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33. What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

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34. When is it bad luck to meet a white cat?

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35. If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?

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12. If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?

Answer: 1, the 1 you took away Who Guessed it: Beautifully_Silenced

14. How many letters are in the alphabet?

Answer: 11 Who Guessed it: Spaki64

4. If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?

Answer: 5 Who Guessed it: Chinausagirl

6. Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

Answer: 7 Family Members Who Guessed it: Chinausagirl

24. When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

Answer: A Riddle Who Guessed it: OckenfelsAll

11. Why wasn't John able to take a photo of his mother with curlers?

Answer: Cause you can't take a Picture with Curlers only with a Camrae Who Guessed it: Spaki64

1. There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way?

Answer: Deflate the Tires a little bit Who Guessed it: mistassassin

19. 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?

Answer: Eye Who Guessed it: haertbreyker

3. You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

Answer: Fill the 3-gallon container with oil and pour it into the 5-gallon container. Then fill the 3-gallon container again and use it to fill the 5-gallon container the rest of the way. One gallon will be left in the 3-gallon container. Who Guessed it: mistassassin

17. Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?

Answer: Fire Who Guessed it: Spaki64

26. You have 20 apples in a basket. 20 children come to you and each one of them ask for an apple. You want to give all the apples to each one of them, but still keep one inside the basket? How will you do it?

Answer: Give all the 19 apples to each one of them and give the basket to the last child with the apple still inside it. Who Guessed it: purplepony101

31. A man is traveling to a town and comes to a fork in the road. If he goes left, he goes to the liars' village. If he goes right, he then goes to the village of truths - which is where he wants to go. However, he does not know which way is which. He doesn't have time to go both routes, so he approaches a stranger who is standing in the middle of the fork. The stranger says he may only ask 3 questions and he will answer them. The man asks, "Are you from the village of truths?" The stranger says, "Yes!" However, the man is still facing a dilemma: If the stranger was from the village of truths he can only tell the truth, but if he was from the village of liars, he would say he was from the village of truth. So then he asks the stranger, "Are you telling the truth?" The stranger says, "Yes!" But sadly this leaves the man in the same position as before. Can you figure it out ?

Answer: He said "Lead me to your village" Who Guessed it: olayRebecca01

2. A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

Answer: He said, You will Put me into jail for 6 years! :Full Answer:He said, "You'll sentence me to six years in prison." If it was true, then the judge would have to make it false by sentencing him to four years. If it was false, then he would have to give him six years, which would make it true. Rather than contradict his own word, the judge set the man free. Who Guessed it: Chinausagirl

9. What work can a painter never quite finish?

Answer: Her autobiography. Who Guessed it: Partying_it_Up

27. A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?

Answer: Holes Who Guessed it: haertbreyker

10. Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?

Answer: Huricane Who Guessed it: Spaki64

30. If you look you cannot see me. And if you see me you cannot see anything else. I can make anything you want happen, but later everything goes back to normal. What am I?

Answer: Imagination Who Guessed it: bdktgr79

22. It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

Answer: Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing you'll die. Who Guessed it: NatashaRomanoff

29. I turn polar bears white And I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee And girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid And normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown And make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop. Can you answer this riddle?

Answer: Pressure Who Guessed it: Spaki64

7. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Answer: Queue Who Guessed it: Spaki64

13. What has a mouth but can't chew?

Answer: River Who Guessed it: Spaki64

5. What is broken every time it's spoken?

Answer: Silence Who Guessed it: Chinausagirl

18. What's full of holes but still holds water?

Answer: Sponge Who Guessed it: Spaki64

16. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

Answer: Stamp Who Guessed it: Spaki64

32. A father and son went in their car for a road trip. They got in a car crash. The father died, and the son was badly injured. He needed surgery, but in the hospital when the doctor comes in, the doctor says, "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son." Who's the doctor?

Answer: The doctor was the boys mother. Who Guessed it: NatashaRomanoff

25. Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?

Answer: There is a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter.The grandmother is also the mother's mother, so there are 2 daughters and 2 mothers, but only a total of 3 people. Who Guessed it: OckenfelsAll

15. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Answer: Towel Who Guessed it: Spaki64

28. You are standing in front of a room with 1 light bulb inside. You cannot see if it is on or off. Outside the room there are 3 switches in off position. You have to find out which switch controls the light bulb inside, but you get to enter the room only once. So how do you find out?

Answer: You turn 2 switches on and leave 1 switch off and wait about a minute. Then enter the room, but just before you enter, turn one switch from on to off. Once in the room, feel the light bulb - if it is warm, but off, it has to be the last switch you turned off. If it is on, it has to be the switch left on. If it is cold and is off, it has to be the switch you left in the off position. Who Guessed it: haertbreyker

20. You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

Answer: Your Word. (with Fridays help) Who Guessed it: Chinausagirl

8. If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?

Answer: okay, its a Lie but, thats not the full answer.... but, like a ton people said lie, lie, lie so I just put lie up, I wanted something to explain why its a lie, cause thats part of the answer so I guess not.;. Who Guessed it: ~EVERYONE~

21. What two words have thousands of letters in them?

Answer: post office Who Guessed it: ronhi

23. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

Answer: stars Who Guessed it: ronhi

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