April Puzzles

Answer to Last Edition's Riddles

1. If a brother, his sister, and their dog  were outside and weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?

It wasn’t raining.

2. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short

3. If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

Glass, all greenhouses are made of glass.

4. Draw a line. Without touching the line you just drew, how do you make it a longer line?

Draw a short line next to it. Now the original line is the longer line.

5. David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and ___?

David

6. Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?

A map

7. As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?

Sawdust

8. A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

He was born on February 29th.

9. I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

Yarn

10. Solve this math problem: 2(285)8038(37)18274(748395)0?

0

11. What has one eye, but can’t see?

A needle

12. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

A deck of cards.

13. What would you find in the middle of Toronto?

The letter “o”.

14. What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

Chicago

15. A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How is this possible?

The river was frozen.

This Month's Riddles

1. What question can you never answer “yes” to?

2. What goes up but never comes down?

3. How is it possible to see through a wall?

4. What has multiple eyes but can’t see?

5. At what time are you supposed to stop playing April Fools' Day pranks?

6. Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?

7. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?

8. What is the end of everything?

9. What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

10. What can fill a room but takes up no space?

11. What has one eye, but can’t see?

12. How many times does the word “bee” show up in the Bee Movie script?

13. How many cards are there in a typical deck of cards?

14. How do you write eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

15. Challenge: what question from the 24 above has been repeated in a previous issue?