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This document contains 225 riddles and silly questions ranging from wordplay puzzles to logic problems. The questions cover a variety of topics including animals, numbers, word definitions, and relationships between concepts. The format is a list with one riddle or question presented per line without answers provided.

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232 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 1- What are two things people never eat before breakfast? 2- Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window? 3- Why did the man throw the butter out the window? 4- Why did the man put the clock in the safe? 5- What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs? 6- What has a neck, but no head? 7- Where is the ocean the deepest? 8- "What letter of the alphabet is always waiting in order?" 9- Why did the man throw his watch out of the window? 10- What State in the United States is High in the middle and round at the ends? 11- How do you spell mousetrap? 12- How many legs does an ant have? 13- How many people are buried in that cemetery? 14- What can't be used until it's broken? 15- What do tigers have that no other ani- mals have? 16- What is Black and white and read (red) all over? 17- Why is number six afraid ? 18- What did number 1 say to 7? 19- Which is the most self-centered letter of the alphabet? 20- Which letter is always trying to find rea- sons? 21- Which letter is not me? 22- What letter can do the work in one day that you can do in two days? 23- Why is the A like a flower? 24- Why is the letter "A" like noon? 25- "What letter of the alphabet has got lots of water?" 26- What has two heads, four eyes, six legs and a tail? 27- What is as big as a horse but doesn't weigh anything? 28- What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? 29- What did zero say to eight? 30- Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter? 31- Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday have in common? 32- Which room has no doors, no windows. 33- What gets wetter as it dries? 34- A man rode into town on Tuesday. Two days later he rode home on Tuesday. How is this possible?
233RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 35- Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance? 36- A father and his son were in a car acci- dent. The father died. The son was taken to the hospital. The doctor came in and said: I can't do surgery on him, because he's my son. Who was the doctor? 37- Why did the student take a ladder to school? 38- What are the two strongest days of the week? 39- What do you call a bear without an "ear"? 40- Which is faster, heat or cold? 41- How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? B: 4 or 5 42- Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer space? 43- What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car? 44- What's the difference between electricity and lightening? 45- What part of your body disappears when you stand up? 46- What do you call a witch at the beach? 47- What's the difference between a lion with toothache and a wet day? 48- Why are baseball stadiums so cool? 49- What do you call a fish without an eye? 50- What has thirteen hearts but no body and no soul? 51- What do you call a fish that only cares about himself? 52- Why couldn't Mozart find his teacher? 53- What's a minimum? 54- Why can't a bicycle stand on its own? 55- What's got a head and a tail, but no body? 56- What's got a wave but no sea? 57- Where does a boxer who weighs 135 kilograms sit on a bus? 58- What makes "oom" and gives milk? 59- Where does Dracula stay when he goes to New York City? 60- What do cows like to read? 61- What is the longest word? 62- What is the word that everybody always says wrong? 63- What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 64- What's the longest word in the diction- ary? 65- How many seconds are there in one year? 66- What two days of the week start with the letter "T"? 67- Why did the pony have a sore throat? 68- What did the undertaker die of? 69- Why can't a nose be twelve inches? 70- How do porcupines kiss each other? 71- What has four wheels and flies? 72- What has teeth but can't bite? 73- Why did the chicken cross the road? 74- Why do people call their own language their mother tongue? 75- Why is it impossible to starve in the desert? 76- Do you know where people send a horse when it is sick? 77- What did the doctor say when the invisi- ble man called to make an appointment?
234 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 78- Which 'BUS' could cross the ocean? 79- What a bee says when it gets in the hive? 80- How do you catch a squirrel? 81- What do you call a deer with no eyes? 82- Where do cows go for entertainment? 83- What animal is it that has four legs a tail and flies? 84- What do you call 'a fly' without wings? 85- What goes "ZUB, ZUB"? 86- What did one light bulb say to another light bulb? 87- What flowers have two lips? 88- They travel all over the world but end up in the corner, what are they? 89- Why didn't the farmer cry when his dairy cow fell off the cliff? 90- What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailor? 91- Why do cows have bells? 92- Why were the little drops of ink crying? 93- How many sheep does it take to make one wool sweater? 94- What's a teacher's favorite nation? 95- What's the most colorful state of U.S.A.? 96- In what state does it cost the most to live in? 97- What did the cannibal who was late for dinner get? 98- What do you call a dog with no legs? 99- How do you top a car? 100- Is there a word in the English language that uses all the vowels including "y" ? 101- Why do birds fly south for the winter? 102- What is the tallest building in our town? 103- What did the fish say when he hit the wall? 104- The teacher speaking to a student said, "Saud, name two pronouns." 105- Teacher: Today, we're going to talk about the tenses. Now, if I say "I am beautiful," which tense is it? 106- What is orange and sounds like parrot? 107- Can a kangaroo jump higher than the Empire State Building? 108- What do you call a deer with no eyes? 109- ESL teacher: You must never begin a sentence "I is ...". 110- How should you dress on a cold day? 111- Why do witches fly about on broom- sticks? 112- Who tells chicken jokes? 113- What's white when it's dirty, and black when it's clean? 114- What's the capital of "England"? 115- What do we tell the donkey worn its pajamas (pyjamas-Brt)? 116- What's "bacteria"? 117- What's the biggest part in a car? 118- What day do fish hate? 119- Why are roosters the neatest birds? 120- Which three letters of the alphabet do all the work? 121- What illness do you get in China? 122- What do you get if you cross a baby with a U.F.O.?
235RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 123- When is it bad luck to have a black cat following you? 124- Why did the egg go into the jungle ? 125- Teacher -First came the Ice Age, then - the Stone Age. What came next? 126- What's the easiest way to double your money? 127- Which driver never commits a traffic offence? 128- When does it rain money? 129- What gets dirty by washing? 130- What would be worse than finding a maggot in an apple you 're eating ? 131- What is the best day for cooking bacon and eggs? 132- What do Martians eat for breakfast? 133- What is round and red and goes up and down? 134- What is a sick crocodile called? 135- What can make a cow fly? 136- 'Did you hear about the man who invented a device for looking through walls?' 'No, what does he call it?' 137- What was awarded to the inventor of door knockers? 138- Teacher - How many seconds are there in a year?! 139- What kind of running means walking? 140- What nail should you never hit with a, hammer? 141- Who wrote Great Eggspectations? 142- What is it that occurs once in a second, once in a month, once in a century, yet not at all in an hour, or a week or a year? 143- Five automobiles were lined up bumper to bumper. How many bumpers were actually touching each other? 144- How many parts of the human body can you name that have only three letters? 145- How far do you have to count before using the letter A in spelling a number? 146- Name as many articles as you can think of that start with the letter S that are worn on the feet. 147- What continent do you see when you look in the mirror in the morning? 148- What is found in the very center of both America and Australia? 149- What relatives are dependent on you? 150- Why is the letter T like an island? 151- What part of London is in France? 152- Nine crows sat on a limb of a tree. Farmer Jones shot three of them. How many crows remained? 153- Which is the loudest vowel? 154- What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always will be? 155- How many birthdays does the average person have? 156- What is a beautiful cat? 157- What is an unusual seat? 158- What is a comical rabbit? 159- What is an angry boy? 160- What is an irritated employer? 161- What is a bashful insect? 162- What is a large hog? 163- What is an uncontrollable boy or girl? 164- What is a joyful father?
