Riddle


** Test For People Who Know Everything **

Trust us, this is a good test.  So many of the questions are tantalising.  You should be able to get at least three, but you have to be a genius to get 10/12.  Question (2) is especially tricky.

12 Tests - (Answers supplied when you have completed)
(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? (Biennials don't count.)

(4) Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defence, 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?"

(9a) For English readers, What is the Vale referred to in Vale Park.

(10) There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit.  Being designated a pinch-runner is one way. Name the other six.

(10a) For English and Colonial readers, there are 10 ways of being out in Cricket.  Hit the ball twice is one. Can you name the other 9.

(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."


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Answers we could have been mean and said 'See tomorrow, but no, here are you answers today.

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Answers (Simple)
1. Boxing. (Possibly Ice Skating)

2. Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

3. Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. Baseball.

5. Strawberry.

6. The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

7. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. Period (full stop), comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

9. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when they moved west.

9a. Port Vale Football club play at Vale Park.

10. Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being 'Walked' by the pitcher.

10a Cricket: Bowled, Stumped, LBW, Run Out, Caught, Hit ball twice, Hit wicket, Handled ball, Obstructing the fielder, and the one everyone forgets - Out of time.

11. Lettuce.

12. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings.

Well, now you know! Feel any smarter? 

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#51

You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

Solution

#52

My tines be long,
My tines be short
My tines end ere
My first report.
What am I?

Solution

#53

My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

Solution

#54

I can be cracked, I can be made.
I can be told, I can be played.
What am I?

Solution

#55

What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

Solution

#56

You do not want to have me,
But when you have me,
You do not want to lose me.
What am I?

Solution

#57

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

Solution

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#41

There is not wind enough to twirl
That one red leaf, nearest of its clan,
Which dances as often as dance it can.

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Solution

#42

What does man love more than life?
Fear more than death or mortal strife?
What do the poor have, what the rich require,
And what contented men desire?
What does the miser spend, the spendthrift save,
And all men carry to their graves?

Solution

#43

Tough one!

Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving can't relate

Solution

#44

Tough one!

What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished?

Solution

#45

When I am filled,
I can point the way;
When I am empty,
Nothing moves me.
I have two skins,
One without and one within.
What am I?

Solution

#46

Tough one!

As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What am I?

Solution

#47

I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.

Solution

#48

What walks on four legs in the morning, two at mid-day, and three in the evening?

Solution

#49

What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Solution

#50

I have hands that wave at you,
Though I never say goodbye.
It's cool for you to be with me,
Especially when I say, "HI."
What am I?

Solution

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#31

If you break me,
I do not stop working.
If you touch me,
I may be snared.
If you lose me,
Nothing will matter.
What am I?

Solution

#32

If a man carried my burden,
He would break his back.
I am not rich,
But I leave silver in my track.
What am I?

Solution

#33

Glittering points that downward thrust,
Sparkling spears that never rust.
What is it?

Solution

#34

Weight in my belly,
Trees on my back,
Nails in my ribs,
Feet do I lack.
What am I?

Solution

#35

Until I am measured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown!
What am I?

Solution

#36

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?

Solution

#37

Lighter than what I'm made of,
More of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?

Solution

#38

To unravel me
You need a key.
No key that was made by locksmith's hand,
But a key that only I will understand.
What am I?

Solution

#39

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. What are they?

Solution

#40

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#21

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?

Solution

#22

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

Solution

#23

Tough one!

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

Solution

#24

Tough one!

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

Solution

#25

At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

Solution

#26

I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

Solution

#27

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?

Solution

#28

In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.

-- Mother Goose

Solution

#29

It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?

Solution

#30

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
What is it?

Solution

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#11

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

Solution

#12

Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

Solution

#13

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

Solution

#14

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

Solution

#15

A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

Solution

#16

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

Solution

#17

I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Solution

#18

I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

Solution

#19

Tough one!

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

Solution

#20

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Solution

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Riddles

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

Solution

#12

Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

Solution

#13

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

Solution

#14

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

Solution

#15

A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

Solution

#16

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

Solution

#17

I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Solution

#18

I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

Solution

#19

Tough one!

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

Solution

#20

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter

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Riddles

Can you guess what each of these riddles is describing?

#1

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Solution

#2

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Solution

#3

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

Solution

#4

What can you catch but not throw?

Solution

#5

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

Solution

#6

What's black and white and red all over?

Solution

#7

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

Solution

#8

I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?

Solution

#9

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

Solution

#10

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

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Riddle

Question

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

Answer

I'm a Soul.

