Riddle: If what goes up must come down, what comes down that must go up?
Answer: The Sun.
Riddle: There are three guards and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time, and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of guards on either side of the river; otherwise, the prisoners will overpower the guards and, well, the story will come to an abrupt end. List each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat, and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip. How many trips it will take to safely transport all of the guards and prisoners across the river?
Answer: The riddle requires three trips to complete the task! First trip: G1 and G2 (guard #1 and guard #2) cross the riverSecond trip: P1 (Prisoner #1) and G3 (guard #3) cross the riverThird trip: G1, G2, P2 (Prisoner #2), and P3 (Prisoner #3) cross the river
Riddle: Gods' arrows cannot be counted. What are they?
Answer: Rain.
Riddle: Why was the cat thrown out of the card game?
Answer: Because he was a Cheetah!
Riddle: There is a man stood on top of a mountain frozen holding a peice of straw. How did he get there?
Answer: He was with his friend in a hotair balloon when they were about to hit a mountin so they took of there clothes to make it lighter so they would go higher but it wasnt working so they drew straws and who ever had the shortest straw would have to jump out so he was the one who picked the shortest straw.
Riddle: Tara has $29.00 dollars. She bought 4 coloring books that cost $3.00 each, 4 boxes of Crayola crayons that cost $2.00 each. She spends the rest of her money on markers. How much money did she spend on markers?
Answer: She spent $9.00 on markers.
Riddle: This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down. What am I?
Answer: Time
Riddle: What goes up and down at the same time but doesn't move?
Answer: Stairs!
Riddle: What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?
Answer: Charcoal.
Riddle: I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free. What Am I?
Answer: Gold.