Riddles 49
Makeovers
What has endless makeovers,
Doesn’t know it has a different look,
And it can brighten up any dull room?
Answer
A wall.
Penguin’s Egg
Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin’s egg. Why not?
Answer
Penguins only live in Antartica.
After Tomorrow
If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow.
Answer
The 27th.
Nations
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day
In an unplowed field,
Which increases without growing,
Remains whole though it is eaten
Within and without,
Is useless and yet
The staple of nations.
Answer
War.
Soaked!
David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Answer
David is BALD.
Born in Fear
I am born in fear, raised in truth,
and I come to my own in deed.
When comes a time that I’m called forth,
I come to serve the cause of need.
What am I?
Answer
Courage.
Wrong
What word is always pronounced wrong?
Answer
Wrong!
Boring!
Why is eating at a restaurant on the moon boring?
Answer
Because there is no atmosphere.
Lucky Clover
Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover?
Answer
You don’t want to press your luck!
Middle of Paris
What is in the middle of Paris?
Answer
The letter ‘R!’
Never Touchs A Twig
What is it that goes through the wood and never touches a twig?
Answer
Sound.
Fill A Barn
What is it that 20 will fill a pitcher, but one will fill a barn?
Answer
Candles.
Empty
What is it that is full all-day and empty at night?
Answer
Shoes.
As Long As It Eats
What lives as long as it eats but dies when it drinks?
Answer
Fire.
Tons of T’
I begin with T, end with T, and have T in myself.
What am I?
Answer
I am a teapot!!
Tom’s Mom
Tom’s mom had four kids: Nickel, Dime, Quarter, and?
Answer
Tom!
Subtract One
A word I know, six letters it contains.
Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
What is the word?
Answer
Dozens!
Next Letter
What is the next letter?
W, I, T, N, ..?
Answer
L!
Double Letters!
What English word starting with a “B”, has three consecutive double letters?
Answer
Bookkeeper. ( and bookkeeping )
-Eny
What is the only common four-letter English word that ends in the suffix -eny?
Answer
Deny.