236 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 165- What is a noisy group of people? 166- The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 167- What can you cut with a knife and never see a mark? 168- What asks no questions but receives a lot of answers? 169- What grows bigger the more you take from it? 170- I saw a nutcracker up in a tree. What was it? 171- What goes up but never comes down? 172- If you feed it, it will live. If you give it water, it will die. What is it? 173- What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? 174- Something that shines in the sky at night Changes to rodents that gnaw and bite. 175- A fruit that's green and often sour Becomes a distance you walk in an hour. 176- Something that frogs do very well Can be the sound of a ringing bell. 177- An animal that eats a paper or can Becomes the cloak of a Roman man. 178- What helps you keep your teeth togeth- er? 179- How do you make a lemon drop? 180- What is all over the house? 181- What is a UFB? 182- Why did the teenager put his clock in the oven? 183- When can a man be six feet tall and be short at the same time? 184- What happens to a refrigerator when you pull its plug? 185- Why did the teenager put sugar under her pillow? 186- What is the first thing that a gardener puts in the garden? 187- What is the perfect cure for dandruff? 188- What do you call a person who doesn't have all his fingers on one hand? 189- What's the best thing to take when you're run over by a car? 190- How many months have twenty-eight days? 191- Name five things that contain milk. 192- By inserting the same letter 16 times in appropriate places, this jumble of let- ters will be transformed into a sentence of some sense: VRY VNING RNST ARND IGHTN CNTS XCDINGLY ASILY. 193- A man was locked in a room with only a bed, a calendar, and a piano. How did he drink, how did he eat, and how did he get out? Another man was locked in a room with only a mirror and a table. How did he get out? A third man was locked in an empty room. How did he escape? 194- A man goes into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun, and points it at the customer. "Thank you" replies the customer and walks out. What happened? 195- How can you throw a tennis ball with all your strength and, without it hitting a wall or other obstruction, have it stop and come right back to you? 196- How close a relative would the sister- in-law of your father's only brother be? 197- It takes 4 1/2 hours for a jet plane to fly between the east and west coasts of the United States. One plane leaves Los Angeles for New York at 4:40 o'clock, while another plane leaves New York for Los Angeles at 6 o'clock. Which plane will be closer to New York when they pass each other?
237RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 198- A rope ladder is hanging over the side of a ship. The ladder is twelve feet long, and the rungs on the ladder are one foot apart. The lowest rung is resting on the top of the ocean. The tide rises four inches an hour. How long would it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are under water? 199- There are ten black stockings and ten white stockings in a drawer. If you reach into the drawer in the dark, what is the least number of stockings you must take out before you are sure you have a pair that matches? 200- How many bricks does it take to finish a house? 201- What has a fork and mouth, but cannot eat? 202- What can be measured, but has no length, width, or thickness? 203- What comes down, but never goes up? 204- What goes up and down but doesn't move? 205- Why did the boy put his radio in the refrigerator? 206- What has four wheels and flies? 207- How many feet are there in a yard? 208- What can you serve, but never eat? 209- What's the best way to win a race? 210- What has no beginning and no end? 211- Why do lions eat raw meat? 212- Which football player wears the biggest helmet? 213- Why does a firefighter wear red sus- penders? 214- Why do we dress baby boys in blue and baby girls in pink? 215- What kind of bushes do rabbits in California sit under when it rains? 216- If a rooster laid an egg on top of a pointed-roof henhouse, which side would the egg roll off? 217- There was a big alligator walking down the street with a little alligator. The lit- tle alligator was the big alligator's son, but the big alligator wasn't the little alli- gator's father. Who was the big alliga- tor? 218- If an electric train travels ninety miles an hour in a westerly direction, and the wind is blowing from the north, in which direction will the smoke blow? 219- Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each fisherman caught a fish, yet only three fish were caught. How is this pos- sible? 220- At this moment, everyone in the world is doing the same thing. What is it? 221- If you dropped a tomato on your toe, would it hurt much? 222- How much dirt is there in a hole exact- ly one foot deep and one foot wide? 223- If six children and two dogs were under just one umbrella, how come none of them got wet? 224- Two teachers teach at the same school. One is the father of the other's son. What relation are they to each other? 225- What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand? 226- Can a man living in New York be buried in California? 227- A cowboy had twelve cows. All but nine died. How many cows did he have left? 228- Two men were playing checkers. They played five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is this possible? 229- How many books can you put into an empty school bag?
238 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 230- A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was eighteen feet away, and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it? 231- If there were six crows sitting on a bench and a hunter shot one of them, how many would be left? 232- If you count twenty horses on your right going into town, and twenty hors- es on your left coming home, how many horses have you counted in all? 233- If it takes three minutes to boil an egg, how long will it take to boil three eggs? 234- Seven is an odd number. How do you make seven even? 235- A man who worked in a butcher shop was six feet tall and wore size eleven shoes. What did he weigh? 236- What is the best exercise for losing weight? 237- What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and not once in a hundred years? 238- Which is better: "The house burned down" or "The house burned up"? 239- What can be right, but never wrong? 240- What is it that a man can use for shav- ing, polishing his shoes, and sleeping in? 241- In the middle of the night, while Mr. Jones was asleep in his hotel room, the telephone beside his bed rang. Mr. Jones woke up, picked up the phone, and said "Hello." Then he put the phone down and went back to sleep. Can you guess who had telephoned him? 242- A man ran down the street, walked into a bar, and asked for a glass of water. The bartender gave him the water and pointed a gun at him. The man said "Thank you" and walked out of the bar. Why did he do that? 243- A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dol- lar bills for the purchases in an enve- lope on his desk. She found the enve- lope with "98" written on it. In a shop she bought $90 worth of things, but when it was time to pay, she didn't have $8 left over, as she thought she would. In fact, she didn't have enough money to pay for all the purchases. By how much was she short, and why? 244- A farmer must transport his dog, a duck, and a bag of corn across a river. The boat he has to use is very small-so small that he can take only one of the three in the boat with him at a time. If he leaves the dog alone with the duck, the dog will kill and eat the duck. If he leaves the duck alone with the corn, the duck will eat up the corn. What is the least number of trips the farmer must make to transport all three across the river safely? 245- One day a cat fell down a well. The well was eighteen feet deep. When the cat tried to climb out, it found that the sides of the well were very damp and slippery. However, with patient deter- mination it finally managed to climb out. It took the cat one minute of climbing to gain three feet. However, after climb- ing for a minute, the cat had to rest for a minute before it could go on. During each minute of rest, the cat slid back two feet. How long did it take for the cat to get out of the well? 246- A traveler had the misfortune of being caught by an enemy tribe and con- demned to death. The only question that remained was how he was to be done away with. According to tribal custom, the chief of the tribe was to make this decision on the following basis: The victim was told to make an affirmative statement. If the chief considered the statement true, the victim would be shot with a poisoned arrow. If the statement was judged to be false, the victim would be tied to a stake and die by fire. In any case, his death was apparently inescapable-or so it seemed to every- one except the traveler. He made a short statement which so perplexed the chief that it was found impossible to carry out the execution. What were the words that the clever traveler must have uttered?
239RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 247- Tom came to a bridge marked "Total weight 100 kilos." Now, Tom weighed 95 kilos, but he had three pineapples, each weighing 2 kilos. He couldn't throw them across the river, because the pineapples would be smashed to pieces. How did Tom cross the bridge? 248- Two girls appeared at the registrar's office of a college. The receptionist handed each of them a questionnaire to fill out. Each girl wrote the following facts on the questionnaire. Each had the last name Smith. Each was born on February 29, 1960. Each was born at 376 East 53rd Street, New York City. Each had a father named John Smith and a mother named Gertrude Smith. When the girls had completed the ques- tionnaires they handed them to the registrar. The registrar read them and asked, "Are you two girls' sisters?" They replied, "Yes, we are." Looking up from his papers, the registrar saw the two girls and noticed that they looked exactly alike. He said, "You're twins, aren't you?" They both promptly answered, "No." Assuming that all the answers they gave were true, and that they had the same mother and father, how do you account for the fact that they were not twins? 249- Albert Amblefoot walked outside in a heavy rainstorm for half an hour with- out getting a single hair of his head wet. He didn't wear a hat, carry an umbrella, or hold anything over his head. His clothes got soaking wet. How could this happen? 250- As you are traveling in the kingdom of Jerafa, you come upon a boy and a girl who are dressed exactly alike. "I'm a boy," says the one with red hair. "I'm a girl," says the one with black hair. If at least one of them is not telling the truth, which is which? 251- A man lived at the southern tip of a small forest which was exactly circular in shape. His house was at the very edge of the forest. One fine day in the spring he decided to take a walk around the forest. He set out from his house, heading in a westerly direction, that is going in a clockwise direction, all around the forest and returning to his house, He found that it took him eighty minutes to do this, walking at a steady rate and making no stops along the way. Another day a few months later, he again took a walk around the forest, but this time he went in a counterclockwise direction. Walking at the same rate as before and making no stops, he found that the trip took him one hour and twenty minutes. Can you explain why? 252- Ruling over the kingdom of Komosay was a very powerful king who had a beautiful daughter named Yamah. When Yamah fell in love with a poor peasant boy, the king was shocked and distressed. To show how fair he was, however, he promised to give the boy a 50-50 chance to marry his daughter by letting him choose one of two slips of paper. On one piece of paper would be written the word MARRIAGE; on the other, the word DEATH. Because of his great love for Yamah, the boy agreed to take this risk. As he came near to the castle on the fateful day, he happened to overhear a conversation between the king and one of his attendants: "Your Majesty," said the attendant, "how can you do this thing, and let that unworthy boy have a chance of marry- ing your daughter?" The deceitful king laughed and said, "The way I will do it, he will have no chance. I will write the word DEATH on both pieces of paper. But of course, he will not know that; he will think he has chosen the wrong piece of paper." When the boy heard that he was stunned and didn't know what to do. But then he thought of a clever solution to the problem. When the time came to choose, he put his plan into action. The next day he and the princess were mar- ried. What was his solution?
240 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 1- Lunch and supper. 2- He wanted to see the waterfall. 3- He wanted to see the butterfly. 4- He wanted to save time. 5- A clock. 6- A bottle. 7- On the bottom. 8- "The Q. (queue) 9- He wanted to see time fly. 10- Ohio. 11- C-A-T. 12- Two, the same as an uncle. 13- All of them. 14- An egg. 15- Baby tigers. 16- A newspaper 17- Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine) 18- Nice hair 19- "i" (I) 20- "y" (Why?") 21- U. 22- W (Double u- Double you) 23- Because the B is after it. 24- Because it's in the middle of the day. 25- "The C" 26- A horse and its rider. 27- The horse's shadow. 28- A teapot. 29- Nice belt. 30- Because it's too far to walk there. 31- None! None of them have "c", "o","m" or "n" in them. 32- A mushroom. 33- A towel 34- His horse's name is Tuesday. 35- He didn't have anybody to take. (any BODY) 36- The doctor was his mother. 37- Because he/she was going to high school! 38- They are Saturday and Sunday. All the others are weak (week) days. 39- BBBBBBB 40- Heat, because you can catch a cold. 41- No, that's wrong, because after eating one apple your stomach isn't empty. 42- To find Pluto. 43- Carlos (It's pronounced "carless") 44- You don't have to pay for lightening. 45- Your lap. (good for phrasal 'stand up', and 'laptop', lap-dog, etc.) 46- A sandwich. 47- One's roaring with pain the other's pour- ing with rain 48- There is a fan in every seat. 49- Fsh. (Hint: No "eye" = No "i") 50- A pack of playing cards. 51- Selfish. 52- Because the teacher was Hayden. (Hayden, Hidin', Hiding) 53- A very small mother! (mini-mom) 54- Because it's two-tired (too tired) 55- A coin. 56- My hair. 57- Wherever he wants to. 58- A cow walking backwards. 59- The Vampire State building. 60- The mooooospaper 61- Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last s. 62- "Wrong". 63- Short 64- Rubber-band - because it stretches. 65- Twelve. January second, February sec- ond, March second... 66- Tuesday and Thursday? NO, today and tomorrow! 67- Because it was a little horse. (hoarse) 68- Coughin' (coffin) 69- Because then it would be a foot. 70- Very carefully. 71- A garbage truck. 72- A Comb. 73- To get to the other side. 74- Because their fathers seldom get a chance to use it. 75- Because of all the sandwiches (sand which is) there. 76- To a horsepital. 77- Tell him I can't see him today. 78- Columbus! 79- Hi Honey! I'm home! 80- Climb a tree and act like a nut !
241RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 81- No idea. (No eye deer) 82- They go to the mooovies! 83- A dead horse! 84- You call it 'a walk.' 85- A bee flying backwards.(Buz,Buz) 86- You are the light of my life. 87- Tulips 88- Stamps 89- There's no use crying over split milk. 90- A jeweler sells watches. A jailer watches cells. 91- Because their horns don't work. 92- Their mother was in the pen and they did not know how long her sentence would be. 93- I didn't even know sheep could knit! 94- Expla-nation. 95- Color-ado. 96- Expennsylvania. 97- The cold shoulder. 98- Why bother, he won't come anyway. 99- Tep on the brake, tupid! 100- Unquestionablely! 101- Because it's too far to walk. 102- The library. (It has the most stories.) 103- Dam! 104- Saud who suddenly woke up, said, "Who, me?" 105- Student: Obviously it is the past tense. 106- A carrot 107- The Empire State Building can't jump! 108- No idea.(No-eye deer) 109- Clever student: Please sir, what's wrong with "I is a vowel". 110- Quickly! 111- Because vacuum cleaners don't have a long enough cord? 112- Comedihens! 113- A blackboard. 114- The capital of "England" is E 115- We call it ZEBRA 116- The back entrance of a cafeteria. 117- The biggest part in a car is the MIRROR of the car. Sometimes we can see a mountain in it. 118- Fry-day 119- Because they always carry their combs! 120- N.R.G.! 121- Kung-flu! 122- An unidentified crying object! 123- When you're a mouse! 124- Because it wanted to do some eggsplor- ing! 125- Student -The sausage! 126- Fold it! 127- A screwdriver! 128- When there's a change in the weather! 129- Water! 130- Finding half a maggot! 131- Fry-day! 132- Unidentified frying objects. 133- A tomato in a lift! 134- An illigator! 135- The letter R , because it makes a cow into a crow! 136- 'A window.' 137- The No-bell prize! 138- Pupil- Twelve, sir. Second of January, February, March, etc.! 139- Running out of petrol! 140- Your fingernail! 141- Charles Chickens! 142- The letter N 143- Eight 144- There are ten;eye, ear, rib, jaw, toe, lip, arm, leg, hip, gum 145- One thousand 146- Shoes, socks, stockings, sandals, skis, slippers, skates, sneakers, snowshoes 147- Europe - You see you're up 148- The letter R 149- Your aUnts, Uncles, and coUsins. (They all need U.) 150- Because it is in waTer 151- The letter N 152- None, the surviving crows flew away 153- I. It's always in the midst of noise 154- Tomorrow 155- Only one 156- Pretty kitty 157- Rare chair 158- Funny bunny 159- Mad lad 160- Cross boss 161- Shy fly 162- Big pig 163- Wild child 164- Glad dad 165- Loud crowd 166- Footsteps 167- Water 168- A telephone 169- A hole 170- A squirrel 171- Our age 172- Fire 173- Time to get a new fence. 174- star-rats 175- lime-mile
242 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 176- leap-peal 177- goat-toga 178- Toothpaste. 179- Hold it and then let it go. 180- The roof. 181- An Unidentified Flying Banana. 182- He wanted to have a hot time. 183- When he is short of money. 184- It loses its cool. 185- She wanted to have sweet dreams. 186- His foot. 187- Baldness. 188- Normal. 189- The license plate number of the car that hit you. 190- All of them. 191- Ice cream, cheese...and three cows. 192- Every evening Ernest earned eighteen cents exceedingly easily. 193- The first man drank from the springs of the bed, ate the dates off the calendar and played the piano until he found the right key, which he used to unlock the door. The second man looked in the mirror to see what he saw. Then he took the saw and cut the table in half. Next, he put the two halves together to make a whole. Finally, he crawled out through the hole. The third man broke out with the measles. 194- The customer had hiccups. 195- Throw it straight up in the air. 196- Very close; it would be your mother. 197- When they pass each other they will both be the same distance from New York. 198- They will never be under water since the ship and the ladder both rise with the tide 199- Three 200- Only one-the last one! 201- A river. 202- Your temperature. 203- Rain. 204- A staircase. 205- He wanted to hear cool music. 206- A garbage truck 207- It depends on how many people are standing in it. 208- A tennis ball. 209- Run faster than anyone else. 210- A circle. 211- Because they can't cook. 212- The one with the biggest head. 213- To keep his pants up. 214- Because they can't dress themselves. 215- Wet ones. 216- Neither. A rooster can't lay eggs 217- The little alligator's mother. 218- There is no smoke from an electric train. 219- A boy, his father, and his grandfather went fishing together. 220- Getting older. 221- Yes, if it were in a can. 222- None. A hole is empty. 223- It wasn’t raining. 224- Husband and wife. 225- Your right elbow. 226- No! He's still living! 227- Nine. 228- They played different people. 229- None. If you put a book in it, the bag is no longer empty. 230- Easily, if the other end of the rope was- n't tied to anything. 231- None. The noise of the gun would frighten the others away. 232- Twenty. You counted the same horses coming and going. 233- Three minutes, if they're in the same pot. 234- Take off the s. 235- Meat. 236- Pushing yourself away from the table. 237- The letter n. 238- Neither. They're both bad! 239- An angle. 240- A razor, a brush, and a pair of pajamas.
243RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 241- The person who called him was the man in the room next door, and the reason the man telephoned him was that Mr. Jones had been snoring and disturbing the man. As soon as Mr. Jones said "Hello"the man next door realized that he was awake and that was all he wanted. 242- The man had hiccups. 243- He was short by $4.00. She had read the number upside down. The number was 86. 244- Four trips. First he takes the dog across the river, leaving the dog along with the corn. Then after returning, he takes the dog over and brings the duck back. Then he takes the corn across and leaves it with the dog, coming back for the duck which he takes over last of all. 245- It took the cat thirty-one minutes. In the first two minutes the cat climbed one foot. Continuing this way for thirty minutes, the cat had climbed fifteen feet. In the next minute the cat climbed up the remaining three feet and so was out of the well. 246- The traveler said: "I will die by fire." If the chief decided that this statement was a true one, the traveler would be executed by shooting. But that would make the statement false, and then the traveler would be doomed to die by fire. But such an execution would make the statement true, and then he would have to be shot instead. The only way out of this dilemma was to let the clever traveler go free. 247- Tom was a juggler. He juggled the pineapples while he crossed the bridge. 248- They were two of a set of triplets. 249- He was bald. 250- The boy has black hair and the girl has red hair. The statement "At least one of them is not telling the truth" means that one or more is not telling the truth. That is either the first one or the second one is not telling the truth-or both are not. If the first one is not telling the truth, then the first speaker is in truth a girl. Since the opening sentence says there is a boy and a girl," if the first speaker is in truth a girl, then the sec- ond speaker must be a boy. We arrive at the same result if we begin with the assumption that the second speaker is not telling truth. The fact is that, in accordance with the given information, if either one of them is not telling the truth, the other isn't either. 251- It took the man the same length of time to go in a clockwise direction or in a counter-clockwise direction. One hour and twenty minutes is the same as eighty minutes. 252- The boy chose one of the pieces of paper and immediately swallowed it. Then he said that the remaining piece of paper (the one he didn't choose) should be read. Since (as he knew) it would contain the word DEATH, the piece he had chosen must (according to the king's stated rules) have said MAR- RIAGE. The king could not deny this without exposing his dark and devious plot.

