Riddle:
What runs without legs?
Answer: Water.
Riddle:
Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it?
Answer: Sunshine.
Riddle:
What is the end of everything?
Answer: The letter G.
Riddle:
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
Answer: A map.
Riddle:
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?
Answer: His father was in front of him when he was born, therefore he was born before him. His mother died while giving birth to him. Finally, he grew up to be a minister and married his sister at her ceremony.
Riddle:
There are two sisters; one gives birth to the other, who in turn gives birth to the first. Who are they?
Answer: Day and night. Both words that are both feminine in the Greek language.
Riddle:
A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
Answer: He was an astronaut on a space walk, doing repairs.
Riddle:
A group of campers have been on vacation so long, that they've forgotten the day of the week. The following conversation ensues.
Darryl: What's the day? I don't think it is Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
Tracy: Well that doesn't narrow it down much. Yesterday was Sunday.
Melissa: Yesterday wasn't Sunday, tomorrow is Sunday.
Ben: The day after tomorrow is Saturday.
Adrienne: The day before yesterday was Thursday.
Susie: Tomorrow is Saturday.
David: I know that the day after tomorrow is not Friday.
If only one person's statement is true, what day of the week is it?
Answer: It is Wednesday. If it was any other day of the week, more than one statement would be true. To solve the riddle, evaluate each person's statement and write down what day it could be according to the statement. David's statement indicates it could be any day of the week except for Wednesday. When you list the days that it could be according to everyone's statement, it turns out Wednesday is the day mentioned only one time. Darryl: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday Tracy: Monday Melissa: Saturday Ben: Thursday Adrienne: Saturday Susie: Friday David: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday
Riddle:
When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?
Answer: When it has a hole in it.
Riddle:
I am white, black and read all over. What am I?
Answer: Newspaper!
Riddle:
There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
Answer: Meat.
Riddle:
A father and son were in a car accident where the father was killed. The ambulance brought the son to the hospital. He needed immediate surgery. In the operating room, a doctor came in and looked at the little boy and said I can't operate on him he is my son.
Who is the doctor?
Answer: The Mother.
Riddle:
I'm so fast you can't see me, though everyone else can see straight through me. I won't stop until the day you die. What am I?
Answer: The blink of an eye.
Riddle:
A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream that he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - one at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?
Answer: Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
Riddle:
A horse is tied to a five-meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses.
How is this possible?
Answer: The rope is not tied to anything else.
Riddle:
What falls down but never breaks?
Answer: Nightfall.
Riddle:
If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars". Is the chicken telling the truth?
Answer: Answer: Chickens cannot talk.
Riddle:
You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What is it?
Answer: An ear of corn.
Riddle:
A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother.
How could that be?
Answer: The beggar was his sister!
Riddle:
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Answer: The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
