Question: In marble walls as white as milk,
lined with skin as soft as silk
within a fountain crystal clear
a golden apple does appear
no doors are there to this stronghold-
yet theives break in and steal the gold
Question: I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am given with pleasure when taken by force.
What am I?
Question: A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
What should have he said?
Answer: Three. The doorman lets in those who answer with the number of letters in the word the doorman says.