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#1
Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
Final score:
21points
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#2
Here is a really bad one I made up:
Sarah bought a dog to calm her anxiety. She killed it. She was happy.
What was the dog’s name?
Comment your answer.
Final score:
12points
#3
A man lives on the 25 floor of an apartment. He can take the elevator all the way up to his apartment on rainy days or if there is someone else in the elevator. On sunny days he goes up on the elevator 10 floors and then takes the stairs the rest of the way up. Explain.
Final score:
12points
Zak Rasten 3 years ago
He's too short to reach higher than button 10, but if someone else is in the elevator he can ask them to press the button for 25 for him and on rainy days he can reach it with his umbrella
#4
1). What word starts with E, ends with E, but only has one letter in it?
2). How can you drop an egg from the top of a 10 foot ladder onto concrete without it breaking?
3). What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Final score:
9points
#5
What was the first man-made object that broke the speed of sound?
Final score:
7points
#6
3 people go out on the town. Come night they decide to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel room costs $30 to which they each kick in $10 ($10x3=$30). After they go to their room, the manager feels generous and decides to refund them $5. He rings the bellboy, hands him 5 $1 bills and asks him to take it up to them. On the way upstairs, the bellboy decides to pocket $2. He gives each of the people $1 back. They each have now paid $9 ($9x3 =$27) plus the $2 the bellboy kept is $29. What happened to the other dollar?
Final score:
6points
#7
You have been asked to take 3 gold balls from one village, to another which sits on the other side of a ravine. You approach the bridge and see a sign that tells you that the maximum weight of the bridge is 140kg.
You weigh 130kg, the 3 gold balls each weigh 5kg.
The ravine is too wide to throw them across and you cannot leave any behind as they will be stolen .
How do you make the journey in a single crossing?
Final score:
5points
Taco Da Guinea Pig 3 years ago
Juggle them? Wait, no. That would still be more than 14okg. Uh... cut each one in half and then juggle them? No. That would still be more. And like how. Idk I’m so confused.
#8
In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
Comment your answers :D
Final score:
4points
#9
1) 32 white horses upon a red hill. First they stomp, then they chomp and they they stand still. What are they?
2) If you have a bee in your hand, what do you have in your eye?
3) While I was travelling to St. Ives I met a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives how many were going to St. Ives?
4) A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
Final score:
4points
cheers, cassidy 3 years ago
1) teeth 2) beauty (beauty is in the eye of the BEE-holder. hehe puns) 3) only him 4) grandson
#10
If a rooster lays an egg on the tippy top of a roof, which way does it roll off, the left or the right ?
Final score:
4points
#11
Red houses are made of red bricks.
Blue houses are made of blue bricks.
What are green houses made of?
Final score:
4points
#12
What is 4-1?
Final score:
3points
Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago
I'm not going to overthink this so I'm going to guess 3
#13
20 men went to visit a castle. Before they arrived there was no-one else at the castle, and during their visit no-one else arrived. During their visit there was a murder at the castle. At the end of their visit all 20 men went home alive. How is this possible?
Final score:
3points
#14
You are trapped in a building with no escape but three doors. To get to one door you have to walk through a raging fire reaching 400°F (204.444°C). To get to the other, you have to go through a freezing cold chamber reaching -400°F (-240°C). To get to the last door, you have to escape a deadly serial killer who murdered 10 people in 1897. Which door do you choose?
Final score:
3points
#15
Was comes twice every moment, once every minute but never in a thousand years?
This one is better if not written but told. ^^;
Final score:
3points
#16
You are a farmer. You need to bring a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. You have a rowboat, but can only bring across you and one other thing. If the grain and chicken are left alone, the chicken will eat the grain. If the fox and the chicken are left alone, the fox will eat the chicken. How do you you get all three across?
Final score:
2points
Bethany Francis 3 years ago
Take the chicken first, go back and get the grain, take the chicken back with you, then take the fox across, then go back and get the chicken leaving the fox and grain behind.
#17
My first is foremost legally.
My second circles outwardly.
My third leads all in victory.
My fourth twice ends a nominee.
My whole is this riddle's key.
Final score:
2points
#18
What does the "ONION" in "Our Name Is ONION Now" mean?
Final score:
2points
littlesaresare 3 years ago
Our name is onion now. Our name is our name is onion now now. Our name is our name is our name is onion now now now. Our name is our name is our name is our name is onion now now now. Our name is our name is our name is our name is our name is onion now now now now. Ad infinitim...
