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Title: Can you solve the following riddles?


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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?
  • ANSWERThe 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 languageU -
    - - 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 languageU -
    - - 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?AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoRevi
    veUnevenVoodoo

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  • What do the following words have in
    common?AssessBananaDresserGrammarPotatoRevi
    veUnevenVoodoo
  • ANSWER
  • If you take the first letter and move it to the
    rear of the word, you get the same word when read
    backwards.
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