Riddles

2 men

2 men catch 2 fish in 2 minutes. At this rate, how many men could catch 500 fish in 500 minutes?

He was born on Febuary 29th on leap year

A man is twenty years old but has only had five birthdays. How is that possible?

Mary

Mary's mom has four children. The first child is called April. The second May. The third June. What is the name of the fourth child?

A Catcher and Umpire.

A man leaves home and turns left three times, only to return home facing two men wearing masks. Who are those two men?

None of them, it's a COCONUT tree.

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

None tomatoes are fruits

A tomato vine is 3 meters long. The bottom foot of the vine doesn't grow any tomatoes but the rest of the vine grows a tomato every 5 inches. How many vegetables can grow off of the vine?

A pencil

As your ideas grow, I shrink. What am I?

Today and tomorrow

Can you name the two days starting with T besides Tuesday and Thursday?

Easily, he sleeps at night

How can a man go eight days without sleep?

Throw the ball straight up in the air.

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, to only have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything?

One thousand

How high would you have to count before you use the letter 'A' in the spelling of a number?

All of them

How many months have 28 days?

A joke

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

A nose

I can run but never walk. Wherever I go, thoughts are close behind me.

A map

I have lakes with no fish. I have roads with no cars.

A wheelbarrow

I have two arms, but fingers I have none. I've got two feet, but I cannot run. I carry well, but I carry best with my feet off the ground. What am I?

A splinter

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.

Breath

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?

Glass

If a blue house is made out of blue bricks, a yellow house is made out of yellow bricks and a pink house is made out of pink bricks, what is a green house made of?

9

If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

2nd place.

If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

You can't take a picture with a wooden leg.

In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Every year

In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall on the same year?

Only me.

On my way to Tulsa I saw a man and his wife. His wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wife and man. How many were going to Tulsa?

Darkness

The more there is, the less you see.

A hole

The more you take away the larger it becomes. What is it?

Footsteps

The more you take the more you leave behind.

A pencil sharpener

The more you work, the more I'll eat.You keep me full, I'll keep you neat. What am I?

The match

There are 3 stoves. A glass stove, a brick stove , and a wood stove. You only have 1 match. Which do you light up first?

9

There are several books on a bookshelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

1, 2, and 3.

What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

A teapot

What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

Your name

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

The read the same right side up and upside down.

What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?

Mississippi

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

A river!

What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?

A glove.

What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?

An egg.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Charcoal

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

A coin

What is brown or silver, has a head and tail but no arms or legs?

Wholesome

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

Your word

What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?

The letter D. The sequence contains the first letter of each month.

What is next in this sequence: JFMAMJJASON_ ?

Silence

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

Yesterday

What is something you will never see again?

The letter V

What is the center of Gravity?

Your feet off the floor.

What is the last thing you take off before bed?

To keep cows warm.

What is the most common use of cowhides?

Anything, buildings can't jump

What jumps higher than a building?

A pillow

What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?

22 the sequence is +2, x2

What number comes next in the following sequence? 2 4 8 10 20 _

0

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

Your mother

What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you?

A fence

What runs around a field but never moves?

The Post Office!

What starts with a 'P', ends with an 'E' and has thousands of letters?

A bat

What thing that God made sleeps with its head down?

A sponge.

What's full of holes but can still hold water?

Because 7 8 9!

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

They would get paid more for two haircuts than one.

Why would a hair stylist rather cut the hair of two brunettes than one red head?

I am your sister

You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?

You

You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a carrot, a pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana. Which animal in the room is the smartest?