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Can you solve the following riddles?

Can you solve the following riddles?

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Page 1: Can you solve the  following riddles?

Can you solve the following riddles?

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The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

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The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

ANSWER: A COFFIN

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I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

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I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

ANSWER: A SHOE

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What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

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What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

ANSWER: A RIVER

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I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

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I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

ANSWER: A HOLE

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Until I am measured,I am not known.Yet how you miss me,When I have flown!What am I?

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Until I am measured,I am not known.Yet how you miss me,When I have flown!What am I?

ANSWER: TIME

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I can be cracked, I can be made.I can be told, I can be played.What am I?

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I can be cracked, I can be made.I can be told, I can be played.What am I?

ANSWER: A JOKE

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Three large people try to crowd under one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible?

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Three large people try to crowd under one small umbrella, but nobody gets wet. How is this possible?

ANSWER: IT WASN'T RAINING

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A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water.

The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him.

The man says, thank you and leaves.

Why?

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A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water.

The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him.

The man says, thank you and leaves.

Why?

ANSWER:

The man was looking for a cure for his hiccups!

By pulling out a gun, the Bartenders scared the man and his hiccups were gone.

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You can find me in darkness but never in light. I am present in daytime but absent at night. In the deepest of shadows, I hide in plain sight. What am I?

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You can find me in darkness but never in light. I am present in daytime but absent at night. In the deepest of shadows, I hide in plain sight. What am I?

THE ANSWER is D

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A certain five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?

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A certain five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is the word?

ANSWER: SHORT

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There is only one kind of cheese that is made backwards - what is it?

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There is only one kind of cheese that is made backwards - what is it?

ANSWER: EDAM

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What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

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What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

ANSWER: A STAMP

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Insert the same three letters in the gaps below to make three words in the English language:

U - - - I T YF U - - - EU N - - -

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Insert the same three letters in the gaps below to make three words in the English language:

U - - - I T YF U - - - EU N - - -

ANSWER: TIL (utility, futile and until)

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If you had one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?

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If you had one match and entered a room in which there were a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?

ANSWER: THE MATCH!

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I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

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I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

ANSWER: BREATH

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I am a 6 letter word.Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.What am I?

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I am a 6 letter word.Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.What am I?

CARPET.6-5-2: tea4-5-2-3: pear1-2-6: cat3-2-6: rat

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What do the following words have in common?

AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoReviveUnevenVoodoo

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What do the following words have in common?

AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoReviveUnevenVoodoo

ANSWER:

If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.