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Riddles

  1. Why did the woman wear a helmet at the dinner table? Show Answer

  2. What do you call a fairy that hasn't taken a bath? Show Answer
  3. Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly? Show Answer
  4. Why are Teddy Bears never hungry? Show Answer
  5. What did the chewing gum say to the shoe? Show Answer
  6. Why was the belt arrested? Show Answer
  7. What do you call a funny book about eggs? Show Answer
  8. What does the Invisible Man drink at snack time? Show Answer
  9. What did the beach say when the tide came in? Show Answer
  10. What did one potato chip say to the other? Show Answer
  11. Why couldn't the sailors play cards? Show Answer
  12. What is the best thing to do if a bull charges you? Show Answer
  13. Why can't you play basketball with pigs? Show Answer
  14. Which football player wears the biggest helmet? Show Answer
  15. What did the outlaw get when he stole a calendar? Show Answer
  16. In which month do monkeys play baseball? Show Answer
  17. How do rabbits travel? Show Answer
  18. Have you heard about the restaurant on the moon? Show Answer
  19. Why didn't the hotdog star in the movies? Show Answer
  20. What is black and white and pink all over? Show Answer
  21. What is the cannibals’ favorite game? Show Answer
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Riddles

Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.

Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.

Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.

Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: He wanted to save time.

Q:

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Proverbs

Question

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

Answer

I'm a Soul.

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Riddles

English Riddles

Read the following English language riddles and test out your reading comprehension and reasoning by trying to work out the answer.

  

Riddle # 1

What part of the body has the most rhythm?

 

Riddle # 2

A farmer combined 2 compost heaps with 3 others. How many compost heaps does he have?

 

Riddle # 3

Who succeeded the first Prime Minister of Australia ?

 

Riddle # 4

Why was Karl Marx buried at Highgate Cemetery in London?

 

Riddle # 5

What odd number becomes even when beheaded?

 

Riddle # 6

Why is the letter E like London?

 

Riddle # 7

What lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself?

 

Riddle # 8

"The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place."

 

Riddle # 9

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball." 

 

Riddle # 10 

"At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen."

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Riddles

Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.

Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.

Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.

Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: He wanted to save time.

Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: A clock.

by: Zeinab Eltayb

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Riddles

Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.

Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.

Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.

Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: He wanted to save time.

Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: A clock.

Q: What has a neck, but no head?
A: A bottle.

Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: On the bottom.

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Pun

Three tomatoes are walking down the street, a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. The baby tomato is lagging behind the poppa and momma tomato. The poppa tomato gets mad, goes over to the momma tomato and stamps on him --
(STAMPS on the ground)
-- and says: catch up.

There once was a very large lady in our town. She wore a dress size 16. I knew her when she was young, but she had a much smaller size.
Why do you think she is now wearing a size 16?
I guess she just 8 + 8 (ate and ate).
Submitted by David Trimingham

A man wanting to borrow another man's

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What room has walls and a roof but no doors or windows? A mushroom.

Mackenzie, age 10, Canada
Jared, age 11, USA

What always has a beat and a rhythm to it but is not a song? Your heart.

Kelsey, age 12, USA

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Riddles

 

Why was the tissue dancing on the table?
Because he had a little boogie in him!

Angie, age 11, USA

How many O's are in Fortinos?
14!

Cassandra, age 9, Canada

What do you call a deer with no eye?
No-eye-deer.

Shannon, age 11, Australia

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riddles

English Riddles

Read the following English language riddles and test out your reading comprehension and reasoning by trying to work out the answer.

  

Riddle # 1

What part of the body has the most rhythm?

 

Riddle # 2

A farmer combined 2 compost heaps with 3 others. How many compost heaps does he have?

 

Riddle # 3

Who succeeded the first Prime Minister of Australia ?

 

Riddle # 4

Why was Karl Marx buried at Highgate Cemetery in London?

 

Riddle # 5

What odd number becomes even when beheaded?

 

Riddle # 6

Why is the letter E like London?

 

Riddle # 7

What lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself?

 

Riddle # 8

"The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place."

 

Riddle # 9

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball." 

 

Riddle # 10 

"At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen."

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motivation

 



Motivational Quotes

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Voltaire

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action.
Benjamin Disraeli

You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
Author Unknown

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William B. Sprague

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson

Fortune favors the brave.
Publius Terence

He who hesitates is lost.
Proverb

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our souls.
Winston Churchill

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

For hope is but the dream
of those that wake.
Matthew Prior

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Lucretius

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--
a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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