Riddle me this … Can you solve these Riddles?
RIDDLE [rid – l] noun – a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.
Pit yourself against some fiendishly mind bending riddles to see if you can work out what each one is referring to. We’ve included the answers along side each one, so no peaking before you’ve had a good chance ruminate over the possible answers!
Riddle me this …For some I go fast |
Answer...Time
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Riddle me this …What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? |
Answer...A Towel
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Riddle me this …A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of? |
Answer...Glass
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Riddle me this …Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? |
Answer...Fire
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Riddle me this …I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I? |
Answer...A Nose
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Riddle me this …No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? |
Answer...Silence
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Riddle me this …Four jolly men sat down to play, |
Answer...Four men in a dance band
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Riddle me thisI have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I? |
Answer...A Sponge
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Riddle me this …What can fill a room but takes up no space? |
Answer...Light
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Riddle me this …Take off my skin, I won’t cry, but you will. What am I? |
Answer...An Onion
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Riddle me this …A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.” The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the showman writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? |
Answer...The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote “your exact weight” on the paper.
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Riddle me this …There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it? |
Answer...Place it on one person’s head
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