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Riddles
Riddles
When I'm used, I'm useless, once offered, soon rejected. In desperation oft expressed, the
intended not protected. What am I?
An excuse
Invisible Apple
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and
everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes).
Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
NBA Players
In the NBA, how many men are on the basketball court for each team?
Five, not ten!
Shifting Colors
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal.
What am I?
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I
have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?
I am a shadow.
Hardest to Carry
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?
Your Breath.
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills
me. What am I?
Fire