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Eric Apr 22nd, 2005 01:14 am

Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
 
Riddles can be very useful in the classroom. They can be used as ice-breakers or to address stereotypes and cultural differences.

Please only use this thread to post riddles and their answers.

Eric Apr 22nd, 2005 01:18 am

Twins
 
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?

(please quote this riddle with your answer)

noriko May 26th, 2006 09:44 pm

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Quote:

Quote Eric
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?

(please quote this riddle with your answer)

Answer
-- because they were triplets (or more).:)

A riddle
-- why is a math book always sad?

mesmark May 27th, 2006 05:49 pm

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Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

Manuela May 28th, 2006 11:40 am

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[quote=mesmark]Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?[/QUOT
Number 3 must be a coffin?
Number 4 must be chilli pepper?
Number 5 must be air?
! and 2 make me think of things that are not mentionable here

Another riddle: The more you take the bigger it gets, the more you add the smaller it gets, ( I hope my translation is comprehensible)

mesmark May 28th, 2006 05:57 pm

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Quote:

Quote Manuela
Number 3 must be a coffin?
Number 4 must be chilli pepper?
Number 5 must be air?
! and 2 make me think of things that are not mentionable here

Number 3 is right! :becky:
Number 4 could be right I guess but the answer I was going for is 'salt.'

noriko May 29th, 2006 08:23 am

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Quote noriko

A riddle
-- why is a math book always sad?

Answer
-- because it is full of problems.:becky:

Bilingualdiva Jun 5th, 2006 07:09 am

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manuela... is the answer to your riddle "Space" ?

Riddle: What crawls on four, then walks on two, then on three?

noriko Jun 5th, 2006 07:26 am

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O good one!

Is it a human being? Because when a baby, he/she crawls on all four, as a child and an adult, walks on two, and as an old person, walks with a stick, adding an extra to two legs, which makes it three?:rolleyes:

Manuela Jun 5th, 2006 08:36 am

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Bilingualdiva. I don't know about space, it might be I suppose.
My answer is a hole. When you dig a hole, the more soil you take out the bigger it gets, the more soil you add the smaller it gets.

Bilingualdiva Jun 5th, 2006 12:32 pm

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:D yes Noriko it6 is the human being...

Dirt... got it manuela...

riddle: If your unlce's sister is related to you but is not your aunt what is the relation?

Riddle: Do you know if the Catholic church allows a man to marry his widow's sister?

riddle: Can someone marry hi sbrother's wife's mother in law?

enjoy .. these are great with a beginners class on family.

Manuela Jun 6th, 2006 12:25 am

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Ccool riddles. I've just done poosessives with my beginner class.
I'll use your riddles. Very nice.
I suppose the answers are:
Your uncle's sister is your mother
A dead man cannot marry.
A man cannot marry his own mother

Some other riddles
What has got four legs but cannot walk?
What has got teeth but cannot eat?
What has got a tail but cannot wag it?

mesmark Jun 6th, 2006 12:26 am

Re: Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
 
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Quote Bilingualdiva
riddle: If your unlce's sister is related to you but is not your aunt what is the relation?

Riddle: Do you know if the Catholic church allows a man to marry his widow's sister?

riddle: Can someone marry hi sbrother's wife's mother in law?

1. your mother
2. ??
3. No, you can't marry your own mother.

Unregistered Jun 6th, 2006 09:46 pm

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Right on Manuela... you got it..
let's see yours...
1. a table
2. a zipper
3. a kite or a car or a pony tail??? I'm really guessing here.

I do a lot of riddles with my high school kids... but the adults in the evening are the ones who really love them.... for them I save the more mature ones...

Riddle: A man is found hanging from the center of a room... there is only a door , a window and absolutley no furniture... there is a puddle of water under the man.... how did he hang himself???

Bilingualdiva Jun 6th, 2006 10:05 pm

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Mesmark the second anser is you can't marry a dead man... if she is a widow then her husband has past away...
The unregistered reply was me as well... was in a rush and didn't sign in..

Riddle: What are 2 things people don't eat before breakfast?

Riddle:Why did the man put his watch in a safe?

Riddle:What can't be used until it is broken?

Riddles about the alphabet:
Riddle:Which letter is not me?
Riddle: which is the most sefl centered letter?
Riddle:What letter has the most amount of water?:lol: :becky:

Bilingualdiva Jun 6th, 2006 10:07 pm

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Hey guys try out this website for some riddles
http://iteslj.org/c/jokes-riddles.html
enjoy....

Manuela Jun 8th, 2006 12:39 am

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Did the man hang himself by stepping on an icecube?
The letter which is not me is U?
The self-centered letter is O?
I don't know which letter has the most water in it.

Thank you for the riddle site. Have just printed the jokes. Gonna study them during a meeting I HAVE TO attend today.

Another riddle:
What does a hen think while running away from a rooster?
Answer:
" If I run too fast he may not catch me. If I let him catch me he'll think I'm too easy. I'd better stumble and fall."

mesmark Jun 8th, 2006 06:01 am

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Quote:

Quote Bilingualdiva
Riddle:What letter has the most amount of water?:lol: :becky:

C

mesmark Jun 8th, 2006 06:08 am

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Quote Bilingualdiva
Riddle: What are 2 things people don't eat before breakfast?

lunch and dinner

I don't do many riddles with my students but it seems like fun. I'll have to check out that link.

Some of these are also a bit of nostalgia. Ah... the simple days...

