Set 1
1.Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?
2. Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than seen. What am I?
3. You heard me before, yest you hear me again then I die 'till you call me again. What am I?
4. If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?
5. What has a neck but no head?
Set 2
Monday: What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?
Tuesday: What runs around the house but doesn't move?
Wednesday: I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
Thursday: What house can fly?
Friday: I can be cracked; I can be made. I can be told; I can be played. What am i?
Set 3
Monday: What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? (This is my husband’s favorite so far!)
Tuesday: Say my name and I disappear. What am I?
Wednesday: Which ring is square?
Thursday: Why are manholes round instead of square?
Friday: What four letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and still be read from left to right?
Answers:
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:
Monday: What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? (This is my husband’s favorite so far!)
A tea pot
Tuesday: Say my name and I disappear. What am I?
Silence
Wednesday : Which ring is square?
A boxing ring
Thursday: Why are manholes round instead of square?
If they were square it’s possible for the cover to slip down the hole diagonally. A round manhole cannot fall down no matter which way it is rotated because it’s width in any direction is greater than the opening of the hole.
Friday: What four letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and still be read from left to right?
noon
Email Mrs. B for answers to more riddles at robin_bresnahan@dpsk12.org.