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#1 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 17:59

Can u solve these riddles??

1)What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?


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


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


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


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


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


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


8)What kind of cheese is made backwards?


9)I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?


10)What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but never falls?


11)Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters "he" in that order. There are two possible answers. "hehe" is not acceptable. haha!


12)Which does not belong in this group:
Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear


13)You can find us in darkness but never in light.
We are present in daytime but absent at night.
In the deepest of shadows, We hide in plain sight.
What am I?


14)I guarantee," said the salesman in the pet shop, "that this purple parrot will repeat every word it hears." A customer bought the bird, but found that the parrot wouldn't speak a single word. Nevertheless, what the salesman said was true.
How could this be?


15)A wee wee man in a red coat.
Staff in my hand, stone in my throat.
What am I?


16)I'm white & used for cutting & grinding. When I'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals I am a useful tool.
What am I?


17)What do men want the least on their hands?


18)What is everyone in the world doing at the same time?


19)What question can you never answer "yes" to?


20)Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
What am I?


21)There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?


22)What goes around the world and stays in a corner?


23)Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?


24)I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
What am I?


25)My first is in ocean but never in sea, my second's in wasp but never in bee. My third is in glider and also in flight, my whole is a creature that comes out at night.
What am I?
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#2 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 20:29
love riddles...will get to them tomorrow ia
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#3 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 21:22
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#4 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 21:35
4: onion
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#5 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 21:36
1)What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Towel


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

Fire

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

An onion?


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

Light?


9)I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?

Rattle snake


12)Which does not belong in this group:
Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear

Banana. It is the only one in which the peel is not edible.

14)I guarantee," said the salesman in the pet shop, "that this purple parrot will repeat every word it hears." A customer bought the bird, but found that the parrot wouldn't speak a single word. Nevertheless, what the salesman said was true.
How could this be?

The bird is deaf.

16)I'm white & used for cutting & grinding. When I'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals I am a useful tool.
What am I?

Teeth

18)What is everyone in the world doing at the same time?

Hating George W. Bush

19)What question can you never answer "yes" to?

What does N-O spell?

20)Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
What am I?

A match.

21)There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

A window. There is also an invention called a door that lets people mysteriously walk through walls.


22)What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

a stamp


24)I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
What am I?

A bat

25)My first is in ocean but never in sea, my second's in wasp but never in bee. My third is in glider and also in flight, my whole is a creature that comes out at night.
What am I?

Owl

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#6 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 21:37
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Can u solve these riddles??

1)What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

a towel

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

imagination

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

gremlin would work for this question but i dont think thats the answer your looking for!

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

onion

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

?


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

a hole


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

?


8)What kind of cheese is made backwards?

edam


9)I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?


10)What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but never falls?

tide


11)Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters "he" in that order. There are two possible answers. "hehe" is not acceptable. haha!


12)Which does not belong in this group:
Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear

banana

13)You can find us in darkness but never in light.
We are present in daytime but absent at night.
In the deepest of shadows, We hide in plain sight.
What am I?

light?


14)I guarantee," said the salesman in the pet shop, "that this purple parrot will repeat every word it hears." A customer bought the bird, but found that the parrot wouldn't speak a single word. Nevertheless, what the salesman said was true.
How could this be?

deaf parrot

15)A wee wee man in a red coat.
Staff in my hand, stone in my throat.
What am I?

garden gnome?

16)I'm white & used for cutting & grinding. When I'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals I am a useful tool.
What am I?

teeth

17)What do men want the least on their hands?

death?


18)What is everyone in the world doing at the same time?

breathing


19)What question can you never answer "yes" to?

are you dead


20)Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
What am I?

match


21)There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

hole/window


22)What goes around the world and stays in a corner?


23)Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?


24)I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
What am I?

bat

25)My first is in ocean but never in sea, my second's in wasp but never in bee. My third is in glider and also in flight, my whole is a creature that comes out at night.
What am I?

owl
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#7 [Permalink] Posted on 27th April 2011 21:38
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assalaamu 'alaykum....hey not fair, you found answers at ummah.com?
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#8 [Permalink] Posted on 30th April 2011 19:54
Please delete the last post
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