Riddle:
What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?
Answer: Roasting meat on a spit
Riddle:
My tines be long, My tines be short, My tines end ere, My first report., What am I?
Answer: lightning
Riddle:
On a fine sunny day, a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators' eyes. What caused the ship to sink?
Answer: The "Submarine" Captain ordered the crew to dive.
Riddle:
Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
Answer: Three melons!
Riddle:
If you screw a light bulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary?
Answer: To the right. It's always the same direction.
Riddle:
What pets make stirring music?
Answer: Trumpets.
Riddle:
What is the shape of a kiss?
Answer: Elliptical—a-lip-tickle.
Riddle:
Always invisible, yet never out of sight.
What are they?
Answer: The letters I & S.
Riddle:
It speaks with a hard tongue, it cannot breathe, for it has no lungs. What is it?
Answer: A Bell.
Riddle:
A half is a third of it. What is it?
Answer: 1 1/2.
Riddle:
I have a bee in my hand. What is in my eye?
Answer: Beauty, as beauty is in the eye of the BEE-holder.
Riddle:
Two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time is it now?
Answer: It would be 9:00 pm. There are 12 hours between 1:00 pm and 1:00 am and half of that is six hours. Half-way between would be 7 o'clock. Two hours later it would be 9:00 o'clock.
Riddle:
There is a house. One enters it blind and comes out seeing. What is it?
Answer: A school.
Riddle:
I am a tick, I am usually black or white, You will find me on many clothing, People think I am cool.
What am I?
Answer: The Nike Symbol.
Riddle:
What do angels sing in the shower?
Answer: Soul.
Riddle:
Joe has ten coins totaling $1.19. From these coins, he cannot make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel.
What are the coins?
Answer: A half-dollar, a quarter, four dimes, and four pennies.
Riddle:
A prisoner is told, "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?
Answer: You will hang me.
Riddle:
What is served, but not by a waiter; and an ace but not a card?
Answer: A volleyball: A volleyball serve that drops without the opposing team touching it is called an ace. Also, a tennis ball. In tennis, an ace is a legal serve that is not touched by the receiver, winning the point for the server.
Riddle:
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
Answer: A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly when it matures and becomes a butterfly.
Riddle:
Join a noun and adjective, and make a verb. What is the word?
Answer: Impeach.
