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Riddle:
A murder had been suspected but the police did not know how the man had been killed. There were no windows, doors, chairs or desks. There was only a puddle left on the floor. The man had been hung by a rope in the middle of the floor underneath him hanging was a puddle. How did the man reach the ceiling and why was there a puddle?
Answer: The man had waited on a large ice cube and when it melted it left a puddle and he hung himself.
Riddle:
Thousands of eyes, Yet I cannot see, Eons later I came to be. Though he be long, I be short, Many a year have we fought. What am I?
Answer: The Summer Night Thousands of eyes, yet I cannot see = Stars Eons later I came to be - The earth was created billions of years after the big bang Though he be long, I be short = In summer the day is longer and the night is shorter Many a year, have we fought = The night gets longer in winter and shorter in summer and vice verse for the day
Riddle:
A rogue pilot was about to bomb Germany! The commad was given, the hatch was opened and the bomb was released.
Why didn't it ever hit the ground?
Answer: The plane was flying upside down!
Riddle:
If I have it I don't share it. If I share it I don't have it. What am I?
Answer: A bag of chips. (The original answer is a secret but chips disappear faster.)
Riddle:
Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?
Answer: Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.
Riddle:
A man was born in 1955, how is it today is his 18th birthday?
Answer: He was born in room 1955 of the hospital.
Riddle:
You are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides, including the ceiling and floor. You have nothing but a mirror and a wooden table in the room with you.
How do you get out?
Answer: You look in the mirror you see what you saw, you take the saw and you cut the table in half, two halfs make a whole, and you climb out the hole.
Riddle:
In a river, there's a boat. In a boat, there's a lady with a pretty red coat. If you don't know her name, that's a shame. I said her name in the middle of this riddle. What's her name?
Answer: Her name is Eve! This riddle is supposed to be read aloud not really written because you can say "if" as "Eve."
Riddle:
When you're driving a car, what is the one thing you are guaranteed to lose when turning?
Answer: You are guaranteed to lose speed.
Riddle:
In 2000, a 40-year-old doctor told his son that when a little boy he decided to be a doctor by seeing a internet web site about performing a heart transplant on a puppy with a defective heart so that the puppy would live a normal life. I then thought that I would be a doctor so that I could help people in a similar way. What is the defect in this story?
Answer: The internet did not exist when the doctor was a little boy.
