Riddle:
How many black beans will make five white ones?
Answer: Five when peeled.
Riddle:
I heard of an invading, vanquishing army sweeping across the land, liquid-quick; conquering everything, quelling resistance. With it came darkness, dimming the light. Humans hid in their houses, while outside spears pierced, shattering stone walls. Uncountable soldiers smashed into the ground, but each elicited life as he died; when the army had vanished, advancing northward, the land was green and growing, refreshed. What is it?
Answer: A rainstorm.
Riddle:
My first is a very uncomfortable state,
In cold weather it mostly abounds.
My second's an instrument formed of hard steel,
That will cause the stout foe to stagger and reel,
And when used, is a symptom of hate.
My whole is an author of greatest renown,
Whose fame to the last day of time will go down.
Who am I?
Answer: Shakespeare.
Riddle:
What is that which is invisible, but never out of sight?
Answer: The Letter I.
Riddle:
Why is a lumberjack like a stage actor?
Answer: He is known by his axe (acts).
Riddle:
The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How long is the whale?
Answer: Forty-eight feet.
Riddle:
Why does a miller wear a white hat?
Answer: To keep his head warm.
Riddle:
Hold the tail, While I fish for you. What am I?
Answer: A net.
Riddle:
Why is a dandy like a haunch of venison?
Answer: He is a bit of a buck.
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:
When is a boat like a knife?
Answer: When it is a cutter.
Riddle:
What is that which the dead and living do at the same time?
Answer: Lie.
Riddle:
What biblical name is there which expresses a father calling his son by name, and his son replying?
Answer: Ben-ha-dad.
Riddle:
Why is there no danger of starving in a desert?
Answer: Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) under your feet.
Riddle:
Black within, red without, with four courners, round about. What is it?
Answer: A chiminey.
Riddle:
Why are two heads better than one?
Answer: They are four-sighted (fore-sighted).
Riddle:
Why is the letter F like death?
Answer: Because without it life is a lie, or it makes life a lie.
Riddle:
What vessel is that which is always asking leave to move?
Answer: Canister.
Riddle:
Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man?
Answer: Because it is in firm (infirm).
Riddle:
What's the difference between a penniless man and a feather bed?
Answer: One is hard up, while the other is soft down.