#19
1) A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
2) You are in a room that has three switches and a closed door. The switches control three light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door, you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?
3) Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a short one. Madonna does not use hers. Bill Clinton always uses his. The Pope never uses his. What is it?
4) What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
5) The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
Final score:
2points
#20
Which is the most musical animal?
Final score:
2points
#21
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They all catch one fish each. When they get home they present their catches - three fish. How come?
Final score:
2points
Jean François Pernot 3 years ago
1 grand father + 1 father + 1 son = two fathers and two sons.
#23
A man walks into a bar, he asks for a glass of water and only that. The bartender takes out a rifle and shoots the ceiling. The man thanks the bartender and goes out the door.
Why?
Final score:
2points
Dave van Es 3 years ago
The bartender saw that the man had a bad case of the hiccups. The shock of the barman firing a shotgun cured the hiccups
#24
What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
Final score:
1point
#25
A man has to take a fox , a hen and a bag of corn across a wide river. He has to get all three across safely or he won't get paid by the merchant who is buying them . His boat is small and he can only take one at a time. He knows if the leaves the fox and hen alone the fox will eat the hen and if he leaves the hen alone with the corn the hen will eat the corn.
How will he get all three over to the other side with out one of them being eaten? He figures it out and gets all three over without incident. How does he do it?
Final score:
1point
IlovemydogShilo (Submission author) 3 years ago
My Apologies to Chloe *Leah* Pheonix I went down to the need to type this and didn't realise you had written this first. Mia culpa.😞
#26
I have another!
There is a little boy trapped in a room with 3 doors. (I read my feedback on my other one and I swear to God do not ask "why is the little boy here?" He is here because riddle so dont even try. Also, the answer is not "go back the way he came". Stop it.) there is also a skylight. It is very hot outside. One has a magnifying glass tunnel leading to a trap door to the outside. One has a Lion who is waiting on the other side of the door for him. Another holds back gas that will kill him. Theres no hazmat suits or gas masks. He already tried, theres no way out through the skylight. How does he get out?
Final score:
1point
#27
What makes this number unique: 8,549,176,320?
Final score:
1point
#28
Why is the number 42 vitally important to us?
Final score:
1point
Zak Rasten (Submission author) 3 years ago
It's the value of the nuclear decoupling constant, if it were not exactly 42 to many decimal places nuclear fusion would not happen, there would be no elements heavier than helium and therefore no life
#29
Two legs sits upon three legs, with one leg in his lap.
In comes four legs, goes up to two legs, steals one leg, and runs off with one leg.
Up jumps two legs, snatches up three legs, throws it after four legs, and makes him bring back one leg.
What are each of the “legs” referred to in the riddle?
Final score:
1point
Jane Alexander 3 years ago
A man sits on a three-legged stool with a drumstick to eat, a dog grabs it, the man up and throws the stool at the dog and gets his food back.
#30
What is it that breaks, every time you say anything?
Final score:
1point
#31
But I always lie
Final score:
1point
AhhhhHHHHHHHHHH 3 years ago
OH NO NO NO IM NOT FALLING FOR THIS ONE AGAIN THAT NOSE BLEED WAS HELL AND MINNESOTA
#32
A man lies at the bottom of a building. The Detective in charge has to determine if the man jumped or was pushed. He throws a coin out of every window above the man and then he has his answer. How?
Final score:
1point
#33
I am everywhere but you can’t see me what am I
Final score:
1point
#34
I have legs, but I cant move, what am i?
Final score:
1point
#35
How often can you subtract 1 from 20?
Final score:
0points
#36
One door leads to safety, one door leads to a horrible death.
You may ask me one question.
B
Final score:
-1point
#37
you are on the top of a 200-foot cliff
you have 150 feet of rope that you can cut however you want
there is a ledge halfway down that you can tie on to.
how do you get down?
Final score:
-1point
Zak Rasten 3 years ago
Go back and find a safe path down nearby, or jump if survival doesn't matter
What do you think ?
Steve Barnett 3 years ago (edited)
Thought experiments are my favourite. My cat agrees, kinda. Yours, Schrödinger.
Nikki Reynolds 3 years ago
What is greater than God, more evil than Satan, the rich need it, the poor have it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Steve Barnett 3 years ago (edited)
Thought experiments are my favourite. My cat agrees, kinda. Yours, Schrödinger.
Nikki Reynolds 3 years ago
What is greater than God, more evil than Satan, the rich need it, the poor have it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
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