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  • 2. 233RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 35- Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance? 36- A father and his son were in a car acci- dent. The father died. The son was taken to the hospital. The doctor came in and said: I can't do surgery on him, because he's my son. Who was the doctor? 37- Why did the student take a ladder to school? 38- What are the two strongest days of the week? 39- What do you call a bear without an "ear"? 40- Which is faster, heat or cold? 41- How many apples can you eat if your stomach is empty? B: 4 or 5 42- Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer space? 43- What do you call a Spaniard who can't find his car? 44- What's the difference between electricity and lightening? 45- What part of your body disappears when you stand up? 46- What do you call a witch at the beach? 47- What's the difference between a lion with toothache and a wet day? 48- Why are baseball stadiums so cool? 49- What do you call a fish without an eye? 50- What has thirteen hearts but no body and no soul? 51- What do you call a fish that only cares about himself? 52- Why couldn't Mozart find his teacher? 53- What's a minimum? 54- Why can't a bicycle stand on its own? 55- What's got a head and a tail, but no body? 56- What's got a wave but no sea? 57- Where does a boxer who weighs 135 kilograms sit on a bus? 58- What makes "oom" and gives milk? 59- Where does Dracula stay when he goes to New York City? 60- What do cows like to read? 61- What is the longest word? 62- What is the word that everybody always says wrong? 63- What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 64- What's the longest word in the diction- ary? 65- How many seconds are there in one year? 66- What two days of the week start with the letter "T"? 67- Why did the pony have a sore throat? 68- What did the undertaker die of? 69- Why can't a nose be twelve inches? 70- How do porcupines kiss each other? 71- What has four wheels and flies? 72- What has teeth but can't bite? 73- Why did the chicken cross the road? 74- Why do people call their own language their mother tongue? 75- Why is it impossible to starve in the desert? 76- Do you know where people send a horse when it is sick? 77- What did the doctor say when the invisi- ble man called to make an appointment?
  • 3. 234 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 78- Which 'BUS' could cross the ocean? 79- What a bee says when it gets in the hive? 80- How do you catch a squirrel? 81- What do you call a deer with no eyes? 82- Where do cows go for entertainment? 83- What animal is it that has four legs a tail and flies? 84- What do you call 'a fly' without wings? 85- What goes "ZUB, ZUB"? 86- What did one light bulb say to another light bulb? 87- What flowers have two lips? 88- They travel all over the world but end up in the corner, what are they? 89- Why didn't the farmer cry when his dairy cow fell off the cliff? 90- What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailor? 91- Why do cows have bells? 92- Why were the little drops of ink crying? 93- How many sheep does it take to make one wool sweater? 94- What's a teacher's favorite nation? 95- What's the most colorful state of U.S.A.? 96- In what state does it cost the most to live in? 97- What did the cannibal who was late for dinner get? 98- What do you call a dog with no legs? 99- How do you top a car? 100- Is there a word in the English language that uses all the vowels including "y" ? 101- Why do birds fly south for the winter? 102- What is the tallest building in our town? 103- What did the fish say when he hit the wall? 104- The teacher speaking to a student said, "Saud, name two pronouns." 105- Teacher: Today, we're going to talk about the tenses. Now, if I say "I am beautiful," which tense is it? 106- What is orange and sounds like parrot? 107- Can a kangaroo jump higher than the Empire State Building? 108- What do you call a deer with no eyes? 109- ESL teacher: You must never begin a sentence "I is ...". 110- How should you dress on a cold day? 111- Why do witches fly about on broom- sticks? 112- Who tells chicken jokes? 113- What's white when it's dirty, and black when it's clean? 114- What's the capital of "England"? 115- What do we tell the donkey worn its pajamas (pyjamas-Brt)? 116- What's "bacteria"? 117- What's the biggest part in a car? 118- What day do fish hate? 119- Why are roosters the neatest birds? 120- Which three letters of the alphabet do all the work? 121- What illness do you get in China? 122- What do you get if you cross a baby with a U.F.O.?
  • 4. 235RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 123- When is it bad luck to have a black cat following you? 124- Why did the egg go into the jungle ? 125- Teacher -First came the Ice Age, then - the Stone Age. What came next? 126- What's the easiest way to double your money? 127- Which driver never commits a traffic offence? 128- When does it rain money? 129- What gets dirty by washing? 130- What would be worse than finding a maggot in an apple you 're eating ? 131- What is the best day for cooking bacon and eggs? 132- What do Martians eat for breakfast? 133- What is round and red and goes up and down? 134- What is a sick crocodile called? 135- What can make a cow fly? 136- 'Did you hear about the man who invented a device for looking through walls?' 'No, what does he call it?' 137- What was awarded to the inventor of door knockers? 138- Teacher - How many seconds are there in a year?! 139- What kind of running means walking? 140- What nail should you never hit with a, hammer? 141- Who wrote Great Eggspectations? 142- What is it that occurs once in a second, once in a month, once in a century, yet not at all in an hour, or a week or a year? 143- Five automobiles were lined up bumper to bumper. How many bumpers were actually touching each other? 144- How many parts of the human body can you name that have only three letters? 145- How far do you have to count before using the letter A in spelling a number? 146- Name as many articles as you can think of that start with the letter S that are worn on the feet. 147- What continent do you see when you look in the mirror in the morning? 148- What is found in the very center of both America and Australia? 149- What relatives are dependent on you? 150- Why is the letter T like an island? 151- What part of London is in France? 152- Nine crows sat on a limb of a tree. Farmer Jones shot three of them. How many crows remained? 153- Which is the loudest vowel? 154- What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always will be? 155- How many birthdays does the average person have? 156- What is a beautiful cat? 157- What is an unusual seat? 158- What is a comical rabbit? 159- What is an angry boy? 160- What is an irritated employer? 161- What is a bashful insect? 162- What is a large hog? 163- What is an uncontrollable boy or girl? 164- What is a joyful father?
