I was standing by a railing,
“What” is the name of the Captain.
Thanks to Sherry for submitting this one. Here’s the backstory of the riddle.
“One of my favorites I remember as a child from my father, he always said it was a Newfoundland riddle. I don’t know where it may have originated. This is usually spoken. Ensure you say it as a statement and not a question.”
“What” is the name of the Captain.
Thanks to Sherry for submitting this one. Here’s the backstory of the riddle.
“One of my favorites I remember as a child from my father, he always said it was a Newfoundland riddle. I don’t know where it may have originated. This is usually spoken. Ensure you say it as a statement and not a question.”
I’m a word, six letters long,
All in order from A to Z,
What is the word?
Begins
It has six letters, when a meditation begins they sound the gong, and the letters are in alphabetical order.
Begins
It has six letters, when a meditation begins they sound the gong, and the letters are in alphabetical order.
If you throw me from the window,
What am I?
The answer is the letter ‘n’. Taking ‘n’ out of window makes widow. And putting ‘n’ back into door makes donor.
The answer is the letter ‘n’. Taking ‘n’ out of window makes widow. And putting ‘n’ back into door makes donor.
I move without wings,
What am I?
A spider.
On a regular 12-hour digital clock how many times would the same three digits in a row be displayed (e.g. 1:11, 11:12, 12:22) in one day?
34 times. These 17 instances will be visible twice in a 24 hour period.
1:11
34 times. These 17 instances will be visible twice in a 24 hour period.
1:11
I drive men mad
Gold.
Say my name and I disappear. What am I?
Silence.
An alternate version is, “What is so fragile it breaks when you say its name?”
Silence.
An alternate version is, “What is so fragile it breaks when you say its name?”
A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colors. There are eight of each color (including red).
59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.
59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.
Find rhymes for each set of words so the first is a category and the rest are items in the category.
For example, LOYALTY: spring, clean, rinse → ROYALTY: king, queen, prince
1. LOIN: mortar, climb, pickle
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel
I have three eyes but only one leg.
What am I?
A traffic light. It has three “eyes” (the red, orange and green lights) and the leg is the pole holding it up. Many people beg the light to stay green as they’re approaching.
A traffic light. It has three “eyes” (the red, orange and green lights) and the leg is the pole holding it up. Many people beg the light to stay green as they’re approaching.