Thanks for all the great riddles.

george_atento Jun 17th, 2006 12:35 pm

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a man marrying his widow's sister?

he can't marry anymore because he is dead?

noriko Jun 18th, 2006 10:40 pm

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Quote:

Quote Bilingualdiva
Riddle:Why did the man put his watch in a safe?

Riddle:What can't be used until it is broken?

Why did the man put his watch in a safe?
-- Because it was very expensive? (I think the real answer is more sophisticated.)

What can't be used until it is broken?
-- It's a seal?

noriko Jun 18th, 2006 10:43 pm

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Quote:

Quote mesmark
Warning! These are a little goofy.


2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?


Is it an uphill?

mesmark Jun 18th, 2006 11:36 pm

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it is a 'ton'

noriko Jun 18th, 2006 11:52 pm

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Quote mesmark
it is a 'ton'

May I know why "a ton" is heavy forward but not so backward?:confused:

mesmark Jun 19th, 2006 12:18 am

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by backwards it means read backwards.

I warned you that it was goofy.:p

noriko Jun 19th, 2006 01:57 am

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Quote mesmark
by backwards it means read backwards.

I warned you that it was goofy.:p

Oh! Good one! I didn't think goofy that way.:doh:

This may be a classic.
What time was it when an elephant sat on a fence?

mesmark Jun 19th, 2006 06:11 am

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time to get a new fence?

noriko Jun 19th, 2006 11:12 am

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Quote mesmark
time to get a new fence?

Yes, exactly! How did you guess?:bounce:

Unregistered Jul 5th, 2006 06:04 pm

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Well the man wouldn't be marrying anyone now if he has a widow,so he's dead! Ie: Reply to Q. about Catholic church

Riddle about marrying brother's wife's mother-in-law ...not really, unless he can marry his own mother!

Unregistered Jul 7th, 2006 04:50 pm

Re: Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
 
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Quote Unregistered
Right on Manuela... you got it..
let's see yours...
1. a table
2. a zipper
3. a kite or a car or a pony tail??? I'm really guessing here.

I do a lot of riddles with my high school kids... but the adults in the evening are the ones who really love them.... for them I save the more mature ones...

Riddle: A man is found hanging from the center of a room... there is only a door , a window and absolutley no furniture... there is a puddle of water under the man.... how did he hang himself???

need to know the answer to tht last riddle bout the man hanging himself

mesmark Jul 7th, 2006 05:24 pm

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he was standing on a block of ice

quilter Jul 7th, 2006 09:37 pm

Re: Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
 
What do you call a deer with no eyes?

A: No eye deer (no idea)

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?

A: Still no eye deer.

noriko Jul 7th, 2006 10:02 pm

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Why doesn't a mountain covered with snow catch cold? It's not because mountains can't catch cold.

jenniferp Jul 7th, 2006 10:46 pm

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Quote:

Quote mesmark

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

A secret.



Here's one....
How many bricks does it take to complete a house made of bricks?

xx

mesmark Jul 8th, 2006 07:29 pm

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one
:becky:

In Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a sign. Why not?

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

What is the middle of nowhere?

What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don’t want to use it?

priya Jul 27th, 2006 01:43 am

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In Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a sign. Why not?

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

What is the middle of nowhere?

What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don’t want to use it?
__________________
First is cause u need a camera to take a pic..
I dont exactly know the second one..but it seems like something to do with eyesight,
i think the third one is 'H'

mesmark Jul 27th, 2006 02:16 am

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1. yes, you can't take a picture with a sign
2. the answer is darkness.
3. H!
4. an anchor

bosco Aug 4th, 2006 09:53 pm

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Which letter is not me? U
Which is the most sefl centered letter? I
What letter has the most amount of water? P

is that right?

jenniferp Aug 8th, 2006 05:27 am

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What letter has the most amount of water? P
C ?


Who is bigger: Mr Bigger or Mr Bigger's son?

Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

What's white when it's dirty and black when it's clean?

mesmark Aug 8th, 2006 07:10 am

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Quote jenniferp
What's white when it's dirty and black when it's clean?

a blackboard?

mesmark Aug 8th, 2006 07:13 am

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Quote noriko
Why doesn't a mountain covered with snow catch cold? It's not because mountains can't catch cold.

maybe everybody gives up.

jenniferp Aug 8th, 2006 07:22 am

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a blackboard?

correct!:juggle:

noriko Aug 8th, 2006 07:34 am

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Quote mesmark
maybe everybody gives up.

do you mean everybody gives up answering my riddle about why a mountain covered with snow doesn't catch cold?


the answer is because it is wearing a snowcap.;)

noriko Aug 8th, 2006 08:00 am

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Quote jenniferp


Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

Tom?

jenniferp Aug 9th, 2006 02:27 am

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Tom?
Correct!!:grouphug:

nora soto Aug 14th, 2006 06:56 pm

Re: Twins
 
Quote:

Quote Eric
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?

(please quote this riddle with your answer)

they were triplets. One of them was not there at the moment.

jenniferp Sep 10th, 2006 09:10 am

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Who is bigger: Mr Bigger or Mr Bigger's son?
I'll answer my own question...

Mr Bigger's son. (as he is a little Bigger)

:llama:

susan53 Oct 13th, 2006 03:17 pm

Re: Riddles - Riddles & Answers ONLY!
 
[quote=Manuela][quote=mesmark]Warning! These are a little goofy.



2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

Ton ???

mesmark Oct 13th, 2006 04:59 pm

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Quote susan53
2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

Ton ???

Yes! :D

Pix Oct 19th, 2006 08:05 am

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Can giraffes have babies?


No they can only have giraffes.


What does a house wear?


A dress.


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