Riddles 2

  1.  The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is          it?

      

 2.  Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

      

 3.  Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer.             How is this possible?

      

 4.  How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note:         there is only one correct answer.

      

  5.  Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why        not?

 6.   Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is                    white"?

 7.   The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

 8.   What three numbers have the same answer when added together and multiplied                    together?

 9.   What fastens two people yet touches only one?

    10.   What's full of holes but still holds water?

     11.   Who earns money driving their customers away?        

    12.   What starts with "P", ends with "E", and has millions of letters?

    13.   I have 12 legs, 12 arms and 8 heads. What am I?

14.   What English word becomes its opposite when the letters FE are out in front of it?

15.  In the word pretty, the E is pronounced like a short I. In women, the O is pronounced            like a short I. In what familiar 4-letter word is U pronounced like a short I? 

16. Name a part of the body that begins with the letter L. Change the L to T and,                         phonetically, you’ll name another part of the body. What is it? 

17. You catch a fish, a cold, and your breath. What do you do to a street, your                             heart, and swords? 

18. A doctor in Makassar has a brother who lives in Jakarta. But the man in Jakarta says that he doesn’t have a brother in Makassar. How could be?

19. Who can shave 25 times a day but still have beard?


20. Take off my skin but I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

21. Where do zombies go on vacation?

22. A Negro was crossing a street when a man was speeding. The street lights were not on and the headlight of the car was not on at that time. But luckily he didn’t hit the Negro. How did the man see the Negro?

23. You can hold it with your right hand but you can’t hold it with your left hand. What is it?

 24. A man was walking in the heavy rain. He didn’t have an umbrella and a raincoat. Strangely not a single of his hair was wet. How could it be?

 25.The name of a well-known American actress contains the five vowels (A,E,I,O,U) exactly once, though not in that order. The consonants in her name are B,J,L,R,S and T (not in that order). Who is she?


[Taken from many unknown sources]