Q. Say my name and I disappear. What am I ?
A. SILENCE
Q. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains ?
A.Wholesome
A. SILENCE
Q. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains ?
A.Wholesome
RIDDLES 35
Q. You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet
within that very place, my face you often see. What am I ?
A. A reflection.
Q. I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle ?
A. The answer to this admittedly lame riddle is, "No." The reason is that the question at the very end asks if you can guess the riddle and there is nothing that satisfies the requirements above. Some say that pressure is the answer, but they can't explain how it turns polar bears white or pancakes brown. Nothing turns polar bears white, any more than something turns a white person white, and heat makes pancakes brown, not pressure.
A. A reflection.
Q. I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle ?
A. The answer to this admittedly lame riddle is, "No." The reason is that the question at the very end asks if you can guess the riddle and there is nothing that satisfies the requirements above. Some say that pressure is the answer, but they can't explain how it turns polar bears white or pancakes brown. Nothing turns polar bears white, any more than something turns a white person white, and heat makes pancakes brown, not pressure.
RIDDLES 34
Q. Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not
A. Counterfeit money
Q. I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.
A. Lightning
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not
A. Counterfeit money
Q. I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.
A. Lightning
RIDDLES 33
Q. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has "T" in it ?
A. A teapot
Q. As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left her standing empty.
A. A bottle of gin
A. A teapot
Q. As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left her standing empty.
A. A bottle of gin
RIDDLES 32
Q. It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it ?
A. A HOLE
Q. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest ?
A. Halfway. After he gets halfway, he's walking out of the forest.
Q. What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream ?
A. It makes a splash.
A. A HOLE
Q. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest ?
A. Halfway. After he gets halfway, he's walking out of the forest.
Q. What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream ?
A. It makes a splash.
RIDDLES 31
Q. Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.
A. DAVID (Roman numerals)
Q. Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I ?
A. The letter r.
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.
A. DAVID (Roman numerals)
Q. Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I ?
A. The letter r.
RIDDLES 30
Q. What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?
A. NOTHGING
Q. I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?
A. SAND
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?
A. NOTHGING
Q. I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?
A. SAND
RIDDLES 29
Q. Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
A. WATER
Q. At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep
A.MUSIC
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
A. WATER
Q. At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep
A.MUSIC
RIDDLES 28
Q. I am seen in the water
If seen in the sky,
I am in the rainbow,
A jay's feather,
And lapis lazuli.
A. BLUE
Q. Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.
A. Icicle
Q. You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again.
A. An echo
If seen in the sky,
I am in the rainbow,
A jay's feather,
And lapis lazuli.
A. BLUE
Q. Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.
A. Icicle
Q. You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again.
A. An echo
RIDDLES 27
Q. I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.
A. FEW
Q. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.
A. Stove, fire, smoke
Q. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I ?
A. A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.
A. FEW
Q. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.
A. Stove, fire, smoke
Q. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I ?
A. A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.
RIDDLES 26
Q.What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white
when you're all through with it ?
A.Charcoal.
Q.You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat ?
A.An ear of corn.
A.Charcoal.
Q.You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat ?
A.An ear of corn.
RIDDLES 25
Q.What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A. A PENNY
Q.What English word has three consecutive double letters?
A.Bookkeeper. An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a "double u")
A. A PENNY
Q.What English word has three consecutive double letters?
A.Bookkeeper. An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a "double u")
RIDDLES 24
Q.The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it
and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?
A. A coffin
Q.The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
A. Darkness
A. A coffin
Q.The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
A. Darkness
RIDDLES 23
Q. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in
decades, years or days ?
A.The letter 'n'.
Q. Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
A.It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language." Don't get angry at me, I didn't make it up :)
A.The letter 'n'.
Q. Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
A.It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language." Don't get angry at me, I didn't make it up :)
RIDDLES 22
Q.At night they come without being fetched. By day they are
lost without being stolen. What are they?
A.The Star
Q.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 is it?
A. A watermelon.
A.The Star
Q.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 is it?
A. A watermelon.
RIDDLES 21
Q.It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three
legs in the evening. What is it?
A.Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.
Q.I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
A.The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE
A.Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.
Q.I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
A.The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE
RIDDLES 20
Q.If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.
A.YOUR HEART
Q.All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
A.THE WIND
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.
A.YOUR HEART
Q.All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
A.THE WIND
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