Riddles I - Answers
1) A Sponge
2) The Third – Lions that haven’t eaten in three years are dead.
3) He put a hole in the barrel.
4) Four. Take out three socks and they may all be different. Take out a fourth and you’re bound to have a pair.
5) They are two of three triplets.
6) A window.
7) Around the table are a woman and her brother; her daughter and his son (or his daughter and her son).
8) A postage stamp.
9) Four arranged like this:
X X
X X
10)Language is the third word in ‘the English language’
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1) A Sponge
2) The Third – Lions that haven’t eaten in three years are dead.
3) He put a hole in the barrel.
4) Four. Take out three socks and they may all be different. Take out a fourth and you’re bound to have a pair.
5) They are two of three triplets.
6) A window.
7) Around the table are a woman and her brother; her daughter and his son (or his daughter and her son).
8) A postage stamp.
9) Four arranged like this:
X X
X X
10)Language is the third word in ‘the English language’
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