Riddles and Brain Teasers

Subtract One and Twelve Remains

A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.

Dozens, dozen.

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Eat Flush To

Eat flush to my nose tree times for they buy dead by too. What is the answer?

Eat (8) flush (plus) to (2) my nose (minus) tree (3) times (times) for (4) they buy dead by (divided by) too (2).There are two answers depending on whether you calculate as you read or calculate the entire solution at the end.
8 + 2 = 10, – 3 = 7, x 4 = 28, / 2 = 14
or
8 + 2 – 3 x 4 / 2 = 10 – 6 = 4

Eat (8) flush (plus) to (2) my nose (minus) tree (3) times (times) for (4) they buy dead by (divided by) too (2).

There are two answers depending on whether you calculate as you read or calculate the entire solution at the end.
8 + 2 = 10, – 3 = 7, x 4 = 28, / 2 = 14
or
8 + 2 – 3 x 4 / 2 = 10 – 6 = 4

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Rainbow Neighborhood

There was a neighborhood of one-story houses.
One was red and everything in the house was red.
Another was purple and everything in the house was purple.
Yet another was yellow and everything in the house was yellow.
Still another was blue and everything in the house was blue.
In the green house everything was green,
and in the gray house everything was grey.

What color were the stairs in the yellow house?

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There are no stairs in any of the houses because they only have one story.

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He And She Both Have One Each

He and she both have one each, but every person has two. A citizen has three and a human being has four. A personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six. What are they?

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Syllables.

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Your Mother’s Brother’s Brother-In-Law

I am your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law. Who am I?

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I am your father. L-u-u-u-u-u-u-ke!

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Imprisoned In Wood and Never Released

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released. Yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

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Pencil lead. While modern pencils don’t contain lead, that’s still what we call the graphite compound. When real lead was used in pencils it was mined and nearly everyone has used a pencil at some point in their life.

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In Times Of War He Burns Asunder

Man walks over, man walks under,
In times of war he burns asunder.

What is it?

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A bridge.

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Do Not Begrudge This

Do not begrude this,
For it is the fate of every man.
Yet it is feared,
And shunned in many lands.
Causes problems, and sometimes gaps,
Can hobble the strongest, and make memory laps.
What is this danger we all face?
For being a part – of the human race.

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Growing old.

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