the house.”
Cook: “I was starting to make lunch for later.”
From the replies he knew who the killer was. Who was it and how did they detective know?
The maid, said “I was dusting the corners of the house.”, but the house is circular.
How far can a rabbit run into the woods?
Halfway, then its running out of the woods.
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger, but I weigh less. What am I?
Pocorn
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
What are the next three letters in the following sequence?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, __, __, __
S,O,N These are the months.
My first is a very uncomfortable state,
In cold weather it mostly abounds.
My second’s an instrument formed of hard steel,
That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,
And when used, is a symptom of hate.
My whole is an author of greatest renown,
Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.
Who am I?
Shakespear