AFRICAN RIDDLES & PROVERBS

1. I am neither inside nor outside but I am in every house. Who am

I?
Answer: A door.

2. I have a house full of milk and crunchy food inside and the husk
all over my shell. I am a fruit growing in tall tree in Africa and
Islands. Who am I?
Answer: Coconut

3. I am born tall, but I die very short. I am used inside the house.
Who am I?
Answer: A candle

4. I have ten servants that obey to my orders; they help me

whenever I need them. They nourish me, help me wear my
clothes and they turn the pages of my book when I am reading.
They never argue among themselves, who are they?
Answer: My Fingers

5. Two doors are opening and closing at the same time. But they
are not doors of my house. What are they?

Answer: My eyes.

6. I have a good friend, who is teaching me a lot of things, but

unfortunately my friend is not speaking. Who is my friend?

Answer: A book
7. Who is taller when he sits than when he is standing?

Answer: a dog
8. I am always spinning, but I don’t have any clothe; who am I?

Answer: a spider.
9. I am a huge tree, but you will see my fruits only in the night.
Who am I?
Answer: The sky and the stars.
10. What are the two things that are going everywhere
together day and night, but will never meet?
Answer: the eyes.

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