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Riddle:
A traveler starts a journey. For the first week he goes east. The second he goes in all directions. The third he flies up into the sky. In the fourth he comes back down. Who is the traveler?
Answer: An iceberg. It travels East as an iceberg, free flowing water when melted, flies up to sky when evaporated, falls back down as rain.
Riddle:
I help you through the toughest of times, and the darkest of nights. I am present in the day, and when you wake. When you dream, I take a back seat. You may call me good judgment, or a gut feeling. Either way, I am your friend. I always point you towards the light. Who am I? (2 answers).
Answer: Your conscious, or common sense.
Riddle:
If someone were to write a biography about us, the following could be reported: #1 - We are always present in multiple-choice exams. #2 - Sherlock Homes kept a close eye on us after he retired. #3 - Honor students are not very fond of us. #4 - One of us was a famous aunt on T.V. #5 - The person who played the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel was, in reality, one of us. Based on the biographical information above --- Who/what are we?
Answer: We are Bs, Bees, or Beas (as in Aunt Bea and actress Bea Benaderet.)
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:
I am the future, all eventual decay; In death and destruction, I lay. Your habits of order to prevent my disorder, Only hasten my final hooray. What am I?
Answer: Entropy.
Riddle:
A man has a machine that can turn him into any person that ever existed. He programmed into the machine the number 1, and then pressed the transformation button. Who did he become?
Answer: Adam.
Riddle:
A lion; capture it. What is the anagrammed word?
Answer: Recapitulation.
Riddle:
Old mother Twitchett has but one eye, And a long tail which she can let fly, And every time she goes over a gap, She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap. What am I?
Answer: A needle and thread.
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O! if I can sit so. What is the anagrammed word?
Answer: Ossification.
Riddle:
Mrs. Blue and Mr. Red lived together on a rainbow with Mr. Yellow. There were also three children living on the rainbow: Purple, Green and Orange. They lived in harmony for many months until one day Mr. and Mrs. Blue parted and went down either ends of the rainbow. Why?
Answer: Mrs. Blue and Mr. Red had their one child Purple. One day Mr. Red had an affair with Mr. Yellow and they had a Orange child. After figuring out what had taken place, Mrs. Blue wanted to get her own back and so she had an affair with Mr. Yellow and they had a Green baby. Mr. Red was rather confused when his wife gave birth to a Green baby as Red and Blue makes purple not green. Therefore he figured out what had taken place behind his back and parted with Mrs. Blue!
