Can you solve the
following riddles?
The 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?
The 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
I 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?
I 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
What can run but never walks, has
a mouth but never talks, has a
head but never weeps, has a bed
but never sleeps?
What 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
I am weightless, but you can see
me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll
make it lighter. What am I?
I am weightless, but you can see
me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll
make it lighter. What am I?
ANSWER: A HOLE
Until I am measured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown!
What am I?
Until I am measured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown!
What am I?
ANSWER: TIME
I can be cracked, I can be made.
I can be told, I can be played.
What am I?
I can be cracked, I can be made.
I can be told, I can be played.
What am I?
ANSWER: A JOKE
Three large people try to crowd
under one small umbrella, but nobody
gets wet. How is this possible?
Three large people try to crowd
under one small umbrella, but nobody
gets wet. How is this possible?
ANSWER: IT WASN'T RAINING
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?
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?
ANSWER:
The man was looking for a cure for his hiccups!
By pulling out a gun, the Bartenders scared the man
and his hiccups were gone.
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?
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
A certain five letter word becomes
shorter when you add two letters to
it. What is the word?
A certain five letter word becomes
shorter when you add two letters to
it. What is the word?
ANSWER: SHORT
There is only one kind of cheese that
is made backwards - what is it?
There is only one kind of cheese that
is made backwards - what is it?
ANSWER: EDAM
What goes around the world but
stays in a corner?
What goes around the world but
stays in a corner?
ANSWER: A STAMP
Insert the same three letters in the gaps
below to make three words in the English
language:
U---ITY
FU---E
UN---
Insert the same three letters in the gaps
below to make three words in the English
language:
U---ITY
FU---E
UN---
ANSWER: TIL (utility, futile and until)
If 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?
If 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!
I'm light as a feather, yet the
strongest man can't hold me for much
more than a minute. What am I?
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
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?
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: tea
4-5-2-3: pear
1-2-6: cat
3-2-6: rat
What do the following words have in common?
Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo
What do the following words have in common?
Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo
ANSWER:
If you take the first letter and move it to the
rear of the word, you get the same word when
read backwards.