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Riddle: What two whole, positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
Answer: 1 and 9.
Riddle: You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer, and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes?
Answer: Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes have elapsed and it is time to take the egg out of the water. You don't need the four-minute timer for this riddle.
What Did Sir Lancelot Wear To Bed
ROD: 05-24-2025
Riddle: What did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?
Answer: A knight gown!
What Is The Hardest Key To Turn - Answer Clue "D"
ROD: 05-23-2025
Riddle: What is the hardest key to turn?
Answer: A don-key
'I Am Not Alive' Riddle
ROD: 05-22-2025
Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
What Common English Verb Becomes Its Own Past Tense
ROD: 05-21-2025
Riddle: What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
Answer: Eat and Ate.
What Has Holes But Still Holds Water
ROD: 05-20-2025
Riddle: What has holes but still holds water?
Answer: A Sponge.
Little Tommy Tittletat Riddle
ROD: 05-19-2025
Riddle: Little Tommy Tittletat took two Ts, to tie two ups to two tall trees, to torment the terrible little tat. How many T's in all of that?
Answer: There are 2 T's in all of That.
Riddle: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got their alibi. The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
Answer: It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!
Beach Food Riddle
ROD: 05-17-2025
Riddle: What food lives at the beach?
Answer: A sand-wich.
