Загадка 1, рубрика Classic Riddles

Загадка 1, рубрика "Classic Riddles"

An old fashioned bike wheel has 21 spokes. How many spaces are between the spokes - 20, 21, or 22?

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Ответ: 21; draw it and count them.

Where did Pilgrims land when they arrived in America?

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Ответ: On their feet.

Who succeeded the first President?

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Ответ: The second one!

When is the best time to have lunch?

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Ответ: After breakfast!

When should you strike a match?

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Ответ: Only when it becomes violent.

What makes a man bald-headed?

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Ответ: Lack of hair.

What is it that one needs most in the long run?

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Ответ: Your breath.

What animal keeps the best time?

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Ответ: A watchdog.

A man went on a trip on Friday, stayed for 2 days and returned on Friday. How is that possible?

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Ответ: Friday is a horse!

What has 4 wheels and flies?

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Ответ: A garbage truck!

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

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Ответ: Practice, practice, practice!

Think fast: There's an electric train traveling south. The wind is from the north-west. In which direction would the smoke from the train be blowing?

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Ответ: An electric train has no smoke!

What is the second most used letter in the English language? Hint: it is also the first letter of the most used word in the English language.

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Ответ: The letter \T.\

What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?

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Ответ: A man - crawls as a baby, then walks on 2 feet, then uses a cane (3 legs) as an old man.

If you see a bird sitting on a twig, how could you get the twig without disturbing the bird?

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Ответ: Wait until the bird flies away.

What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?

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Ответ: A kitten.

Why isn't your nose twelve inches long?

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Ответ: Because it would then be a foot.

What has a foot on each end and one in the middle?

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Ответ: A yardstick

Some months have thirty days and some months have thirty-one days. How many months have twenty-eight days?

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Ответ: All twelve months have 28 days. Some have more as well.

At the hardware store I was quoted 12 cents for one, 24 cents for 50, and 36 cents for 144. I wanted six. What was I buying and how much did it cost me?

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Ответ: Prices quoted were for house numbers at 12 cents per number. A number '6' cost me 12 cents.

What is so unusual about the number 2520?

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Ответ: 2520 is the lowest number into which all the digits from 1 to 10 will divide evenly.

My first wears my second; my third might be what my first would acquire if he went to sea. Put together my one, two, three, and the belle of New York is the girl for me. What one word am I?

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Ответ: Manhattan.

If 20 blackbirds are on a fence and you shoot one, how many remain?

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Ответ: None, they would all fly away from the sound of the shot.

What was given to you, belongs to you exclusively and yet is used more by your friends than by yourself?

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Ответ: Your name.

What is it that we often return but never borrow?

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Ответ: Thanks.

What is the most important thing in the world?

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Ответ: The letter \e\ because it is first in everybody and everything.

What runs around town all day and lies under the bed at night with its tongue hanging out?

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Ответ: Your shoes.

What is the difference between an oak tree and a tight shoe?

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Ответ: One makes acorns, the other makes corns ache.

How much water can you put into an empty 2 quart jar?

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Ответ: None, it would not be empty.

Why would you put money in a freezer?

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Ответ: To get some cold, hard cash.

What teaches without talking?

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Ответ: A book.

What is the tallest building in the world?

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Ответ: The library because it has the most stories.

What is as big as an elephant but doesn't weigh anything?

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Ответ: The shadow of an elephant.

What is the longest word in the English language?

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Ответ: SMILES - there is a mile between the 1st and last letters.

What is the shortest month?

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Ответ: May, it has only 3 letters.

Not a single parent objected when the teacher spanked every child in the class. Why?

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Ответ: The class was in an orphanage.

Thirty people died in a plane crash, but not a single survivor was buried. Why?

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Ответ: You do not bury survivors!

96 is not 69 upside down. Explain.

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Ответ: Turn 96 upside down and you will get 96.

A person living in New York can't be buried in Pennsylvania. Why?

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Ответ: You should never bury a person who is living.

All of Jenn's pets are dogs except one, and all of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Jenn have?

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Ответ: Jenn has one cat and one dog.

Where does Friday come before Thursday?

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Ответ: In the dictionary.

What is the reddest side of an apple?

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Ответ: The outside.

Загадка 321, рубрика "Letter Riddles"

What is the correct way to file an axe?

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Ответ: Under the letter \A.\

How do you get pies to work for the government?

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Ответ: You add the letter \S\ and get spies.

What letters are the smartest?

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Ответ: The \Y\s.

Why do your uncles, aunts, and cousins depend on you?

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Ответ: Without U, they would not exist.

What letter comes after \B\ in the alphabet?

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Ответ: The letter \e.\

What word of 8 letters can you subtract 5 and leave 10?

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Ответ: Tendency.

Why is the letter \G\ like the sun?

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Ответ: It is in the middle of liGht.

What 3 letters make a man of a boy?

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Ответ: a, g, e (age).

What starts with \T\, ends with \T\, and is full of \T\?

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Ответ: Teapot.

Why should men avoid the letter \A\?

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Ответ: Because it can make men mean.

Spell Indian tent with 2 letters.

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Ответ: TP.

What girl's name is like a letter?

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Ответ: KAY.

What is the difference between here and there?

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Ответ: The letter \T\.

рубрика "word Riddles"

What do you have if an ax falls on your car?

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Ответ: An ax-i-dent (accident).

What kind of bell doesn't ring?

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Ответ: Dumbbell.

What is a commonly used word that ends in T, contains the letters VEN and starts with IN?

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Ответ: Invent.

What kind of clock is crazy?

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Ответ: A Cuckoo Clock.

What do you get between sunrise and sunset?

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Ответ: Sunburned.

Rapid transit.

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Ответ: A raft.

Загадка 106, рубрика "Work Riddles"

Who judges baking contests?

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Ответ: A pirate (a pie right?)

Who makes a million dollars a day?

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Ответ: Someone who works in a mint.

What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy student?

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Ответ: One baits his hook, the other hates his book.

What is the difference between a dressmaker and a farmer?

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Ответ: A dressmaker sews what he gathers, a farmer gathers what he sows.

What profession did the parrot get into when it swallowed the clock?

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Ответ: Politics (Polly ticks).

Why are twin doctors puzzling?

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Ответ: They are a paradox (pair of docs).

What is a tailor's son?

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Ответ: A son of a so-and-so (sew-and-sew).

What does a farmer grow if he works hard enough?

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Ответ: Tired.

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