Wednesday Riddles
hat six letter word in the English language contains ten other words without rearranging any of its letters?- Dies half its life, lives the rest. Dances without music, breathes without breath. What is it?
- Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters “he” in that order. There are two possible answers. “Hehe” is not acceptable. Haha! (Actually, I gave you this answer a few Wednesdays ago!
) - On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship, yet it sank right in front of the spectators’ eyes. What caused the ship to sink?
- A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
Answers:
- The word is “spared”. The ten words are: Spa, Spar, Spare, Pa, Par, Pare, Pared, Are, Re, and Red.
- A tree.
- Headache or Heartache.
- The submarine Captain ordered the crew to dive.
- It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!
(Riddles from Riddlenut.)
June 20th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Submarines are boats, not ships.
JavaElemental Reply:
June 20th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Yeah, I thought that one was a little cheap, myself.
June 24th, 2007 at 10:13 am
i love selby