Long and thin, red within,
What am I?
A finger.
There are two meanings to me. With one I may need to be broken, with the other I hold on. My favorite characteristic is my charming dimple. What am I?
A tie.
Stands
What does this represent?
No one understands.
I wear you down, yet you will mourn me once I fly.
Time.
(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)
Time.
(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)
You’ve traveled a third of the way, yet you’re only halfway there.
Where are you going?
Hint: The answer applies in the US but not in Europe.
You’re in a build headed to the fourth floor. When you reach the second floor, you’ve gone one floor and have two more floors left, so you’re 1/3 of the way. But at the same time, you’re on the 2nd floor and have two more floors to get to the 4th floor, thus you’re halfway there.
This doesn’t work in Europe, because they typically refer to the “first floor” as the ground floor, and the first floor is one story up.
Thanks to Danny Llinas for submitting this.
You’re in a build headed to the fourth floor. When you reach the second floor, you’ve gone one floor and have two more floors left, so you’re 1/3 of the way. But at the same time, you’re on the 2nd floor and have two more floors to get to the 4th floor, thus you’re halfway there.
This doesn’t work in Europe, because they typically refer to the “first floor” as the ground floor, and the first floor is one story up.
Thanks to Danny Llinas for submitting this.
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.
Two words is my answer. In order to keep me, you have to give me. What am I?
Your word.
I run up and down the stairs without moving. What am I?
A rug.
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Death or decay.
Get from the word THIN to BARN by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.
1. THIN
1. THIN
1. THIN