Riddle Me This....
 

This is the thread where all Riddles are welcome. I am going to start with some really old riddles to get the ball rolling and you can all guess and throw out another riddle.

Sorry, there are no prizes, but do know that if you answer a riddle right, you are smarter that the average Joe/Jill. :D

Riddle #1:

There are 2 American coins that equal 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. How is that possible?

Riddle #2:

You know how birds fly in the "V" form. How come one side is long than the other?

Riddle #3:

Dr. Fisher and his son Arthur are in a car accident. Dr. Fisher is killed instantly. Arthur is taken to the hospital. The old surgeon says. Stop, I cant operate because this is my son Arthur. How is this possible?

and last, but not least Riddle #4:

A plane crashes so that half of the plane is in the US and the other half is in Canada. Where would you bury the survivors?

Thats all for now....Have fun!
Q

I know 3 out of 4...
 

#1 One of the coins is a quarter which is not a nickel.

#2 There are more birds on that side? Wasn't sure about this one.

#3 The surgeon is Authur's Mom

#4 You don't bury survivors!

Okay I don't know about #2 but:

#1. One of them is not a nickel, so it's a quarter. It says noting about both coins not being nickels.

#3. The surgeon is his mother.

#4. You don't bury survivors. DUH!!:D

ETA: I must have been writing at the same time as RedVelvet. #2 is a stumper. :confused:

LOL #2 - There are more birds on that side!
Good one!

Very Good
 

All of you got #2 right.

Here are more and feel free to add your own.

1) A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

2) A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?

3) George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.
Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?

4) There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Thats all for now...see if you can answer these.
Q

1. All of them are boys, so half are boys and so is the other half.

2. The farmer's load was heavier because he carried a sack of grain, the help only carried two sacks with nothing in them.

3. Elizabeth is drinking coffee. All of the coffee drinkers have two "E's" in there name, while the soda drinkers only have one.

4. Startling, starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I

I guess you can tell what my teachers used to do with us when they ran out of work to assign, but I loved it. I have a couple of old ones you've probably heard before.

1. You are in a race and you overtake the 2nd person, what place are you in?

2. What is greater than God, more evil than the Devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die.

NOTHING

Maybe I should try some in my class....

Quote:

1. You are in a race and you overtake the 2nd person, what place are you in?

Second?

Third???:confused:

I think it's 2nd place.

I think it's first place :confused:

2nd place. They are bumped down to third and you are now intheir place at second.

For all of you who said 2nd place.... Ding, Ding, Ding you're correct.

The second answer was, "nothing"

I got one....

Riddle:


*My name is spelled the same
forwards as it is backwards.
I am a noun, a verb and an adjective.
I am used to determine increase,
decrease, and balance.
I am where elevators take you.

What is my name?

My riddles
 

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England?

2. How many birthdays does the average man have?

3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?

4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents; the woman is the beggars' sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?

5. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

6. How many outs are there in an inning?

7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why or why not?

8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. They are not ties. Explain this.

9. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?

10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why?

11. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many apples would you have?

12. How far can a dog run in the woods.

13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there was an oil burner, a kersoene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?

14. A doctor give you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How long would the pills last?

15. A farmer has 17 sheep, all but 9 die. How many are left?

16. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the Ark?

17. It's 1963 and you set your clock for 7 a.m. and it's currently 10 p.m. How many hours will you sleep?

18. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh?

19. How many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?

20. What was the President's name in 1950?