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Riddle:
Looking for something? Open me. I'm sure that something inside of me lies. Of course, you can always find hope in me (Though despair must come first; and later, surprise), What's sought, though, depends on the seeker - One looks for bobbin; another, for beaker; Others, for nature; still others, for nurture - The quarry will vary from searcher to searcher. And yet (I suspect this will strike you as strange), My contents are set and will not ever change. If you cannot still guess what I mean, here's a clue: The answer - what I mean - lies inside of me, too. What am I?
Answer: A dictionary.
Riddle:
James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally, James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!
Answer: Insert the fishing rod into a box which measures 4 feet on all sides, the fishing rod will fit within the diagonal of the box with room to spare.
Riddle:
Coffee can go in, but tea cannot.
Riddles can go in, but questions cannot.
Quizzes can go in, but surveys cannot.
Spoons can go in, but forks cannot.
Green can go in, but red cannot.
Glass can go in, but plastic cannot.
Doors can go in, but windows cannot.
Why can some go through the green glass door and others can not?
Answer: Green Glass Door all have double letters. Therefore, only the words with double letters can pass through the Green Glass Door!
Riddle:
Why did King Arthur have a round table?
Answer: So no one could corner him!
Riddle:
Why did the golfer change his socks?
Answer: He had a hole-in-one.
Riddle:
What is pink and can think?
Answer: A Brain.
Riddle:
What did the balloon say to the pin?
Answer: Hi, Buster.
Riddle:
There was a man who jumped out of a window 100 feet from the ground and he survived. How did he survive that fall?
Answer: He had a parachute.
Riddle:
Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies...fast. Can you use math to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how.
Answer: At first it might seem like no matter what you do, you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way. The key is to minimize the time wasted by the two slowest people by having them cross together. And because you'll need to make a couple of return trips with the lantern, you'll want to have the fastest people available to do so. So, you and the lab assistant quickly run across with the lantern, though you have to slow down a bit to match her pace. After two minutes, both of you are across, and you, as the quickest, run back with the lantern. Only three minutes have passed. So far, so good. Now comes the hard part. The professor and the janitor take the lantern and cross together. This takes them ten minutes since the janitor has to slow down for the old professor who keeps muttering that he probably shouldn't have given the zombies night vision. By the time they're across, there are only four minutes left, and you're still stuck on the wrong side of the bridge. But remember, the lab assistant has been waiting on the other side, and she's the second fastest of the group. So she grabs the lantern from the professor and runs back across to you. Now with only two minutes left, the two of you make the final crossing. As you step on the far side of the gorge, you cut the ropes and collapse the bridge behind you, just in the nick of time.
Riddle:
Why did the man shoot the clock?
Answer: He was killing time.