  • 5. 236 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 165- What is a noisy group of people? 166- The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 167- What can you cut with a knife and never see a mark? 168- What asks no questions but receives a lot of answers? 169- What grows bigger the more you take from it? 170- I saw a nutcracker up in a tree. What was it? 171- What goes up but never comes down? 172- If you feed it, it will live. If you give it water, it will die. What is it? 173- What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? 174- Something that shines in the sky at night Changes to rodents that gnaw and bite. 175- A fruit that's green and often sour Becomes a distance you walk in an hour. 176- Something that frogs do very well Can be the sound of a ringing bell. 177- An animal that eats a paper or can Becomes the cloak of a Roman man. 178- What helps you keep your teeth togeth- er? 179- How do you make a lemon drop? 180- What is all over the house? 181- What is a UFB? 182- Why did the teenager put his clock in the oven? 183- When can a man be six feet tall and be short at the same time? 184- What happens to a refrigerator when you pull its plug? 185- Why did the teenager put sugar under her pillow? 186- What is the first thing that a gardener puts in the garden? 187- What is the perfect cure for dandruff? 188- What do you call a person who doesn't have all his fingers on one hand? 189- What's the best thing to take when you're run over by a car? 190- How many months have twenty-eight days? 191- Name five things that contain milk. 192- By inserting the same letter 16 times in appropriate places, this jumble of let- ters will be transformed into a sentence of some sense: VRY VNING RNST ARND IGHTN CNTS XCDINGLY ASILY. 193- A man was locked in a room with only a bed, a calendar, and a piano. How did he drink, how did he eat, and how did he get out? Another man was locked in a room with only a mirror and a table. How did he get out? A third man was locked in an empty room. How did he escape? 194- A man goes into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun, and points it at the customer. "Thank you" replies the customer and walks out. What happened? 195- How can you throw a tennis ball with all your strength and, without it hitting a wall or other obstruction, have it stop and come right back to you? 196- How close a relative would the sister- in-law of your father's only brother be? 197- It takes 4 1/2 hours for a jet plane to fly between the east and west coasts of the United States. One plane leaves Los Angeles for New York at 4:40 o'clock, while another plane leaves New York for Los Angeles at 6 o'clock. Which plane will be closer to New York when they pass each other?
  • 6. 237RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 198- A rope ladder is hanging over the side of a ship. The ladder is twelve feet long, and the rungs on the ladder are one foot apart. The lowest rung is resting on the top of the ocean. The tide rises four inches an hour. How long would it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are under water? 199- There are ten black stockings and ten white stockings in a drawer. If you reach into the drawer in the dark, what is the least number of stockings you must take out before you are sure you have a pair that matches? 200- How many bricks does it take to finish a house? 201- What has a fork and mouth, but cannot eat? 202- What can be measured, but has no length, width, or thickness? 203- What comes down, but never goes up? 204- What goes up and down but doesn't move? 205- Why did the boy put his radio in the refrigerator? 206- What has four wheels and flies? 207- How many feet are there in a yard? 208- What can you serve, but never eat? 209- What's the best way to win a race? 210- What has no beginning and no end? 211- Why do lions eat raw meat? 212- Which football player wears the biggest helmet? 213- Why does a firefighter wear red sus- penders? 214- Why do we dress baby boys in blue and baby girls in pink? 215- What kind of bushes do rabbits in California sit under when it rains? 216- If a rooster laid an egg on top of a pointed-roof henhouse, which side would the egg roll off? 217- There was a big alligator walking down the street with a little alligator. The lit- tle alligator was the big alligator's son, but the big alligator wasn't the little alli- gator's father. Who was the big alliga- tor? 218- If an electric train travels ninety miles an hour in a westerly direction, and the wind is blowing from the north, in which direction will the smoke blow? 219- Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each fisherman caught a fish, yet only three fish were caught. How is this pos- sible? 220- At this moment, everyone in the world is doing the same thing. What is it? 221- If you dropped a tomato on your toe, would it hurt much? 222- How much dirt is there in a hole exact- ly one foot deep and one foot wide? 223- If six children and two dogs were under just one umbrella, how come none of them got wet? 224- Two teachers teach at the same school. One is the father of the other's son. What relation are they to each other? 225- What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand? 226- Can a man living in New York be buried in California? 227- A cowboy had twelve cows. All but nine died. How many cows did he have left? 228- Two men were playing checkers. They played five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is this possible? 229- How many books can you put into an empty school bag?
  • 7. 238 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 230- A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was eighteen feet away, and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it? 231- If there were six crows sitting on a bench and a hunter shot one of them, how many would be left? 232- If you count twenty horses on your right going into town, and twenty hors- es on your left coming home, how many horses have you counted in all? 233- If it takes three minutes to boil an egg, how long will it take to boil three eggs? 234- Seven is an odd number. How do you make seven even? 235- A man who worked in a butcher shop was six feet tall and wore size eleven shoes. What did he weigh? 236- What is the best exercise for losing weight? 237- What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and not once in a hundred years? 238- Which is better: "The house burned down" or "The house burned up"? 239- What can be right, but never wrong? 240- What is it that a man can use for shav- ing, polishing his shoes, and sleeping in? 241- In the middle of the night, while Mr. Jones was asleep in his hotel room, the telephone beside his bed rang. Mr. Jones woke up, picked up the phone, and said "Hello." Then he put the phone down and went back to sleep. Can you guess who had telephoned him? 242- A man ran down the street, walked into a bar, and asked for a glass of water. The bartender gave him the water and pointed a gun at him. The man said "Thank you" and walked out of the bar. Why did he do that? 243- A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dol- lar bills for the purchases in an enve- lope on his desk. She found the enve- lope with "98" written on it. In a shop she bought $90 worth of things, but when it was time to pay, she didn't have $8 left over, as she thought she would. In fact, she didn't have enough money to pay for all the purchases. By how much was she short, and why? 244- A farmer must transport his dog, a duck, and a bag of corn across a river. The boat he has to use is very small-so small that he can take only one of the three in the boat with him at a time. If he leaves the dog alone with the duck, the dog will kill and eat the duck. If he leaves the duck alone with the corn, the duck will eat up the corn. What is the least number of trips the farmer must make to transport all three across the river safely? 245- One day a cat fell down a well. The well was eighteen feet deep. When the cat tried to climb out, it found that the sides of the well were very damp and slippery. However, with patient deter- mination it finally managed to climb out. It took the cat one minute of climbing to gain three feet. However, after climb- ing for a minute, the cat had to rest for a minute before it could go on. During each minute of rest, the cat slid back two feet. How long did it take for the cat to get out of the well? 246- A traveler had the misfortune of being caught by an enemy tribe and con- demned to death. The only question that remained was how he was to be done away with. According to tribal custom, the chief of the tribe was to make this decision on the following basis: The victim was told to make an affirmative statement. If the chief considered the statement true, the victim would be shot with a poisoned arrow. If the statement was judged to be false, the victim would be tied to a stake and die by fire. In any case, his death was apparently inescapable-or so it seemed to every- one except the traveler. He made a short statement which so perplexed the chief that it was found impossible to carry out the execution. What were the words that the clever traveler must have uttered?
