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Riddle:
Mrs. Beverly has three daughters–Sally, Gianna, and Emma. She is about to have another daughter. What will she name her–Victoria, Alyssa, or Amanda?
Answer: Mrs. Beverly will name her next daughter Alyssa; the names of her other three daughters each contain a double letter. Alyssa's name has a double letter ("s"), unlike the other two.
Riddle:
A grandfather clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in another room and heard the clock chime just once, what would be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time?
Answer: You would have to wait 90 minutes between 12:15 and 1:45. Once you had heard seven single chimes, you would know that the next chime would be two chimes for 2 o'clock.
Riddle:
I am something bright and bring life. I was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan. What am I?
Answer: Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan invented the light bulb in 1879.
Riddle:
During the first week of July, Jenny came back from a business trip and saw that her house had been burgled. She called the police and told them the following story: "My business trip was supposed to be between the 29th and the 31st of the previous month, so I was supposed to be gone for three days. However, I returned just now and found my house in a huge mess! Someone must have robbed me!". Jenny was arrested for a false report. Why?
Answer: Jenny came back during the first week of July, so the previous month was June. She couldn't be away for business between the 29th and the 31st of June because June 31st doesn't exist; there are only 30 days in June.
Riddle:
On the Fourth of July, someone robbed the Johnsons. Police officers questioned three neighbors-Kyle, Rachel, and Sam. Kyle said that he was watching some movies with his family. Rachel said that she was having a barbecue outside to celebrate Independence Day. And Sam said that he was at the post office; all of his colleagues saw him. Who is lying?
Answer: Sam is lying. The Fourth of July is a public holiday; he couldn't be working at the post office on this day.
Riddle:
There are eight people waiting at a bus stop. When an empty bus approaches the stop, half of these people get in. Then, the bus goes to the second stop, where five people are waiting. Two of the people in the bus get out at this stop, while three of the people at this bus stop get in. Finally, the bus goes to the third stop, where seven people are waiting. None of these people get in, but all of the passengers currently in the bus get out. How many people are in the bus now?
Answer: There is one person left–the driver. You know that buses can't go without a driver, right?
Riddle:
I'm in a party but it's not much fun. I'm not an athlete but I have to run. I have lots of furniture, that's for certain. If my cabinet collapses, then it might be curtains. Who am I?
Answer: The Prime Minister
Riddle:
What creature has one voice, but has four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon, and three feet in the evening?
Answer: Man crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two as an adult, and needs a walking cane when old. The Sphinx posed this riddle to Oedipus who solved the riddle correctly.
Riddle:
Alone, I lack balance, but in a pair, I take off. At work, I have rhythm, and at rest, I lay on the side. What am I?
Answer: I am a wing.
Riddle:
With this you can do wonderous things. Look at things close, or far away, You can see things big, Or you can see things small. Or maybe you don't see things at all. I come in many colors and hues, Sometimes green and sometimes blue. And when I'm red - it's not from shame, But from something with a different name. What am I?
Answer: Your eyes.
