Riddles and Brain Teasers

Grow In Trees and Have No Teeth

I grow in trees, eat living things but have no teeth and give birth to something that looks nothing like me. What am I?

A bird. They are hatched and raised in trees (nests), don’t have teeth in the traditional meaning of teeth and they lay eggs, which look nothing like a bird.A butterfly / caterpillar could also work.

A bird. They are hatched and raised in trees (nests), don’t have teeth in the traditional meaning of teeth and they lay eggs, which look nothing like a bird.

A butterfly / caterpillar could also work.

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What Can You Add to One To Make It Go Away?

What can you add to one to make it go away?

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The letter g. Then it’s gone.

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Ten Men and Women

TEN = 20, 5, 14
MEN = 13, 5, 14

What do WOMEN equal using the same logic?

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WOMEN = 23, 15, 13, 5, 14

The number is the letter’s position in the alphabet.

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Poor Sheep

A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep does he have left?

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9. If all but 9 died, there are 9 remaining live sheep.

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Two Hands But Can’t Clap

I have two hands but I cannot clap. What am I?

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A clock.

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The Start Of What You Might Conceive

I’m the start of whatever you might conceive.
Next I describe a Thanksgiving meal.
Last I transform to a state we all leave.

What am I?

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begin, binge, being. Everything has a beginning, Thanksgiving dinner is known for being a meal of excessive consumption and the mortal state of being (or the state of a human being) is one which, for all our efforts to extend, will eventually end.

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XQQQME

What is this phrase? XQQQME

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Excuse me. Literally, x + q’s + me.

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Guess the Three Words

Think of the six-letter name of a European capital city whose starting letter falls in the last half dozen letters of the alphabet and whose last letter is a vowel.

Now think of a three-letter words that means “permit”.

Last, combine all nine letters from the two words above. Rearrange the letters to form a word that you might call someone you like.

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1. Vienna
2. let
3. Valentine (Vienna + let)

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