Round she is, yet flat as a board
Altar of the Lupine Lords.
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but ever changing, eternally.
The moon.
Here is the Roman numeral for nine: IX
By adding only one line or symbol, how can you turn it into six?
SIX.
Tabitha is 13 years old. Her father Ronan is 40 years old. How many years ago was Ronan four times as old as Tabitha?
Four years ago, when Tabitha was 9 and Ronan was 36 (9 × 4 = 36)
Four years ago, when Tabitha was 9 and Ronan was 36 (9 × 4 = 36)
I wear a red robe,
With staff in hand,
And a stone in my throat.
Cut me and I weep red tears
What am I?
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,
If you’ll tell me this riddle, I’ll give you a groat.
(Said to be the lyrics to A Cherry)
I slipped down a slippery gap,
Found a man with a red cap,
He had a stick in his back and a stone in his belly,
Riddle me this and I’ll give you a penny.
A cherry
There are a few other variations of this one:
As I went through the garden gap,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,
If you’ll tell me this riddle, I’ll give you a groat.
(Said to be the lyrics to A Cherry)
I slipped down a slippery gap,
Found a man with a red cap,
He had a stick in his back and a stone in his belly,
Riddle me this and I’ll give you a penny.
I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
Tomorrow or the future.
I live in a busy place in the city,
I’ll let you stay with me for awhile,
If you don’t feed me, I can get you into trouble.
What am I?
A parking meter.
There is a seven-letter word in the English language that has ten total words without rearranging any of its letters.
What is the word?
Therein
1. the
2. there
3. he
4. in
5. rein
6. her
7. here
8. ere
9. herein
10. therein
Therein
1. the
2. there
3. he
4. in
5. rein
6. her
7. here
8. ere
9. herein
10. therein
What’s the simplest way to make 20 using only three 3s (no other digits) and a combination of mathematical operations using any of these symbols?
+ – × / ^ ! √ . ()
(3 + 3) / .3 = 20
A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.
Dozens, dozen.
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there in total?
Three. They’re all in a row, so ducks 1 and 2 are in front of duck 3, ducks 2 and 3 are behind duck 1 and duck 2 is in the middle.
Three. They’re all in a row, so ducks 1 and 2 are in front of duck 3, ducks 2 and 3 are behind duck 1 and duck 2 is in the middle.