RIDDLES
If you have it, you want to
share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it? A secret. The more you have of it, the less you see.
What is it? What book was once owned by only the wealthy,
but now everyone can have it? What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets? What happened in the middle of the twentieth
century that will not happen again for 4,000 years? What has no beginning, end, or middle? What has to be broken before it can be used? What does no man want, yet no man wants to
lose? How many bricks does it take to complete a
building made of brick? What is everything to someone, and nothing to
everyone else? Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river
can't fill it up. What is it? What goes up and never comes down? What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide? What's long and thin, covered in skin; red in
parts, and put in tarts? What has feet and legs, and nothing else? What is the moon worth? What grows when it eats, but dies when it
drinks? What stays where it is when it goes off? You heard me before, yet you hear me again.
Then I die, 'til you call me again. What am I? There is a man standing over a dead body in a
coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin. The first
man replies, brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my
fathers son. Who's in the coffin? There are 2 guards. One tells the truth and
one lies. There are also 2 doors. One leads to Heaven and the other leads to
the devils playground. One guard is in front of each door. You can only ask
the guards ONE question and you have to ask the same question to both
guards. What you are trying to find out is which door leads to Heaven and
which door leads to the devil's playground. Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular
boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends
after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man
throws a punch. How is this possible? A farmer had seventeen sheep, all but nine
died, how many did he have left? A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing
south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear? A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be
very nice when I am done. What am I? Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was
the highest mountain on Earth? Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in
the state of California? Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet
her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? He has married many women, but has never been
married. Who is he? How many of each animal did Moses take on the
ark? How many times can you subtract the number 5
from 25? How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2
feet wide? I know a word of letters three, add two and
fewer there will be. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg,
what kind of chicks would hatch? If two's company and three's a crowd, what are
four and five? If you were in a dark room with a candle, a
woodstove, a match and a gas lamp which do you light first? If you were standing directly on Antarcticas
South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one
step backward? Is an old hundred dollar bill better than a
new one? No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? Some months have 30 days, some months have 31
days; how many have 28? Take off my skin -- I won't cry, but you will!
What am I? The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is
it? The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What are they? There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is
five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and
2 kids. What does he weigh? What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet
be consumed? What can go up a chimney down but can't go
down a chimney up? What can go up and come down without moving? What can pass before the sun without making a
shadow? What can you catch but not throw? What crime is punishable if attempted, but is
not punishable if committed? What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in
common? What do you serve that you can't eat? What do you throw out when you want to use it,
but take in when you don't want to use it? What goes up white and comes down yellow? What grows up while growing down? What one word has the most letters in it? What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T
in it? What travels around the world yet stays in one
corner? What two words contain the most letters? What's the difference between here and there? Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg
are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?" Which moves faster: heat or cold? You answer me, although I never ask you
questions. What am I? You can't keep this until you have given it. There is $21.00 in 1 dollar bills that has to
be split evenly among the 2 fathers and 2 sons. How is this possible? A Man walked up to his house and he heard his
wife scream " John Don't do it!" and the man ran inside and saw his wife,
dead on the floor. Around her was a Baker, Milkman, and a Doctor. The man
goes up to the Milkman and says "U did It!". How did the man know he did it? What do you call a country, where all the cars
in it are pink? There is an ancient invention still used in
some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What
is it? What question can someone ask all day long,
always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be
correct? In a certain city, 5% of all the persons in
town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from
that city's phone directory, how many people selected will have unlisted
phone numbers? There is a horse tied to a rope. The rope is
10 feet long. There is a bale of hay 23 feet in front of the horse. The
horse is able to eat the hay, yet does not break the rope. How is that
possible? After a man had been blindfolded, someone hung
up his hat. The man walked 100 yards, turned around, and shot a bullet
through his hat. How is such a feat possible? At a posh restaurant I was having dinner with
a noted historian. We were discussing the relative merits of Woodrow Wilson,
when my friend turned to me and said, "I'll tell you all you need to know
about the character of Woodrow Wilson. Why when he ran for president, his
own mother didn't even vote for him!" How is it possible to shave three times a day
and still grow a beard? A man fell off a 20-foot ladder and landed on
the sidewalk, but he did not get hurt. Why not? Why are 1980 pennies worth almost $20? Which is correct: 18 plus 19 is 36. Or
18 plus 19 are 36? Is it physically possible for you to stand
behind your mother, and for your mother to stand behind you at the same
time? In a marathon race what does the winning
runner lose? Why didn't Beethoven finish the Unfinished
Symphony? What has holes but holds water? David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle
and _____ ? What is harder to catch the faster you run? What is the beginning of eternity, the end of
time, and the beginning of every ending? What do some men have they don't want, but
would not part it for a million dollars? A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on
the ground. A father's child, a mother's child, yet no
one's son. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What do you fill with empty hands? What has a foot on each side and one in the
middle? What kind of coat can be put on only when wet? What object has keys that open no locks, space
but no room, and you can enter but not go in Mary left on a horse on Sunday, was gone for
four days, and came back on Sunday. What is once in a minute, twice in a moment,
and never in a thousand years? What gets larger as you take more from it? What questions can you never ever answer with
a "yes"? If a train was on its way to Florida and it
tipped over, If you are in a one story house that is all
blue, what color are the stairs? If you are in a room with no doors or no
windows The maker doesn't want it. Four men sat down to play, In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron.
It can only attack when pulled back. What can be swallowed, but can also swallow
you? What's better than the best thing and worse
than the worst thing? What two things can you never eat for
breakfast? Why is it so easy to weigh fish? What kind of nut has no shell? A girl named Julie threw a ball. Pretend you're a bus driver. You start at New
York and fifty people get on. There was a pond. While on my way to St. Ives
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