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Riddle:
I am a living thing every science student knows me. I hate light and am nocturnal at night. What am I?
Answer: A cockroach.
Riddle:
What is that thing which becomes shorter and shorter with time?
Answer: Candle/Pencil.
Riddle:
What do rich men want that the poor men have too much of?
Answer: Nothing.
Riddle:
What goes around the world without moving?
Answer: Road.
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:
If A+B=C what does J+K=?
Answer: U.
Riddle:
I'm a something, I don't obey the law of gravity. What am I?
Answer: Age.
Riddle:
You sit at a chair when you hear gunshots. You look outside and hear a scream. No windows are open, no doors or open, and there are no people outside. The doors are locked and when you look inside a house you see blood, a dead man and a gun. How did the murderer escape and how did he get in?
Answer: It said the Windows and doors are locked. The riddle did not say anything about a broken window. You looked inside, but now did you know it was that house, because it had a broken window.
Riddle:
What can be done only by your left hand and right hand surely can't do it?
Answer: when you want to cut your right finger nail.
Riddle:
What are the best foods to have on a seabound ship?
Answer: Citrus fruits, potatoes, broccoli, and strawberries, due to their ability to cure scurvy.

