RIDDLE ME THIS
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker
The only riddle I have ever been able to solve is, What is black and white and read all over? I do like to read good riddles because it gets me thinking of what the answer could be. I wonder how many of these riddles that I have listed that you can answer.
I bet you a Penny that someone will get them all right.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? (Don’t think of the weather)
Answer:The letter R
What English word has three consecutive double letters? This one seems pretty impossible, but use the facts you know about English to get the answer, then think of words with double vowels. Do you know the answer?
Answer: Bookkeeper.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain this scene if you can……….This puzzle aims to throw you off balance with shock. But pay attention to the first verb, “shoots.” What else can you shoot with besides a gun? There lies the key to the whole thing.
Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom..
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
The idea of a mine might lead you to coal or a diamond. The wood detail is your best hint. This short riddle is truly is a toughie, but the wood part might lead you to figure it out.
Answer: Pencil lead
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family? This riddle sounds like a tongue twister and gives you a bunch of ways to get totally confused when you try to figure out the answer. The key is to keep it simple. Be sure to count the sisters and brothers in total and in terms of their own number of siblings. Then the answer gets a little easier.
Answer: Four sisters and three brothers
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? This hard riddle tricks you by having you think about space that can be entered. Then it gets you to merge that with a space without rooms where you can’t leave. You might even be hung up on those keys. That’s where you should linger. Think about that word. What are some other meanings of keys—especially those that don’t require locks?
Answer: A keyboard.
How many letters are in the alphabet? Some hard riddles are confusing because they send you to the easiest answer first. You got this one easily, right? Twenty-six—if you’re talking about the English alphabet. Not so fast. Take another look from a different perspective.
Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet”
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
Hard riddles try to derail your train of thought, sending it into multiple directions. For this one, the key is to think of relatives.
Answer: A is D’s uncle.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it. The key to this hard riddle is to think of anything else but an actual object. Use your critical-thinking skills to get conceptual on this one.
Answer: Your name.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Again, riddles like this often have you crunching the numbers and stretching your brain cells thinking about time and the way it works. By now, you might have figured out that number riddles rarely involve math.
Answer: The letter M.
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly? This is such an easy answer that it messes with your head by getting you to think in a complex way.
Answer: Incorrectly.
What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up? Try to think out of the box for this one. It may not be something you would normally find in your chimney.
Answer: An umbrella.
I usually ruin people’s riddles by just plain not knowing the answer. I bet everyone got the correct answers to these riddles, and if you do, I will give you a Penny For Your Thoughts
