Riddles & Stuff
Updated 03-05-01
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(1)
There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?
(2)
What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
(3)
Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several
growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What
are the only two perennial vegetables?
(4)
Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team
on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?
(5)
What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
(6)
In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside
the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it
hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
(7)
Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw."
They are all common. Name two of them.
(8)
There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half
of them?
(9)
Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles
Lakers?"
(10)
There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base
without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls-a walk-is one way. Name the
other six.
(11)
It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
(12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "s."
Contributed by Shannon
1)
When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, "In two years I will be
twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she?
2)
Which common 4 letter English word, when printed in capital letters, reads
the same both upside-down and the right way up?
3)
What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
4)
Rearrange the letters of NEW DOOR to make one word instead.
5)
How many four pence stamps are there in a dozen?
Contributed by Shannon
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Woman or man blowing horn? |
One face or two? |
Woman at vanity or skull?
| A Native American face or an Eskimo? | A book looking toward you or away from you? |
that that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is
Contributed by Jane from Bexhill Australia
This is a test to see how observant you are.
Can you find all the 9 people in the picture?
If you can find 7, you have an average power of observation.
If you can find 8, you have an excellent power of observation!
If you can find 9, you have an extremely excellent power of observation.
Michael J. Fox has a small one.
Madonna doesn't have one.
The Pope has one but doesn't use it.
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince won't admit that he has one.
Clinton uses his all the time.
What is it?
Contributed by MAGNEE
| Dormitory | Dirty Room |
| Desperation | A Rope Ends It |
| The Morse Code | Here Come Dots |
| Slot Machines | Cash Lost in 'em |
| Animosity | Is No Amity |
| Mother-in-law | Woman Hitler :) |
| Snooze Alarms | Alas! No More Z's |
| Alec Guinness | Genuine Class |
| The Public Art Galleries | Large Picture Halls, I Bet |
| A Decimal Point | I'm a Dot in Place |
| The Earthquakes | That Queer Shake |
| Eleven plus two | Twelve plus one |
| Contradiction | Accord not in it |
This one's truly amazing:
To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."
And the Anagram:
"In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten."
And for the grand finale:
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Neil Armstrong
The Anagram:
"A thin man ran; makes a large stride, left planet, pins flag on moon! On to Mars!"
Contributed by Rhonda B
2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?
4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?
5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?
6. There is a room. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is water on the floor. You find Sloppy dead on the floor. How did sloppy die?
7. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square edged shovel?
8. If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada?
9. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
10. What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney
up?
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in
the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined
them all in the center field?
12. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It IS unusual, why? Study it. Think about it and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. So jump to it! Try your skill at figuring it out! Good Luck - Don't blow your cool!
Contributed by BttiBoop
Each question below contains the initial of the words that will make each statement correct. Find the missing words.
Example: 5280 F in a M = 5280 Feet in a Mile
1. 26 - L of the A
2. 1001 - A N
3. 7 - W of the W
4. 12 - S of the Z
5. 54 - C in a D (with the J)
6. 9 - D in the S S N
7. 88 - K on a P
8. 13 - S on the A F
9. 32 - D F at which W F
10. 18 - H on a G C
11. 90 - D in a R A
12. 200 - D for P G in M
13. 8 - S on a S S
14. 3 - B M (S H T R)
15. 4 - Q in a G
16. 24 - H in a D
17. 1 - W on a U
18. 5 - D in a Z C
19. 57 - H V
20. 11 - P on a F T
21. 1000 - W that a P is W
22. 29 - D in F in a L Y
23. 64 - S on a C B
24. 16 - O in a P
Contributed by Marty Z
2. If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take one man to dig half a hole?
3. A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm.A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
4. A man and his son were rock climbing on a particularly dangerous cliff when they slipped and fell. The man was killed, but,the son lived and was rushed to a hospital.The old surgeon looked at the young man and declared, "I can't operate on this boy he is my son". How could this be?
5. Shadow and his men searched the frozen tundra for escaped convict Sid Shady. Just as they were about to give up, one of Shadow's men spotted a body. Shady was found lying dead in the snow. There were no tracks leading to or from the body. The cause of death was was partially due to the unopened pack on his back.Shady did not die of thirst, hunger, or cold. What was in Shady's pack that led to his death?
6. Which one of the three would see most clearly in total darkness? A leopard, a bat, or an owl?
7.In Hawaii, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or will it make no difference?
8. What is the largest sum of money you can have in coins and not be able to make change for a dollar?
9. A picture frame that usually sells for $50 is on sale for five percent off. If a five percent sales tax were added to the sales price, what amount would you pay?
Contributed by Lou
(Write for the answers)
2. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989
American dollar bills?
3. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
4. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
5. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
6. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow's sister?
Answers below
Contributed by Kimmer in Oregon
Read this sentence:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE.
Do not go back and count them again.
(Answer is at the bottom of this page)
Contributed by Larry AKA EvlisFan1
seen in years and/or family members you have never met. There is one
family member you don't know that catches your eye, he is just starring
and starring at a portrait. You decide to approach him and ask him "How
is he related to you?" He turns and says:
"Brother and sisters I have none.
But, that mans father is my fathers son."
What is this family member relationship with the individual in the
portrait?
Conrtibuted by Raul Sanchez
then go to the room.
Minutes later, the manager realizes he made a mistake and that the rate is
only $25. So, he sends the bellman with a $5 refund. On the way, the
bellman realizes he doesn't know how to divide $5 equally between 3 people, so he refunds one dollar each and pockets $ 2.
(So, each person paid $9 = $27, the bellman got $2 ... total = $29).
What happened to the other dollar?????
Contributed by CABOSUE from California
Contributed by Bill Duckworth
1. They fall in
the same year every year, New Year's Day just arrives very early in the year and Christmas
arrives very late in the same year.
2. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one dollar more than one
thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar bills.
3. Only once, then you are subtracting it from 20.
4. "one word"
5. Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
6. He can't because he's dead
There are six F's in the sentence.
One of average intelligence finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average.
If you got five, you can turn up your nose at most anybody. If you caught six, you are a genius!
There is no catch.
Most people forget the "OF"'s.
The human brain tends to see them as "Vs" instead of "Fs."
HOW SMART WERE YOU?
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