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Riddle: I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep, for mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backward, forwards, upside down. Think critically and answer the question. What am I?
Answer: I am a Riddle!
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Riddle: What two whole, positive numbers have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
Answer: 1 and 9.
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Riddle: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Answer: This man is bald!
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Top 5 Most Popular Riddles

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"
Answer: You take footsteps and leave footprints.
Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A Penny.
Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Answer: David.
Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Answer: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

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Riddle: I can be broken, but I can be healed. I can be physical, but I can get emotional. I can seem real, but I can seem fake. Some don't have me, yet nobody can live without me. What am I? (Hint: The title)
Answer: A heart.
Riddle: Charles woke up one morning to find himself trapped inside a prison made of what appeared to be unbreakable glass. Having no memory of how he got there, he looked around and was horrified to see two of his closest friends lying on their sides - dead. The last thing Charles remembered before falling asleep, was seeing both of his pals alive and in good health; but now they were both dead, and he wondered if he soon would be sharing their fate. As the days passed, his captors allowed him to have plenty of water, but allowed him only a few crumbs of food each day. Over time, Charles often heard his jailers talking amongst themselves, stating if he were ever able to escape his cell, he would certainly be dead within a matter of minutes. Who exactly is Charles, and why have his captors never been brought to justice?
Answer: Charles and his two friends were pet goldfish placed in an unbreakable glass fish bowl by their owners. Unfortunately, his two friends died.
Riddle: I am as deep as the sea, but only exist in your mind. What am I?
Answer: A notion (= An ocean).
Riddle: Why did the bird fly into the library?
Answer: To find a bookworm.
Riddle: What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...?
Answer: 312211 (each number describes the digits of the previous one)

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Riddle: A wealthy wise old woman feared that her daughter was lazy and as a result rather stupid. When the old woman died, her will stipulated that her assets were to be liquidated and a check was to be written for the full amount. The check was to be placed in one of three envelopes. The other two envelopes would contain a blank piece of paper. If the daughter could determine from the writing on the envelope which envelope contained the check, she would inherit her mother's fortune. Otherwise, the fortune would go to the old woman's favorite charity for animals. The daughter was not allowed to touch the envelopes. Her decision had to be made based on the writing on the envelopes. The daughter was told that only one envelope had a true statement and that the other two statements were false. The envelopes had the following writing: 1. This envelope does not have the check 2. This envelope has the check 3. The second envelope does not have the check Which envelope should the daughter pick?
Answer: The daughter should pick envelope 1. Unfortunately she picked envelope 3. Statements 1 and 2 were false, and the only true statement was statement 3. If the check was in envelope 1, that would make statement 1 false, statement 2 false and statement 3 is the only true statement. If the check was in envelope 2, statements 1 and 2 would both be true. If the check was in envelope 3, statements 1 and 3 would both be true.
Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
Riddle: Why did the bird fly into the library?
Answer: To find a bookworm.
Riddle: What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals?
Answer: Phillipe Phillope.
Riddle: A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains. What is the word?
Answer: Dozens!

Rebus Puzzles

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #35 Series 1

Answer: Grin and bear it.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #46 Series 1

Answer: Organize a paper drive.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #47 Series 1

Answer: Be nice to your neighbor.

Lucky Bottle Cap Puzzle #55 Series 1

Answer: Back to nature.
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