Riddle:
I am not found on any ground,But always in the air; Though charged each cloud with thunder loud, You can not find me there. Now, if from France you choose to dance Your way just into Spain, I there am seen, and near the queen, In hail, in mist, and rain.
What am I?
Answer: The letter I.
Riddle:
When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever. What am I?
Answer: Wine
Riddle:
Why is swearing like an old coat?
Answer: Because it is a bad habit.
Riddle:
I have four of these, With matching extremities. They can do many things, And hardly ever bring me pain. Unless I stick them with a pin, Or burn them sometimes when... What is it that I can wiggle at will? And use in other means still?
Answer: Fingers.
Riddle:
NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
Answer: Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow. Humans can swallow even while hanging upside down.
Riddle:
Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take! What is it?
Answer: Haste!
Riddle:
Whether old Homer tippled wine or beer, Julep or cider, history is not clear; But plain it is-the bard, though want to roam, But for one liquid, never had left home.
What is it?
Answer: The letter R.
Riddle:
Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
Answer: Dublin, because it is every year doubling.
Riddle:
What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?
Answer: A platypus.
Riddle:
I am the son of a chemist and a mathematician. People call me iron 59. What is my name?
Answer: Felix. Fe=iron LIX-59
Riddle:
A nonstop train leaves Moscow for Leningrad at 60 mph. Another nonstop train leaves Leningrad for Moscow at 40 mph. How far apart are the trains 1 hour before they pass each other?
Answer: 100 miles (60+40)
Riddle:
My first is a negative greatly in use, By which people begin when they mean to refuse; My second is Fashion, or so called in France, But, like other whims, is the servant of chance. An article always in use is my whole, With texture and form under fashion's control; But, alas! not a thing can it see which goes by, Although many have four sights, and all have one eye.
What am I?
Answer: But-ton.
Riddle:
A ship that puts a road in order,
What is it?
Answer: A smoothing iron.
Riddle:
How did the court know the judge was ready for bed?
Answer: He was wearing his robe.
Riddle:
Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I?
Answer: A kiss.
Riddle:
Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till break of day. They played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it came time to square accounts, they all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not one has lost and all have gained - Tell me now, this can you explain?
Answer: The four jolly men are members of an orchestra hired to play at a dance.
Riddle:
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, five in the middle is seen; first of all figures, the first of all letters, take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king. Who is it?
Answer: DAVID (Roman numerals).
Riddle:
Why is a bullet like a tender glance?
Answer: Because it pierces hearts.
Riddle:
Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till its guts come out. What is it?
Answer: It is a gun.
Riddle:
My first is found on the ocean wave, In the spring, the pit, and the mine; My second below earth's surface you have, Where seldom the sun can shine. My whole your dinner-table must grace, And seldom fails to obtain a place.
What am I?
Answer: Salt-cellar.
