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2013-03-10

Good riddles #2


Here is a collection of riddles for clever people!


Q: Where were the Treaty of Versailles signed?
A: At the bottom of the contract.

Q: It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?
A: A hole

Q: What comes down but never goes up?
A: Rain

Q: What goes up when rain comes down?
A: An umbrella!

Q: How far can a blind dog walk into a forest?
A: Only to half-way.  After that he is walking out again.

Q: Mary’s father has 5 daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughters name?
A: If you answered Nunu, you are wrong. It’s Mary!

Q: What will happen if you throw a red brick into a green stream?
A: It will make a splash

Q: In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink. What colour were the stairs?
A: There weren't any stairs, it was a one story house.

Q: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
A: Short

Q: What will you get if you combine a monkey with an elephant?
A: A science medal.  (Probably the Nobel-prize)

Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?
A: The letter M

Q: If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A: A Secret.

Q: A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?
A: The house is on the north pole, so the bear is white.

Q: What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?
A: A teapot!

Q: You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
A: The match.

Q: A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do it?
A: His horse's name is Friday

Q: What is always coming but never arrives?
A: Tomorrow

Q: What has Eighty-eight keys but can’t open a single door?
A: A piano

Q: Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?
A: Starting-Staring-String-Sting-Sing-Sin-In-I.

Q: What starts with “P” and ends with “E” and has more than 1000 letters?
A: A post office!

Q: What is next in this sequence: JFMAMJJASON_ ?
A: The letter D. The sequence contains the first letter of each month.

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