Riddle: A psychologist goes to a village in Africa and decides to compare foot size to intelligence. He notes that in general, as foot size increases, so does intelligence. How can this be?
Answer: He is measuring everyone's feet, including the feet of the very small children. So the statistics will show that larger feet belong to the smarter people, the adults.
Riddle: A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
Answer: 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds.
Riddle: A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Answer: The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
Riddle: What is the difference between a dollar and a half and thirty five-cents?
Answer: Nothing. A dollar and a half is the same as thirty five-cents (nickels). But not the same as thirty-five cents.
Riddle: An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
Answer: BC is before Christ. Christ was not yet born when the coin would have been made and the date would be impossible.
Riddle: What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?
Answer: Australia was always the biggest island in the world, even before it was discovered.
Riddle: A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops?
Answer: The answer is infinite, in a gravity free world. But of course gravity will eventually stop it.
Riddle: What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?
Answer: Four. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already.
Riddle: What is significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on 1st January 2001?
Answer: The time and date will be 01:01:01 on 01/01/01.
Riddle: Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
Answer: Your Memories.
