Riddles
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1. What are the only positive three consecutive numbers that have the same product and sum?
2. What breathes, needs food, but can't have water?
3. How many bricks does it take to complete a brick building?
4. What gets larger the more it is taken away?
5. How much dirt is in a hole 5 by 5 by 8 meters?
6. What gets wetter the more it dries?
7. What is white when it's dirty, and black when it's clean?
8. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and white when you dispose of it?
9. How far can a dog run into the woods?
10. When 1=5, 2=6, 3=7, and 4=8, what does 5 equal?
11. There is a disaster, and a boy and his father are terribly injured. The boy is brought to the hospital, and the surgeon says "I can't operate on him, he's my son!" How is this?
12. I threw a ball away from me; at 12 miles per hour. After a few seconds, it went back towards me, but didn't bounce off anything. How?
13. What kind of building weighs the least?
14. What weighs more, 1,000 pounds of feathers or 1,000 pounds of bricks?
15. What is colder than 0.0...1 Kelvin?
16. Maria's mom has three kids. Her first born is May, and her second born is June. Who is her third child?
17. A mother and father have four daughters. Each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
18. What word has the same pronunciation even if 4 of its 5 letters are taken away?
19. Why wasn't Katrina put in jail after she killed many people?
20. You are kidnapped. The kidnapper declares that you may have a final statement before you are killed. If your statement is true, you
will be burned to death. If your statement is false, you will be drowned. What is the only statement you can say that will save you from death?
21. What can travel all over the world while staying in the corner?
22. What has four fingers and a thumb but isn't a hand?
23. I have many keys but few locks. I have a space, but no room. You can enter and escape, but can't be inside. What am I?
24. I can only live where there is light, but light destroys me. What am I?
25. Jeff is over 50 years old, and has NEVER left his house. How is this possible?
26. A dog is on a leash that is 20 feet long. There is food 30 feet away from him, but he could get it. How?
27. Albert and Jerry are found dead on the floor surrounded by broken glass and water, but they weren't murdered. What happened?
28. What can be broken by saying its name?
29. What is brown and sticky, but isn't syrup?
30. The red house is made of red bricks. The blue
house is made of blue bricks. What is the green house made of?
31. What can be broken with a hammer, or lateness?
By Charlie
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