Riddle: Do you know anything that has four eyes?
Answer: Yes, Mississippi.
Riddle: One day an alchemist brought a king a bottle holding a strange liquid. The alchemist said, "This liquid I discovered will dissolve anything it touches." How did the king know that he was lying?
Answer: The king knew if what he said was true the bottle would get dissolved!
Riddle: A salesman sold a parrot to a man. The salesman said, "This parrot will repeat every single word it hears." The man bought the parrot, but he found it would not speak a single word. What the salesman said was absolutly true, however. How is this possible?
Answer: The parrot was deaf.
Riddle: What familiar word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle?
Answer: ISLAND.
Riddle: How can you throw a ball so it goes a short distance, stops, reverses, and comes back?
Answer: Throw it upward.
Riddle: What liquid is represented by "hijklmno"?
Answer: Water. Hijklmno is "H to O" in the alphabet. Water is H20.
Riddle: Can you drop a full glass and spill no water?
Answer: Yes, if the glass is full of milk (or anything else but water).
Riddle: I have two hands, sometimes three; I have no mouth, but I tell you something. What am I?
Answer: An analog clock or watch.
Riddle: They fill me up and you empty me, almost everyday; if you raise my arm, I work the opposite way. What am I?
Answer: A mailbox.
Riddle: You're both in and outside of me; You guide me but don't ride me; I can make a statement with a tongue but no mouth. What am I?
Answer: Shoes.