Riddle: What has six legs, two heads, four ears, and two hands, but walks on four feet?
Answer: A horse and rider.
Riddle: A man has to take a dog, a cat, and a mouse across a river. He can only take one of the animals across at a time. If he takes the mouse, the dog will eat the cat. If he takes the dog, the cat will eat the mouse. How does he get the three animals across the river?
Answer: 1. The man takes the cat across and goes back to get the mouse. 2. The man then takes the mouse across and returns with the cat. 3. The man leaves the cat on the shore and takes the dog across. He leaves the dog with the mouse. 4. The man goes back to get the cat and all of the animals have made it across the river!
Riddle: My tongue is long, my breath is strong, And yet I breed no strife; My voice you hear both far and near, And yet I have no life.
What am I?
Answer: A bell.
Riddle: I am strongest when you see me as round, but I am often viewed in other forms. I lift and drop the sea with my tremendous strength, and a man with a name like 'powerful bicep' was the first to tread on me.
What am I?
Answer: I am the moon.
Riddle: I have freedom from hate, but not from lies. I'm usually seen through clouded eyes. I come unexpected, though you wait for me all your life. I can't be brought yet some people try.
What am I?
Answer: I am true love.
Riddle: Where is the AD before BC, tomorrow before yesterday, and the eight is first?
Answer: In a dictionary.
Riddle: Two bodies have I though both joined in one. The more still I stand the quicker I run.
What am I?
Answer: I am an hourglass.
Riddle: There were two mothers and two daughters, and they all went fishing. All of them caught a fish but when they counted there were only three fish. How was this possible?
Answer: There were only three because there was a grandmother a mother and a daughter. The mother was the daughter to the grandmother and she was the mother to the mother and the daughter was the daughter to the mother.
Riddle: Old Mr. Tilly was found dead in his study by Mr. Foster. Mr. Foster recounted his dismal discovery to the police. "I was walking by Mr. Tilly`s house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward." The officer immediately arrested Mr. Foster for the murder of Mr. Tilly. How did he know Mr. Foster was lying?
Answer: Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Mr. Foster could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Tilly`s body.
Riddle: If it takes 3 people to dig 1 hole how many people does it takes for 1/2 an hole?
Answer: You can't dig 1/2 an hole because once you begin to dig it is an hole.
Riddle: Dark with white markings, And smooth like a rock. Where learning occurs, I help convey thought. What am I?
Answer: Blackboard/chalkboard.
Riddle: When I left, I didn't know where I was going; when I got there, I didn't know where I was; when I returned, I didn't know where I had been.
Who was I?
Answer: Christopher Columbus - when he found the Americas.
Riddle: Two men were playing tennis. They played five sets and each man won three sets. How can this be possible?
Answer: The two men were partners playing doubles.
Riddle: A simple peasant bought a number of camels and is taking them to his farm. As he rides contentedly along he counts them - he counts 29. He was sure he had bought 30 camel, so in alarm he jumps off his camel and counted the camels again. To his delight, there are 30. Half an hour later, he counts his camels and once more there are just 29. Confused, he climbs off his camel and counts again. Once more there are 30. Can you explain?
Answer: When he is on the camel he omits to count it.
Riddle: Crimson I am born, yellow I dance, ebony I die. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Riddle: In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?
Answer: It happens every year.
Riddle: What can climb mountains, cross streams, handle hundreds of feet each day, yet never moves? What is it?
Answer: A trail!
Riddle: What has many rings but no fingers?
Answer: A telephone.
Riddle: A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?
Answer: The answer is 20! 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99.
Riddle: What can you break without hitting or dropping it?
Answer: A promise.
