Riddles I
1) I have holes on my top and on my bottom.
I have holes on my left and my right.
I even have holes in my middle,
Yet I still hold water.
What am I?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?
3) A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 kilograms and puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 kilograms. What did he put in the barrel?
4) In your sock drawer you have six pairs of blue socks, five pairs of brown socks and three pairs of black socks. In complete darkness, what’s the smallest number of socks you have to take out to be sure of having a matching pair?
5) Two girls are born to the same mother on the same afternoon, within the same hour, in the same year, and yet they’re not twins. How can this be?
6) There is an ancient invention, still used in some parts of the world today, that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
7) Four people are eating Christmas dinner together when one of them remarks: ‘Do you realise that around this table, there is a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter, a niece, a nephew, an aunt, an uncle and a couple of cousins?’ If everyone is related by blood (with no unusual marriages) how is this possible?
8) It can pass through doors, it can travel great distances, even round the world. But all the time, it stays in a corner. What is it?
9) There are two ducks
in front of two other ducks.
There are two ducks
behind two other ducks.
There are two ducks
beside two other ducks
What’s the smallest number of ducks described here?
10) Think of words ending in –gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? It’s something you use every day. If you read the riddle carefully, you’ll find the answer within it.
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1) I have holes on my top and on my bottom.
I have holes on my left and my right.
I even have holes in my middle,
Yet I still hold water.
What am I?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?
3) A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 kilograms and puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 kilograms. What did he put in the barrel?
4) In your sock drawer you have six pairs of blue socks, five pairs of brown socks and three pairs of black socks. In complete darkness, what’s the smallest number of socks you have to take out to be sure of having a matching pair?
5) Two girls are born to the same mother on the same afternoon, within the same hour, in the same year, and yet they’re not twins. How can this be?
6) There is an ancient invention, still used in some parts of the world today, that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
7) Four people are eating Christmas dinner together when one of them remarks: ‘Do you realise that around this table, there is a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter, a niece, a nephew, an aunt, an uncle and a couple of cousins?’ If everyone is related by blood (with no unusual marriages) how is this possible?
8) It can pass through doors, it can travel great distances, even round the world. But all the time, it stays in a corner. What is it?
9) There are two ducks
in front of two other ducks.
There are two ducks
behind two other ducks.
There are two ducks
beside two other ducks
What’s the smallest number of ducks described here?
10) Think of words ending in –gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? It’s something you use every day. If you read the riddle carefully, you’ll find the answer within it.
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