Riddle:
In a contest, there are four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) which have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. There were 123 participants in the contest. The results are; 43 people guessed none correctly, 39 people guessed one correctly and 31 people have guessed two correctly. How many people guessed three correctly and how many people guessed all four correctly?
Answer: It is not possible to only get three correct because the fourth would also be correct. Therefore, the answer would be (123-43-39-31 = 10) 10 people guessed all four correctly.
Riddle:
As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies,
How many people where going to the mall?
Answer: One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...
Riddle:
My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp. What am I?
Answer: Hyphen. The first two lines yield high-fen. A hyphen is used by a writer to tie (or cramp) two words together.
Riddle:
What time is it when the clock strikes 13?
Answer: Time to get the clock fixed
Riddle:
You can take off all of my skin and I will not cry but you will. What am I?
Answer: I'm an onion.
Riddle:
There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself.
Why?
Answer: The man lived in a lighthouse. He forgot to turn on the light and a ship crashed. The next morning he read in the paper that the ship crashed and killed himself because he felt guilty.
Riddle:
A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 50 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the daughter now?
Answer: 50 years old.
Riddle:
A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight. The young boy weighs 98 pounds. The young boy also has 3 balls that each weigh 1 pound each. The young boy needs to get across the bridge with all the balls at the exact same time.
How does he get across the bridge with all 3 balls at the same time?
Answer: The Boy juggles all 3 balls while he walks across the bridge.
Riddle:
Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet.
Why did Tony lose the bet?
Answer: Joe said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0.
Riddle:
I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.
What am I?
Answer: A cloud.
