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:
Why does a miller wear a white hat?
Answer: To keep his head warm.
Riddle:
Black within, red without, with four courners, round about. What is it?
Answer: A chiminey.
Riddle:
Why is the letter F like death?
Answer: Because without it life is a lie, or it makes life a lie.
Riddle:
When is a boat like a knife?
Answer: When it is a cutter.
Riddle:
Why are two heads better than one?
Answer: They are four-sighted (fore-sighted).
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:
What vessel is that which is always asking leave to move?
Answer: Canister.
Riddle:
Why is there no danger of starving in a desert?
Answer: Because of the sand which is (sandwiches) under your feet.
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.
Riddle:
If a fender cost six dollars, what will a ton of coal come to?
Answer: To ashes.
Riddle:
What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who is there?
Answer: I, ser.
Riddle:
How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?
Answer: If he was born before 1783, then Massachusetts would still be a British colony.
Riddle:
You do not want to have it, But when you do have it, You do not want to lose it. What is it?
Answer: A lawsuit.
Riddle:
What two reasons why whispering in company is not proper?
Answer: It is not aloud (allowed).
Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.
Riddle:
We are five little objects of an everyday sort. You will find us all in a tennis court. What are we?
Answer: Vowels.
Riddle:
Why is a conundrum like a monkey?
Answer: Because it is far fetched and full of nonsense.