  • 8. 239RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 247- Tom came to a bridge marked "Total weight 100 kilos." Now, Tom weighed 95 kilos, but he had three pineapples, each weighing 2 kilos. He couldn't throw them across the river, because the pineapples would be smashed to pieces. How did Tom cross the bridge? 248- Two girls appeared at the registrar's office of a college. The receptionist handed each of them a questionnaire to fill out. Each girl wrote the following facts on the questionnaire. Each had the last name Smith. Each was born on February 29, 1960. Each was born at 376 East 53rd Street, New York City. Each had a father named John Smith and a mother named Gertrude Smith. When the girls had completed the ques- tionnaires they handed them to the registrar. The registrar read them and asked, "Are you two girls' sisters?" They replied, "Yes, we are." Looking up from his papers, the registrar saw the two girls and noticed that they looked exactly alike. He said, "You're twins, aren't you?" They both promptly answered, "No." Assuming that all the answers they gave were true, and that they had the same mother and father, how do you account for the fact that they were not twins? 249- Albert Amblefoot walked outside in a heavy rainstorm for half an hour with- out getting a single hair of his head wet. He didn't wear a hat, carry an umbrella, or hold anything over his head. His clothes got soaking wet. How could this happen? 250- As you are traveling in the kingdom of Jerafa, you come upon a boy and a girl who are dressed exactly alike. "I'm a boy," says the one with red hair. "I'm a girl," says the one with black hair. If at least one of them is not telling the truth, which is which? 251- A man lived at the southern tip of a small forest which was exactly circular in shape. His house was at the very edge of the forest. One fine day in the spring he decided to take a walk around the forest. He set out from his house, heading in a westerly direction, that is going in a clockwise direction, all around the forest and returning to his house, He found that it took him eighty minutes to do this, walking at a steady rate and making no stops along the way. Another day a few months later, he again took a walk around the forest, but this time he went in a counterclockwise direction. Walking at the same rate as before and making no stops, he found that the trip took him one hour and twenty minutes. Can you explain why? 252- Ruling over the kingdom of Komosay was a very powerful king who had a beautiful daughter named Yamah. When Yamah fell in love with a poor peasant boy, the king was shocked and distressed. To show how fair he was, however, he promised to give the boy a 50-50 chance to marry his daughter by letting him choose one of two slips of paper. On one piece of paper would be written the word MARRIAGE; on the other, the word DEATH. Because of his great love for Yamah, the boy agreed to take this risk. As he came near to the castle on the fateful day, he happened to overhear a conversation between the king and one of his attendants: "Your Majesty," said the attendant, "how can you do this thing, and let that unworthy boy have a chance of marry- ing your daughter?" The deceitful king laughed and said, "The way I will do it, he will have no chance. I will write the word DEATH on both pieces of paper. But of course, he will not know that; he will think he has chosen the wrong piece of paper." When the boy heard that he was stunned and didn't know what to do. But then he thought of a clever solution to the problem. When the time came to choose, he put his plan into action. The next day he and the princess were mar- ried. What was his solution?
  • 9. 240 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 1- Lunch and supper. 2- He wanted to see the waterfall. 3- He wanted to see the butterfly. 4- He wanted to save time. 5- A clock. 6- A bottle. 7- On the bottom. 8- "The Q. (queue) 9- He wanted to see time fly. 10- Ohio. 11- C-A-T. 12- Two, the same as an uncle. 13- All of them. 14- An egg. 15- Baby tigers. 16- A newspaper 17- Because seven eight nine (seven ate nine) 18- Nice hair 19- "i" (I) 20- "y" (Why?") 21- U. 22- W (Double u- Double you) 23- Because the B is after it. 24- Because it's in the middle of the day. 25- "The C" 26- A horse and its rider. 27- The horse's shadow. 28- A teapot. 29- Nice belt. 30- Because it's too far to walk there. 31- None! None of them have "c", "o","m" or "n" in them. 32- A mushroom. 33- A towel 34- His horse's name is Tuesday. 35- He didn't have anybody to take. (any BODY) 36- The doctor was his mother. 37- Because he/she was going to high school! 38- They are Saturday and Sunday. All the others are weak (week) days. 39- BBBBBBB 40- Heat, because you can catch a cold. 41- No, that's wrong, because after eating one apple your stomach isn't empty. 42- To find Pluto. 43- Carlos (It's pronounced "carless") 44- You don't have to pay for lightening. 45- Your lap. (good for phrasal 'stand up', and 'laptop', lap-dog, etc.) 46- A sandwich. 47- One's roaring with pain the other's pour- ing with rain 48- There is a fan in every seat. 49- Fsh. (Hint: No "eye" = No "i") 50- A pack of playing cards. 51- Selfish. 52- Because the teacher was Hayden. (Hayden, Hidin', Hiding) 53- A very small mother! (mini-mom) 54- Because it's two-tired (too tired) 55- A coin. 56- My hair. 57- Wherever he wants to. 58- A cow walking backwards. 59- The Vampire State building. 60- The mooooospaper 61- Smiles, because there is a mile between the first and last s. 62- "Wrong". 63- Short 64- Rubber-band - because it stretches. 65- Twelve. January second, February sec- ond, March second... 66- Tuesday and Thursday? NO, today and tomorrow! 67- Because it was a little horse. (hoarse) 68- Coughin' (coffin) 69- Because then it would be a foot. 70- Very carefully. 71- A garbage truck. 72- A Comb. 73- To get to the other side. 74- Because their fathers seldom get a chance to use it. 75- Because of all the sandwiches (sand which is) there. 76- To a horsepital. 77- Tell him I can't see him today. 78- Columbus! 79- Hi Honey! I'm home! 80- Climb a tree and act like a nut !
