Riddles1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away ?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it.. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd.. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.. Try to do so without any coaching!

THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:

1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead...That one was easy, right?

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).

3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.

4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!

5.. The letter e, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.

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1. What does a cat have that no other animal has?2. What has two heads, four eyes, six legs, and a tail?3. What always sleeps with its shoes on?4. What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing at all?5. What fur do we get from a Tiger?6. Why do dragons sleep all day?7. What can honk without a horn?

8. What has a horn but does not honk?9. What is the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?10. What two keys can't open any doors?

Answers:1. Kittens2. A cowboy riding his horse3. A Horse4. The shadow of an elephant5. As fur away as possible!6. They like to hunt Knights7. A goose8. A rhinoceros9. To cover cows10. A Donkey, and a Monkey

************************ 1) In which battle did Tippu Sultan die?Ans: In his last battle

2) Where was the declaration of independence signed?Ans:At the bottom of the page

3) What is the main reason for the divorce?Ans: Marriage

4)Ganga flows in which State?Ans: Liquid state

Q. Whats the main reason for Failure?A. Examinations.*****************************

What kind of coat can only be put on when wet? Answer: a coat of paint

What goes up a chimney down, but won't go down a chimney up? Answer: an umbrella

What letter is next in this sequence? M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__ Answer: N These are the first letters of the months of the year

What's full of holes but still holds water? Answer: a sponge

What building has the most stories? Answer: A Library

Why is an island like the letter T? Answer: It is in the middle of "waTer".

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I? Answer: an eye

My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. Answer: A candle

What other letter fits in the following series: B C D E I K O X? Answer: The letter H. All of the letters in the series flipped vertically remain the same.

What is the next letter in the series: "B, C, D, E, G, ..."? And Why? Answer: The next letter would be P. They all rhyme.

Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible? Answer: There is a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter.The grandmother is also the mother's mother, so there are 2 daughters and 2 mothers, but only a total of 3 people.

What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft? Answer: A garbage truck

What is the best month for a parade? Answer: March

What's white when it’s dirty? Answer: A blackboard

Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?Answer: Pour the juice from the second glass into the

fifth glass.

Two fathers and two sons went duck hunting. Each shot a duck but they shot only three ducks in all. How come?Answer: The hunters were a man, his son and his grandson.

When is your mind like a rumpled bed?Answer: When it is not made up.

What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?Answer: holes

What is it that everybody does at the same time?Answer: grow older

Take away my first letter; take away my second letter; take away all my letters, and I would remain the same. What am I?Answer: The postman (mailman)

A doctor and a nurse have a baby boy. But the boy's father is not the doctor and the mother is not the nurse. How can it be?Answer: The doctor is the mother (female doctor) and the nurse is the father (male nurse).

What gets wet when drying? Answer: A towel

The more you take away, the larger it becomes? What is it? Answer: A hole

You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it? Answer: Your word

What seven letters did Old Mother Hubbard say when she opened her cupboard? Answer: O I C U R M T

What is so fragile even saying its name can break it? Answer:

Silence

How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday? Answer: His horse is named Friday!

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M

The more you take the more you leave behind. Answer: footsteps

A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains. Answer: dozens

This runs fore to aft on one side of a ship, and aft to fore on the other. What is it? Answer: The name of the ship

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I? Answer: A Piano

What turns everything around, but does not move? Answer: a mirror

While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why? Answer: Every one on the boat is married.

Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where? Answer: In a dictionary

I am an insect, & the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I? Answer: beetle

What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you? Answer: Your mother.

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word? Answer: "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son. Who is that man? Answer: I am my fathers son, so that mans father must be me. So that man must be my son.

What word looks the same upside down and backwards? Answer: SWIMS

When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer? Answer: When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.

How far can a dog run into the woods? Answer: Halfway through the woods. After halfway the dog would be running out of the woods, not "into the woods."

Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I? Answer: A Wheelbarrow

It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it? Answer: A See-Saw

Which word from Group B belongs with the words from Group A? A. blast, paper, box, bank B. juice, bag, cradle, carpet Answer: BAG. All of the words in group A can begin with the word SAND

I am a path situated between high natural masses. Remove my first letter & you have a path situated between man-made masses. What am I? Answer: valley (-v = alley)

What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands? Answer: your breath

What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed? Answer: lounger

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. Answer: counterfeit money

You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie. Answer: your reflection

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. Answer: few

What are the next 3 letters in this riddle? o t t f f s s _ _ _ Answer: e n t The first seven letters stand for - one two three four five six sevenHe starts and ends 2 common English words. One painful in love, one painful in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 words I must be? Answer: Heartache and Headache

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What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter?

Envelope What has a neck but no head? A bottle What type of cheese is made backwards? Edam What gets wetter as it dries? A towel Why did the boy bury his flashlight? Because the batteries died. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? The C What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’ and has thousands of letters?

The Post Office!

What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago? Because he’s

still living! What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? A teapot How many letters are there in the English alphabet? There are 18: 3 in

‘the’, 7 in ‘English’ and 8 in ‘alphabet’. Which month has 28 days? All of them of course!

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