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I’m So Cool
ROD: 01-30-2025
Riddle: I fit in with other people, but I can not talk. I create pictures, but I can not see.
What am I?
Answer: A puzzle piece.
Tool Of Thief, Toy Of Queen. Always Used To Be Unseen
ROD: 01-29-2025
Riddle: Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed. What am I?
Answer: A mask.
Why each line points to a mask: Tool of thief: Masks help conceal identity, a classic tool for thieves who don’t want to be recognized. Toy of queen: Masks are used in masquerade balls and royal pageantry; a “toy” here suggests ceremonial or playful use by nobility. Always used to be unseen: A mask hides what’s underneath—the face—so it’s “used to be unseen” by design. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow: Theater masks symbolize emotions (comedy and tragedy), making them visual signs of joy and sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed: Wearing a mask lets you “borrow” another appearance or persona, replacing your own likeness with a new one.
A Very Pretty Thing Am I, Fluttering In The Pale-blue Sky
ROD: 01-28-2025
Riddle: A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
Answer: I am a Butterfly.
Poor People Have It Rich People Need It
ROD: 01-27-2025
Riddle: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Answer: Nothing.
There Are 10 People In A Room
ROD: 01-26-2025
Riddle: There are 10 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Answer: Place the apple on one person's head.
Riddle: I have no feet, no hands, no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
Answer: Smoke.
What Goes Up But Never Comes Down
ROD: 01-24-2025
Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age.
Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M.
I May Be Simple I May Be Complex I May Have A Name
ROD: 01-22-2025
Riddle: I may be simple, I may be complex; I may have a name, but no gender or sex; I am often a question, or statement as a setup; I tend to have an answer, 'til you find it I won't let up. What am I?
Answer: A riddle.
How Many Plums?
ROD: 01-21-2025
Riddle: A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
Answer: None. A pear tree does not bear plums.
