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Riddle:
If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
Answer: The same three cats would do. Since these three cats are averaging one mouse per minute, given 100 minutes, the cats could catch 100 mice.
Riddle:
There are 3 light bulbs in three separate rooms. in front of you, there is a panel with 3 separate switches. They only turn on or off. You may look inside each room only once. How can you tell which bulb belongs to which switch?
Answer: You turn on any two switches, leave them for a few minutes, and turn one switch off. You enter each room only once. you know that the lightbulb that is lit belongs to the switch that was left on, the bulb that is off, but hot, belongs to the switch you turned off, and the cold bulb belongs to the switch you never touched.
Riddle:
Two bodies have I though both joined in one. The more still I stand the quicker I run.
What am I?
Answer: I am an hourglass.
Riddle:
A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped, he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening, he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?
Answer: The police officer suspects the newspaper delivery person. The absence of Tuesday's and Wednesday's newspapers indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to read it.
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I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Riddle:
I am in a Tiny word. If you remove me I become metal. What am I?
Answer: The letter Y. Remove the letter "y" from the word "tiny" and you get the word "tin" which is made from metal.
Riddle:
If 1 equals 5, 2 equals 10, 3 equals 15, 4 equals 20, then what does 5 equals to?
Answer: 1 -- because 1 equals 5 :)
Riddle:
How do you make the number one disappear by adding to it?
Answer: Add a g and it's g-one.
Riddle:
I am passed from person to person but no hands are needed. I often change in this exchange. Always changing never remaining the same. What am l?
Answer: A rumour.
Riddle:
Some people see me to be linear, to others I'm not. I'm always marching forward and can never stop. I watch you in your days until we have to part ways. What am I ?
Answer: Time.
