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Neither statement
is correct because 7+5=12.
Alexis, age 12, New Zealand
2. There were 20 people on a boat. The boat sank and 24 heads came to the surface. How is this
possible? There are 20 FORE heads.
Digata Defenders Fan, age 11, Canada
*l0v3*, age 13, Canada
3.If it takes six men one hour to dig six holes, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole?
There is no such thing as half a hole.
Emma, age 13
4.Two men play five complete games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There
are no ties. How? The two men were not playing against each other.
Emma, age 13
Sarah, age 12, USA
5.A man builds a rectangular house, and all the sides have a southern exposure. A bear walks by.
What colour is the bear? White. The bear is a polar bear.
Emma, age 13
6.A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?
Nine.
Emma, age 13
Sarah, age 12, USA
Yummi, age 11, USA
7.What is the meaning of startling? To disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
Taqdees, age 11, Pakistan
8.In a building there are only two rooms. One room has 45 humans in it. The other room, of the
same building, has 20 humans in it. How many species were in the building? One, only humans.
Bobby, age 13, USA
9.What gets smaller when ideas grow? A pencil.
Sydney, age 11, USA
10.I live where light is but die if light touches me. What am I? A shadow.
Justice, age 10, Philippines
11.The arrows of God can not be counted. What are they? The rain.
31.John and Jane lie dead on the floor. There is a broken bowl on the floor and there is some water
on the floor. There are no hand prints throughout the room and no blood. How did Jane and John
die? Jane and John are fish, their glass bowl was knocked over by a strong wind.
Davinia, age 13, Malaysia
32.I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give
birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at
once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I? Smoke.
Raychel, age 11, USA
33.My first's in adventure but isn't in trip
My second's in river but isn't in ship
My third is in chalice but isn't in cup
My fourth's in ascending but isn't in up
My fifth's in error but isn't in flaw
My last is in talon but isn't in claw
My whole is a beast that will eat you for dinner
Unless in this riddle game you are the winner!
A dragon.
Raychel, age 11, USA
34.What has teeth but can't bite? A comb.
Brianna, age 12
35.Which fruit has its seeds on the outside? A strawberry.
Anna, age 12, USA
36.I tower over the man-made plain;
My peaks scrape the heavens.
I have many brothers; in fact,
We may be as many as a hundred and seven.
We're as ancient as the oldest trees,
But not older than the hills.
We've been studied for centuries now,
But with mystery we're still filled.
The pyramids of Egypt.
Emmie, age 17, Scandinavia
37.You're in a room with 3 light switches. Next to your room is another room with the door closed.
Inside that room are 3 lights. You do not know which switch controls which light. How can you
figure out which switch controls which light? You can only enter the room with the lights once.
Turn one switch on and leave it on for 1 hour. This is switch A. After the hour is up turn
the light off and turn another light on (switch B). Go in to the room with the lights. The
light that's hot is light A. The light that is on is light B. and the light that is off, but not
hot is light C.
Joshua, age 16, USA
38.What is so fragile that sound can destroy it? Silence.
Zheng, age 9, Singapore
39.What can you break without touching it? A promise.
Zheng, age 9, Singapore
40.A thief was brought before a king to receive his punishment. The king, feeling merciful, asked
the thief how he would like to die. The thief told him, and the king let him go. How did the thief
wish to die? He wanted to die of natural causes.
Anonymous
41.If 7 is equal to 13 then what is 16 equal to? 31, because I multiplied it by 2 and subtracted
one.
Kyle, age 12, USA
42.What is like a king in your pencil case? A ruler.
Natasha, age 11, England
43.I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?
A map.
Lyndell, age 11, Australia
44.You are in a bathroom with stone walls and no windows. You start to run a bath when the handles
come off and there is no way of turning the tap off. You can't escape because the door is locked
and there are no windows. The room will flood and you will drown. How can you save yourself? Pull
the plug in the tub.
Kay, age 10, Australia
45.What is yours to own, yet others use it more? Your name.
Keeley, age 15, USA
46.What do you call a baby pachyderm? A baby elephant also called a calf.
John, age 7, USA
47.What has teeth but no mouth? A saw.