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20 Riddles to brighten your week!

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Anyone love a good riddle? I have a love/hate relationship with them for sure. I want to solve them so badly, then when I can't figure it out and see the answer, I end up feeling pretty stupid that I couldn't do it myself!

Here are riddles for someone bored and needing a laugh!

1. A seven letter word containing thousands of letters

Mailbox

2. What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?

Teapot

3. What is big and yellow and comes in the morning, to brighten mom's day?

School Bus

4. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

5. Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?

He has 5 children, all of the daughters have the same 1 brother.

6. Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die

Fire

7. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

8. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A penny

9. It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it?

Jokes

10. There is bomb on top of a computer; around the computer are a hairbrush, keys, phone and a cup. When the explosion comes, what item destroyed first?

The bomb

11. Teddy bears are never hungry because they are always what?

Stuffed

12. If a green man lives in a green house, a purple man lives in a purple house, a blue man lives in a blue house, a yellow man lives in a yellow house, a black man lives in a black house. Who lives in a White house?

The President

13. You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One monkey has a banana, one has a stick, and one has nothing. Who is the smartest primate?

You

14. How do you make the number one disappear by adding to it?

Add the letter 'G' and it becomes Gone

15. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

A stamp

16. What can you catch but not throw?

A cold

17. What body part is pronounced as one letter but written with three, only two different letters are used?

Eye

18. Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

Racecar

19. Two fathers and their two sons go fishing together. They each catch one fish to take home with them. They do not lose any fish, and yet when they arrive at home they only have three fish. How can this be?

There are just three people. A grandfather, his son, and his grandson.

20. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Charcoal


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