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Classic Riddles

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    Fun problems for students to think about.
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  • I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle
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  • Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
    A map
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  • There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
    Roosters don’t lay eggs
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  • What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    Short (short+er)
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  • What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
    A clock
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  • How many months have 28 days?
    All 12 of them do
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  • What gets wetter as it dries?
    A towel
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  • Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
    Five
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  • You walk into a room which contains a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
    A match or lighter
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  • The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
    Footsteps
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  • What is full of holes but still holds water?
    A sponge
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  • Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
    They weigh the same
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  • Everyone has it and no one can lose it; what is it?
    A shadow
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  • What goes up but never goes back down?
    Your age
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  • What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
    A bed
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  • What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
    An envelope
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