English Riddles<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What’s full of holes but still holds water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: a sponge <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What building has the most stories?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A Library <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Why is an island like the letter T?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: It is in the middle of “waTer”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pronounced as one letter,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
And written with three,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Two letters there are,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
And two only in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I’m double, I’m single,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I’m black, blue, and gray,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I’m read from both ends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
And the same either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: an eye <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
My life can be measured in hours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I serve by being devoured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Thin, I am quick<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fat, I am slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wind is my foe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A candle <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What other letter fits in the following series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
B C D E I K O X?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The letter H. All of the letters in the series flipped vertically remain the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What is the next letter in the series: “B, C, D, E, G, …”? And Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The next letter would be P. They all rhyme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: There is a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter.The grandmother is also the mother’s mother, so there are 2 daughters and 2 mothers, but only a total of 3 people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A garbage truck <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What is the best month for a parade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: March <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What’s white when it\u2019s dirty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A blackboard <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Which is faster, hot or cold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Hot\u2019s faster. You can catch a cold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second
\n three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth glass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Two fathers and two sons went duck hunting. Each shot a duck but they shot only three ducks in all. How come?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The hunters were a man, his son and his grandson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
When is your mind like a rumpled bed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: When it is not made up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: holes <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What is it that everybody does at the same time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: grow older <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Take away my first letter; take away my second letter; take away all my letters, and I would remain the same. What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The postman (mailman) <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
A doctor and a nurse have a baby boy. But the boy’s father is not the doctor and the mother is not the nurse. How can it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The doctor is the mother (female doctor) and the nurse is the father (male nurse). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What gets wet when drying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A towel <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The more you take away, the larger it becomes? What is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A hole <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Your word <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What goes up a chimney down, but won’t go down a chimney up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: An umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What seven letters did Old Mother Hubbard say when she opened her cupboard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: O I C U R M T <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What is so fragile even saying its name can break it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Silence <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: His horse is named Friday! <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The letter M <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The more you take the more you leave behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: footsteps <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: dozens <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
This runs fore to aft on one side of a ship, and aft to fore on the other. What is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: The name of the ship <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A Piano <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What turns everything around, but does not move?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: a mirror <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn’t a single person. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Every one on the boat is married. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: In a dictionary <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I am an insect, & the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: beetle <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What relation would your father’s sister’s sister-in-law be to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Your mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters.” What is the word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: “therein”: the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son. Who is that man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: I am my fathers son, so that mans father must be me. So that man must be my son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What word looks the same upside down and backwards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: SWIMS <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: When you add two hours to eleven o’clock, you get one o’clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
How far can a dog run into the woods?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Halfway through the woods. After halfway the dog would be running out of the woods, not “into the woods.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A Wheelbarrow <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It’s present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: A See-Saw <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Which word from Group B belongs with the words from Group A?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
A. blast, paper, box, bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
B. juice, bag, cradle, carpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: BAG. All of the words in group A can begin with the word SAND <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I am a path situated between high natural masses. Remove my first letter & you have a path situated between man-made masses. What am I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: valley (-v = alley) <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: your breath <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: lounger <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: counterfeit money <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
You can see nothing else<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
When you look in my face,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I will look you in the eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
And I will never lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: your reflection <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: few <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
What are the next 3 letters in this riddle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
o t t f f s s _ _ _<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: e n t<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The first seven letters stand for – one two three four five six seven <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painful in love, one painful in everyday matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Do you know what 2 words I must be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer: Heartache and Headache <\/p>\n\n]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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