Riddle:
I fly when I am born, lie when I'm alive, and run when I am dead.
What am I?
Answer: A snowflake.
Riddle:
What has six legs, two heads, four ears, and two hands, but walks on four feet?
Answer: A horse and rider.
Riddle:
I am your father, but you are not my son. Who are you to me?
Answer: My daughter.
Riddle:
How many Easter eggs can you put into an empty basket?
Answer: Only one, because after that it is no longer empty.
Riddle:
There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. How many earrings are being worn in this club?
Answer: Six hundred. We know that 5%, or 30 of the men are wearing one earring. Of the other 95%, or 570, we know that half are wearing two earrings and the other half none. This is the same as if they all wore one.
Riddle:
Why is a rose-bud like a promissory note?
Answer: It matures by falling dew.
Riddle:
There are 50 horses and 50 kings riding along an old dirt road. They came to a peach tree with 50 peaches. Each took one, yet there were still 49 left. How is this possible?
Answer: Each is the name of one of the kings and he's the only one that took one!
Riddle:
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
Answer: Just four, in a square formation.
Riddle:
There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.
Why?
Answer: The taxi driver wasn't driving at the time, he was walking.
Riddle:
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them.
What are they?
Answer: Grapes.
