The answer to each clue is a single, 100-point word, or a word whose letters add up to 100, with a = 1, b = 2. I wrote this word value calculator so you can easily check your guesses.
i. Peanut butter tastes like this. ii. The hat a Dad wears. iii. To fire a chef, iv. A smart timepiece. v. Figured it out again. vi. Where a kid can sleep. vii. The magical fruit leaves you doing this. viii. Betrayed for this much silver. ix. A baked good that is height challenged. x. A sticky way to neaten your hair.
i. nutty ii. fatherhood iii. cookout iv. clockwise v. resolved vi. boycott vii. tooting viii. thirty ix. shortcake x. honeycomb
i. nutty ii. fatherhood iii. cookout iv. clockwise v. resolved vi. boycott vii. tooting viii. thirty ix. shortcake x. honeycomb
Wallace died a wealthy, if somewhat odd, man without any living relatives. He left his money in four different cities for the first four people who could find it. The only clue he left was this poem:
Do not go solo, Pairs up with a friend, Though I hasten to add, I’ll avenge my end.
What are the four cities?
Anagrams of four cities can be found in the poem.
Oslo (solo) Paris (pairs) Athens (hasten) Geneva (avenge)
Anagrams of four cities can be found in the poem.
Oslo (solo) Paris (pairs) Athens (hasten) Geneva (avenge)
What is dark as midnight but is still night? The word has 7 letters, starts with a B and ends with an E.
Bedtime
What turns everything around but doesn’t move?
A mirror.
The defendant testified, “The attorney is my brother,” but the attorney took the stand and denied having a brother under oath. Who is lying?
Neither one of them lied. The defendant was the attorney’s sister.
Neither one of them lied. The defendant was the attorney’s sister.
The Pharoah asked, “Who is the greatest god?”
“I am not,” said Horus. “Anubis is,” said Isis. “Isis is lying,” said Anubis.
Only one god was telling the truth and the other two were lying.
Who really is the greatest god?
Horus is the greatest
“I am not,” said Horus = LIE “Anubis is,” said Isis = LIE “Isis is lying,” said Anubis = TRUE
Horus is the greatest
“I am not,” said Horus = LIE “Anubis is,” said Isis = LIE “Isis is lying,” said Anubis = TRUE
A metal neither black nor red, As heavy as man’s golden greed. What you do to stay ahead, With friend or foe or arrow and steed.
What am I?
Lead. Lead is a metallic gray, is very heavy and in order to stay ahead of someone, you need to be in the lead.
Lead. Lead is a metallic gray, is very heavy and in order to stay ahead of someone, you need to be in the lead.
What kind of a nut has a hole?
A donut (or a nut as in a nut and bolt). Here’s a fun fact. Another riddle with donut as the answer is, “What has no beginning, end or middle?”
A donut (or a nut as in a nut and bolt). Here’s a fun fact. Another riddle with donut as the answer is, “What has no beginning, end or middle?”
A cloth poorly dyed And an early morning sky How are they the same?
Their color both change easily.
Their color both change easily.
I am broken before you use me, I brighten your day until I die.
What am I?
Glow sticks that you have to break to start glowing, then they fade out (die).
Glow sticks that you have to break to start glowing, then they fade out (die).