Riddle: I am a word of seven letters. My first three letters is the past tense of cut; my last four letters refer to a girl. My whole refers to a sharp metal object. What am I ?
Answer: Cutlass. The little trick there is 'cut' which is the same present and past tense.
Riddle: 4, 12, x, y, 105, z, 34. What are the values of x, y & z?
Answer: x=36, y=108, z=102, To get x & y, multiply the preceding number by 3 to get the next value. But after y, the next numbers decrease by 3, So z=105-3=102, then at z, the numbers are divided by 3.
Riddle: What four digit positive, whole number has its last and first digits equal, addition of its last two digits is equal to its second digit. And the product of the squares of its last two digits is equal to four two noughts.
Answer: 5945. 5=5. 4+5=9=second digit 4^2 x 5^2 = 400 = four two noughts
Riddle: Which one is the odd out? 1. Trombone, Oboe, Piccolo, Basoon, Trumpet. 2. Lungfish, Carp, Hagfish, pike, Catfish.
Answer: 1. Basoon. Because it is wrongly spelt. It should be spelt "Bassoon". 2. There are two possible answers; a) Lungfish, because it is the only fish with lung(s). b) Hagfish. It is the only fish that has a skull but without a vertebral column.