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Riddle:
Find four numbers, the sum of which is 45, so that if 2 is added to the first number, 2 is subtracted from the second number, the third number is multiplied by 2 and the fourth number is divided by 2, then the four numbers so produced are all the same. What are the four numbers?
Answer: 8 + 2 = 10
12 - 2 = 10
5 x 2 = 10
20 ÷ 2 = 1045
Riddle:
What have these words in common?
ASPIRATED GRANGERS PRELATES SWINGERS CHASTENS
Answer: All can be diminished by one letter (from begining and end alternately) forming a new word each time.
Riddle:
What word is spelled the same way front and backward?
Answer: Racecar is racecar backwards.
Riddle:
What is the difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?
Answer: One is stocking his mind, while the other is minding his stock.
Riddle:
If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?
Answer: the answer is 2 two you take 2.... (you have 2)
Riddle:
It has rib bones and back bones. It swallows human beings whole, then spits them out alive. What is it?
Answer: A house.
Riddle:
A man while looking at a photograph said, "Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son." Who was the person in the photograph?
Answer: That man's son.
Riddle:
What's a plumber's favorite song?
Answer: "Singing in the Drain."
Riddle:
Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?
Answer: Send the box with a lock attached and locked. Your friend attaches his or her own lock and sends the box back to you. You remove your lock and send it back to your friend. Your friend may then remove the lock she or he put on and open the box.
Riddle:
A sign on the barber's door says "I shave only those who do not shave themselves". Does the barber shave himself?
Answer: There is no answer; it's a paradox. It cannot be made to work.
