Riddles and Brain Teasers

Asks But Never Answers

What asks but never answers?

An owl.

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Peggy wanted to buy a talking parrot and went down to the pet shop. She bought a parrot after being assured it would repeat any word or phrase it heard. Peggy bought the parrot and took it home, but it still hadn’t said a word after a few weeks. She returned to the shop to complain, but discovered the original assurances were still accurate. Why didn’t the parrot talk?

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It was deaf so it couldn’t hear a phrase to repeat it.

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Many are Perplexed While Seeking Me

Many get perplexed in life while seeking me. Others put their life in danger and others give up. If you find me you are satisfied. What am I?

Hint: It is in every house.

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You. Hundreds of books have been written about people searching for themselves. Some methods are quite dangerous. Still others give up. But if you figure out who you are, you will be satisfied.Lastly, the word you is in the phrase everY hOUse.

You. Hundreds of books have been written about people searching for themselves. Some methods are quite dangerous. Still others give up. But if you figure out who you are, you will be satisfied.

Lastly, the word you is in the phrase everY hOUse.

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An Apparition

Two people were in a house. No one came in or went out, but then there were three people. What happened?

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The two people were a husband and an expectant wife, who gave birth to her baby.

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The Next Animal in the Series

What animal comes next in the series?

Giraffe Elephant Tiger Snake Gnu Oryx Anoa ___________

A. Chipmunk
B. Gorilla
C. Yak
D. Tomcat

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D. TomcatThe number of letters of each animal corresponds to the number of the letters in each month. And the first letters spell “Gets Goat”.January / Giraffe = 7 letters
February / Elephant = 8 letters
March / Tiger = 5 letters
April / Snake = 5 letters
May / Gnu = 3 letters
June / Oryx = 4 letters
July / Anoa = 4 letters
August / Tomcat = 6 letters

D. Tomcat

The number of letters of each animal corresponds to the number of the letters in each month. And the first letters spell “Gets Goat”.

January / Giraffe = 7 letters
February / Elephant = 8 letters
March / Tiger = 5 letters
April / Snake = 5 letters
May / Gnu = 3 letters
June / Oryx = 4 letters
July / Anoa = 4 letters
August / Tomcat = 6 letters

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What Has Roots Nobody Sees?

What has roots that nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
Yet it never grows?

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A mountain (from Tolkien)

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One Three Five

What word comes next?

one three five four ______

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Four. Each word is the number of letters in the previous word. And since four has four letters, it would continue with four forever after.

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All Words From Nine Letters to One

What 9-letter word can have a letter removed to make a new word and repeat the process until a single letter remains?

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startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
i

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An Ancient Invention

What ancient invention allows people to see through walls?

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A window.

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Fill in the Missing Element

Here is a series of numbers:

16 06 68 88 ___ 98

What belongs in the blank spot?

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87 is the common answer to this, but it has to be flipped upside down, so I consider L8 more correct.If you flip the numbers horizontally by 180 degrees:86 87 88 89 90 91You see that the blank spot is 87, counting from 86 to 91. However, you need to flip it around, so it becomes L8.

87 is the common answer to this, but it has to be flipped upside down, so I consider L8 more correct.

If you flip the numbers horizontally by 180 degrees:

86 87 88 89 90 91

You see that the blank spot is 87, counting from 86 to 91. However, you need to flip it around, so it becomes L8.

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