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Riddle:
Why did the jelly roll?
Answer: It saw the apple turn over.
Riddle:
How can you measure nine minutes with have two hourglasses, one four minute and one seven minute?
Answer: Turn over both hourglasses at once. When the four-minute hourglass runs out, turn it over. When the seven-minute hourglass runs out, turn it over. When the four-minute timer runs out this time (eight minutes have elapsed), the seven-minute hourglass has been running for one minute. Now turn over the seven minute timer back over. When the timer runs out, nine minutes have elapsed.
Riddle:
What is the difference between a deer fleeing from hunters and a midget witch?
Answer: One is a hunted stag and the other a stunted hag.
Riddle:
The letters of the alphabet but only just a few;
It's hard to say if I was invented or just discovered by you.
What am I?
Answer: Music
Riddle:
One day, a King asked his advisers, "What should I do if someone touches my mustache ( mustaches are a sign of power)?" The first adviser said, "He should get his hair cut off and be hung." The second one said, "He should be stoned to death." The third, being the most clever of them all, said, "He should be given sweets." This shocked the advisers and the King. Why would the third adviser suggest such and idea?
Answer: Since mustaches are a sign of power, the only ones daring enough to touch someone's mustache, especially the King's, would be a child.
Riddle:
There is one word in the English language which is universally considered a preventive of harm; change a certain letter in it, and you make it an act of cruelty. What are the words?
Answer: Prescription—proscription.
Riddle:
How do you get into the great lakes?
Answer: With the Florida Keys.
Riddle:
What is the only common four-letter English word that ends in the suffix -eny?
Answer: Deny.
Riddle:
How did the hipster burn his tongue?
Answer: He sipped his coffee before it was cool.
Riddle:
Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge?
Answer: Because it must be ground before it is used.
