Beginner Riddles I

Some riddles for you to task your brain with :)

Check out my Megapost of over 220 riddles here: http://braintaming.blogspot.com/2014/03/over-220-riddles-and-brainteasers-to.html


QUESTION: A man was outside taking a walk when it began to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *He was bald.*

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QUESTION: How much dirt is in a hole that is 3 ft deep, and 6 inches in diameter?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *None. A hole only has air in it, no dirt.*

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QUESTION: An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks):
*The wise son bought a candle and a box of matches. After lighting the candle, the light filled the entire room.*

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QUESTION: Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *A candle*

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QUESTION: Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *A Parachute that didn't open *

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QUESTION: What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *A Mirror.*

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QUESTION: You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *It's an egg!*

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QUESTION: There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *Place the apple on one person's head.*

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QUESTION: A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn is left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *man carries chicken, man leaves chicken and comes back, man gets fox, man leaves fox and gets chicken, man leaves chicken and gets corn, man leaves fox and corn to get chicken, man gets chicken.*

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QUESTION: I can be created by humans, But they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help at times. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *A Baby.*

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QUESTION: I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

ANSWER(Highlight space between asterisks): *An arrow*