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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 is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
    Silence
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  • What has a bottom at the top?
    Your legs
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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 word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
    Wrong
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  • I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
    A battery
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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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  • What has four wheels and flies?
    A dustcart / garbage truck
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  • What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
    A piano
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  • What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
    A river
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