Riddles

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1) Riddle: I'm large enough to hold the world Yet I can sit upon a shelf But most peculiar is the truth That I contain myself What am I? Answer: A dictionary or encyclopedia.

2) Riddle: An Emperor wanted to reward a servant for all his hard work and he asked the servant what he would like. The servant replied that all he wanted was some rice. The servant said that he was very fond of playing chess and suggested that on the first square of the chess board be put two grains of rice, on the second two times two grains (4 grains), on the third four times four (16 grains) and so on - each time multiplying the sum of grains on the previous square by itself. The Emperor happily agreed, but he was soon to regret his decision, why? Answer: On the fourth square the total is 256 grains, on the fifth 65,536, and on the sixth 4,294,967,296. We gave up trying to calculate what the sum would be on the last square.

3) Riddle: A frog wants to cross to a road which is 16 feet wide. On his first jump he jumps half way across - exactly 8 feet. But he is getting tired and so with each jump he manages to jump only half the distance left between him and the edge of the road. How many jumps does it take for him to get to the other side? Answer: He never makes it - although the distance gets smaller, the frog always has half as much to go.

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1) Riddle: I am a tale in childrens’ minds. I keep their secrets and share them inside. I blur their thoughts into fantasies kept Like a canvas of art or a submarine depth. Though an illusion, it occurs every night; I give them a fantasy, I give them a fright. Nor good or bad, but always nigh’ It’s interesting to tell. What am I? Answer: A dream.

2) Riddle: I exist but sometimes ignored. I am forced to live on the floor. I cast an image, though dark, and follow my owner and leave no mark. I disappear when the sun sets And never be caught in any nets. I will always forever lie, Can you tell me what am I? Answer: A shadow.

3) Riddle: There are ten volumes of an encyclopedia on a shelf in a library. Each book is two inches thick. The books are in order. A bookworm starts munching his way through the books, starting at the front cover of Volume 1 and finishing with the back cover of Volume 10. If he eats in a straight horizontal line, how far has he gone? By the way, it's not as simple as it looks. Answer: The bookworm travels 16 inches. If the books are put on the shelf the right way up the front cover of volume one is on the inside, the back cover of the volume ten is also on the inside.

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1) Riddle: It cannot be seen,cannot be felt cannot be heard, cannot be smelt it lies behind stars and under hills and empty holes it fills. What is it? Answer: Darkness.

2) Riddle: You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What are you eating? Answer: Corn.

3) Riddle: First think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next tell me what's always the last thing to mend, the middle of the middle and end of the end? Finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, what creature would you be unwilling to kiss? Answer: Spyder or Spider.

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1) Riddle: I got it in a forest but didn't want it. Once I had it, I couldn't see it. The more I searched for it, the less I liked it. I took it home in my hand because I could not find it. What was it? Answer: A splinter.

2) Riddle: Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, ever drinking, when tired, never winking? Answer: A fish.

3) Riddle: If you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have? Answer: You'll have the two apples that you took.

4) Riddle: Why can't a man living in Winston Salem, NC, be buried west of the Mississippi? Answer: Because he's still alive.

5) Riddle: If you have it, you want to share it, but if you share it, you don't have it. What is it? Answer: A secret.

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1) Riddle: While on Safari in the wild jungles of Africa, Professor Claudia woke one morning and felt something in the pocket of her pajamas. It had a head and a tail, but no legs. When Claudia got up she could feel it move inside of her pocket. However, Claudia showed little concern and went about her morning activities. Why wasn't she concerned? Answer: It is a coin.

2) Riddle: A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this? Answer: The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.

3) Riddle: Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair? Answer: The outside.

4) Riddle: Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch? Answer: Your father.

5) Riddle: Voiceless it cries wingless flutters toothless bites mouthless mutters. What am I? Answer: Wind.

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