Riddles, Page 1

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

2) What lies in bed, and stands in bed,
First white, then red.
The plumper it gets
The better the old woman likes it?

3) How many species of each animal did Moses take aboard the ark?

4) How many months have 28 days?

5) How far can a bear walk into the woods?

6) What is the value of coin dated 24 B.C.?

7) If a rooster lays an egg on the peak of a roof , will the egg roll to the left side or to the right side?

If a south bound electric train is travelling at a rate of 66 miles per hour and the wind is blowing to the north at 35 miles per hour, which way will the smoke blow?

9) On which side of a chicken are the most feathers?

10) Lighter than what I am made of,
More of me is hidden than is seen,
I am the bane of the mariner,
A tooth within the sea.
Speak my name.

11) A spirited jig it dances bright,
Banishing all but darkest night.
Give it food and it will live;
Give it water and it will die.

12) The man who invented it,
Doesn't want it for himself.
The man who bought it,
Doesn't need it for himself.
The man who needs it,
Doesn't know it when he needs it.

13) The life I lead is mere hours or less,
I serve all my time by being consumed.
I am quickest when thin, slowest when fat,
And wind is the bane of the gift that I bring.

14) The more that there is,
The less that you see.
Squint all you wish when Surrounded by me.

15) They come to witness the night Without being called,
A sailor's guide and a poet's tears.
They are lost to sight each day Without the hand of a thief.

16) They follow and lead, but only as you pass.
Dress yourself in darkest black,
And they are darker still.
Always they flee the light,
Though without the sun there would be none.

17) I have holes throughout,
From back to front and top to bottom to core.
More nothing than something within,
And yet I still hold water.

18) I am free for the taking through all of your life,
Though given but once at birth.
I am less than nothing in weight,
But will fell the strongest of you if held.

19) Alive as you but without breath,
As cold in my life as in my death;
Never a thirst though I always drink,
Dressed in a mail but never a clink.

20) What is a difference between a grandmother and a granary?