What’s The Captain’s Name?
I was standing by a railing,
watching a ship a sailing.
What is the Captain’s name.
If you don’t know his name,
It’s you to blame.
What is the Captain’s name.
“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.”
Not a Bird Though Feathered
It’s not a bird, though feathered, and
it has a mobile nest.
It’s quick in flight and, having flown,
it always stops to rest.
An arrow. It has feathers and its nest (a quiver) is usually carried an archer’s back. The arrow flies when released, but will always land somewhere to rest.
By Sef Daystrom
A Great Woman
The first two letters of this English word refer to a male, the first three refer to a female, the first four to a great man and the whole word is a great woman.
What is the word?
Heroine (he, her, hero)
A Word That Has No End
I’m a five-letter word that has no end, Commit a sin? One through three can amend, One, four and five are something alive, Two and three occur near to thee.
What am I?
Abyss. aby is an archaic word meaning to pay the penalty for. An ass, otherwise known as a donkey, is alive and “by” is another way of saying near to you.
Mountain at Night, Morning a Meadow
In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?
A bed.
Buried Alive and Dug Up Dead
You bury me when I’m alive, and dig me up when I’m dead. What am I?
A plant.
Come For a Ride
I go up, but at the same time go down,
Up toward the sky and down toward the ground,
I’m present tense and past tense too,
Come for a ride, just me and you.
What am I?
A see-saw.
The Tortoise, Onion and Tomato
What is three-eighths tortoise, two-fifths onion and two-sixths tomato?
Toronto
3/8 tortoise = TOR (the first three letters)
2/5 onion = ON (the first two letters)
2/6 tomato = TO (the first two letters)