Title: Can you solve the following riddles?
1Can you solve the following riddles?
2The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man
who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs
it doesn't know it. What is it?
3The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man
who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs
it doesn't know it. What is it?ANSWER A COFFIN
4I run over fields and woods all day. Under the
bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs
out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in
the morning. What am I?
5I run over fields and woods all day. Under the
bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs
out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in
the morning. What am I?ANSWER A SHOE
6What can run but never walks, has a mouth but
never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a
bed but never sleeps?
7What can run but never walks, has a mouth but
never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a
bed but never sleeps?ANSWER A RIVER
8I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a
bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
9I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a
bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am
I?ANSWER A HOLE
10Until I am measured,I am not known.Yet how you
miss me,When I have flown!What am I?
11Until I am measured,I am not known.Yet how you
miss me,When I have flown!What am I?ANSWER
TIME
12I can be cracked, I can be made.I can be told, I
can be played.What am I?
13I can be cracked, I can be made.I can be told, I
can be played.What am I?ANSWER A JOKE
14- Three large people try to crowd under one small
umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this
possible?
15- Three large people try to crowd under one small
umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this
possible? - ANSWER IT WASN'T RAINING
16- A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of
water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and
points it at him. The man says, thank you and
leaves. Why?
17- A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of
water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and
points it at him. The man says, thank you and
leaves. Why? - ANSWERThe man was looking for a cure for his
hiccups!By pulling out a gun, the Bartenders
scared the man and his hiccups were gone.
18- You can find me in darkness but never in light. I
am present in daytime but absent at night. In the
deepest of shadows, I hide in plain sight. What
am I?
19- You can find me in darkness but never in light.
I am present in daytime but absent at night. In
the deepest of shadows, I hide in plain sight.
What am I? - THE ANSWER is D
20- A certain five letter word becomes shorter when
you add two letters to it. What is the word?
21- A certain five letter word becomes shorter when
you add two letters to it. What is the word? - ANSWER SHORT
22- There is only one kind of cheese that is made
backwards - what is it?
23- There is only one kind of cheese that is made
backwards - what is it? - ANSWER EDAM
24- What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
25- What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
- ANSWER A STAMP
26- Insert the same three letters in the gaps below
to make three words in the English languageU -
- - I T YF U - - - EU N - - -
27- Insert the same three letters in the gaps below
to make three words in the English languageU -
- - I T YF U - - - EU N - - - - ANSWER TIL (utility, futile and until)
28If you had one match and entered a room in which
there was a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a
wood burning stove, which would you light first?
29If you had one match and entered a room in which
there were a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a
wood burning stove, which would you light
first? ANSWER THE MATCH!
30- I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man
can't hold me for much more than a minute. What
am I?
31- I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man
can't hold me for much more than a minute. What
am I? - ANSWER BREATH
32- I am a 6 letter word.Letters 6-5-2 spell out a
drink.Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.Letters
1-2-6 spell out a pet.Letters 3-2-6 spell out a
pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.What am I?
33- I am a 6 letter word.Letters 6-5-2 spell out a
drink.Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.Letters
1-2-6 spell out a pet.Letters 3-2-6 spell out a
pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.What am I? - CARPET.6-5-2 tea4-5-2-3 pear1-2-6
cat3-2-6 rat
34- What do the following words have in
common?AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoRevi
veUnevenVoodoo
35- What do the following words have in
common?AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoRevi
veUnevenVoodoo - ANSWER
- If you take the first letter and move it to the
rear of the word, you get the same word when read
backwards.