  • 10. 241RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 81- No idea. (No eye deer) 82- They go to the mooovies! 83- A dead horse! 84- You call it 'a walk.' 85- A bee flying backwards.(Buz,Buz) 86- You are the light of my life. 87- Tulips 88- Stamps 89- There's no use crying over split milk. 90- A jeweler sells watches. A jailer watches cells. 91- Because their horns don't work. 92- Their mother was in the pen and they did not know how long her sentence would be. 93- I didn't even know sheep could knit! 94- Expla-nation. 95- Color-ado. 96- Expennsylvania. 97- The cold shoulder. 98- Why bother, he won't come anyway. 99- Tep on the brake, tupid! 100- Unquestionablely! 101- Because it's too far to walk. 102- The library. (It has the most stories.) 103- Dam! 104- Saud who suddenly woke up, said, "Who, me?" 105- Student: Obviously it is the past tense. 106- A carrot 107- The Empire State Building can't jump! 108- No idea.(No-eye deer) 109- Clever student: Please sir, what's wrong with "I is a vowel". 110- Quickly! 111- Because vacuum cleaners don't have a long enough cord? 112- Comedihens! 113- A blackboard. 114- The capital of "England" is E 115- We call it ZEBRA 116- The back entrance of a cafeteria. 117- The biggest part in a car is the MIRROR of the car. Sometimes we can see a mountain in it. 118- Fry-day 119- Because they always carry their combs! 120- N.R.G.! 121- Kung-flu! 122- An unidentified crying object! 123- When you're a mouse! 124- Because it wanted to do some eggsplor- ing! 125- Student -The sausage! 126- Fold it! 127- A screwdriver! 128- When there's a change in the weather! 129- Water! 130- Finding half a maggot! 131- Fry-day! 132- Unidentified frying objects. 133- A tomato in a lift! 134- An illigator! 135- The letter R , because it makes a cow into a crow! 136- 'A window.' 137- The No-bell prize! 138- Pupil- Twelve, sir. Second of January, February, March, etc.! 139- Running out of petrol! 140- Your fingernail! 141- Charles Chickens! 142- The letter N 143- Eight 144- There are ten;eye, ear, rib, jaw, toe, lip, arm, leg, hip, gum 145- One thousand 146- Shoes, socks, stockings, sandals, skis, slippers, skates, sneakers, snowshoes 147- Europe - You see you're up 148- The letter R 149- Your aUnts, Uncles, and coUsins. (They all need U.) 150- Because it is in waTer 151- The letter N 152- None, the surviving crows flew away 153- I. It's always in the midst of noise 154- Tomorrow 155- Only one 156- Pretty kitty 157- Rare chair 158- Funny bunny 159- Mad lad 160- Cross boss 161- Shy fly 162- Big pig 163- Wild child 164- Glad dad 165- Loud crowd 166- Footsteps 167- Water 168- A telephone 169- A hole 170- A squirrel 171- Our age 172- Fire 173- Time to get a new fence. 174- star-rats 175- lime-mile
  • 11. 242 RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 176- leap-peal 177- goat-toga 178- Toothpaste. 179- Hold it and then let it go. 180- The roof. 181- An Unidentified Flying Banana. 182- He wanted to have a hot time. 183- When he is short of money. 184- It loses its cool. 185- She wanted to have sweet dreams. 186- His foot. 187- Baldness. 188- Normal. 189- The license plate number of the car that hit you. 190- All of them. 191- Ice cream, cheese...and three cows. 192- Every evening Ernest earned eighteen cents exceedingly easily. 193- The first man drank from the springs of the bed, ate the dates off the calendar and played the piano until he found the right key, which he used to unlock the door. The second man looked in the mirror to see what he saw. Then he took the saw and cut the table in half. Next, he put the two halves together to make a whole. Finally, he crawled out through the hole. The third man broke out with the measles. 194- The customer had hiccups. 195- Throw it straight up in the air. 196- Very close; it would be your mother. 197- When they pass each other they will both be the same distance from New York. 198- They will never be under water since the ship and the ladder both rise with the tide 199- Three 200- Only one-the last one! 201- A river. 202- Your temperature. 203- Rain. 204- A staircase. 205- He wanted to hear cool music. 206- A garbage truck 207- It depends on how many people are standing in it. 208- A tennis ball. 209- Run faster than anyone else. 210- A circle. 211- Because they can't cook. 212- The one with the biggest head. 213- To keep his pants up. 214- Because they can't dress themselves. 215- Wet ones. 216- Neither. A rooster can't lay eggs 217- The little alligator's mother. 218- There is no smoke from an electric train. 219- A boy, his father, and his grandfather went fishing together. 220- Getting older. 221- Yes, if it were in a can. 222- None. A hole is empty. 223- It wasn’t raining. 224- Husband and wife. 225- Your right elbow. 226- No! He's still living! 227- Nine. 228- They played different people. 229- None. If you put a book in it, the bag is no longer empty. 230- Easily, if the other end of the rope was- n't tied to anything. 231- None. The noise of the gun would frighten the others away. 232- Twenty. You counted the same horses coming and going. 233- Three minutes, if they're in the same pot. 234- Take off the s. 235- Meat. 236- Pushing yourself away from the table. 237- The letter n. 238- Neither. They're both bad! 239- An angle. 240- A razor, a brush, and a pair of pajamas.
  • 12. 243RRIIDDDDLLEESS AANNDD SSIILLLLYY QQUUEESSTTIIOONNSS 241- The person who called him was the man in the room next door, and the reason the man telephoned him was that Mr. Jones had been snoring and disturbing the man. As soon as Mr. Jones said "Hello"the man next door realized that he was awake and that was all he wanted. 242- The man had hiccups. 243- He was short by $4.00. She had read the number upside down. The number was 86. 244- Four trips. First he takes the dog across the river, leaving the dog along with the corn. Then after returning, he takes the dog over and brings the duck back. Then he takes the corn across and leaves it with the dog, coming back for the duck which he takes over last of all. 245- It took the cat thirty-one minutes. In the first two minutes the cat climbed one foot. Continuing this way for thirty minutes, the cat had climbed fifteen feet. In the next minute the cat climbed up the remaining three feet and so was out of the well. 246- The traveler said: "I will die by fire." If the chief decided that this statement was a true one, the traveler would be executed by shooting. But that would make the statement false, and then the traveler would be doomed to die by fire. But such an execution would make the statement true, and then he would have to be shot instead. The only way out of this dilemma was to let the clever traveler go free. 247- Tom was a juggler. He juggled the pineapples while he crossed the bridge. 248- They were two of a set of triplets. 249- He was bald. 250- The boy has black hair and the girl has red hair. The statement "At least one of them is not telling the truth" means that one or more is not telling the truth. That is either the first one or the second one is not telling the truth-or both are not. If the first one is not telling the truth, then the first speaker is in truth a girl. Since the opening sentence says there is a boy and a girl," if the first speaker is in truth a girl, then the sec- ond speaker must be a boy. We arrive at the same result if we begin with the assumption that the second speaker is not telling truth. The fact is that, in accordance with the given information, if either one of them is not telling the truth, the other isn't either. 251- It took the man the same length of time to go in a clockwise direction or in a counter-clockwise direction. One hour and twenty minutes is the same as eighty minutes. 252- The boy chose one of the pieces of paper and immediately swallowed it. Then he said that the remaining piece of paper (the one he didn't choose) should be read. Since (as he knew) it would contain the word DEATH, the piece he had chosen must (according to the king's stated rules) have said MAR- RIAGE. The king could not deny this without exposing his dark and devious plot.