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RIDDELS
RIDDELS
Riddle: What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
Answer: The letter O.
Riddle: What is stronger than steel but can’t handle the sun?
Answer: Ice.
Riddle: The more there is, the less you see. What am I?
Answer: Darkness.
Riddle: What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon,
and three at night?
Answer: A man. The times of day represent a lifetime. He crawls as a
baby, walks as an adult, and walks with a cane as an elder man.
Riddle: One day, a magician was boasting about how long he could
hold his breath underwater. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was
listening said, “that’s nothing, I can stay underwater for 10 minutes
using no equipment or air pockets!” The magician told the kid if he
could do that, he’d give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the
money. How?
Answer: He filled a glass of water and held it above his head for 10
minutes.
Riddle: What is it that given one, you’ll have either two or none?
Answer: A choice.
Riddle: A man runs away from home. He turns left but keeps running.
After some time, he turns left again and keeps running. He later turns
left once more and runs back home. Who was the man in the mask?
Answer: A baseball player running the bases.
Riddle: It’s shorter than the rest, but when you’re satisfied, you bring it
up. What is it?
Answer: Your thumb.
Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I’m invisible,
but you can call for me. What am I?
Answer: An echo.
Riddle: What connects two people, but touches only one?
Answer: A wedding ring
Riddle: What has a neck but no head, two arms, and no hands?
Answer: A shirt.
Riddle: A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for
five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Afterward, they enjoy a lovely
dinner. How?
Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.
Riddle: People in poverty have this. If you eat this you will die. What is
it?
Answer: Nothing.