Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Riddles 2

12. A champion weight lifter has a brother that's a doctor, but the same doctor doesn't have a brother. How are they related then?
The champion weight lifter was a woman.

13. A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight were killed, yet, there were survivors. Explain how?
The married people lived; the singles died.

14. Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
Quit Imagining

15. In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?
14 horses and 8 men. 14x4 plus 8x2 = 72 feet.

16. What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?
Pride.

17. A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg. How many eggs did the man have to start with?
7 eggs. The first person bought one half of his eggs plus one half an egg (3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 eggs) This left him 3 eggs. The second person bought one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg, (1 1/2 + 1/2 = 2 eggs) leaving the man 1 egg. The last person bought one-half of his eggs plus one-half an egg, (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 egg) leaving no eggs.

18. Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?
Mom

19. What piece of wood is like a king?
The Ruler

20. A man while looking at a photograph said, "Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son." Who was the person in the photograph?
The Man’s Son

21. What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
Wholesome

22. What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young; born in an instant yet lasts a life time?
Memories

23. I start with the letter e,\n I end with the letter e.\n I contain only one letter,\n Yet I am not the letter e!\n What am I?
An envelope with one letter in it ready to mail

24. If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?
You have 2 apples. There are 3 left on the counter, but you have 2.









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