Now,
these are some riddles from around the world.
Try to think first before looking at the answers link.
And remember, DON't CHEAt !!
| The more you feed it, The more it will grow high, But if you give it water, Then it will simply die. What is it ? |
| What grows bigger the more you take from it ? |
| Runs all
day, but never walks; Often murmurs, but never talks; It has a bed, but never sleeps; It has a mouth, but never eats. |
| What kind of water never freezes ? |
| Russia What kind of bush does a fox sit under during a rain storm ? |
| Poland What does a pig have that even a king doesn't ? |
| How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty ? |
brain teasers
Now, this part needs a little more thinking... good luck !
| One morning, a light bulb
in a ceiling fixture at Mr.Wu's Chinese restaurant burned
out. Mr. Wu climbed the stepladder to change the bulb. As he was standing on the ladder, his watch fell out of his pocket. It went right into a large bowl of tea ! But when Mr Wu climbed down and took his watch out of the tea, it wasn't the least bit wet. Why not ? 
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| A boy named Robert
collected old coins. He knew that some old coins were
worth a lot of money. But he didn't know if any of his
coins were valuable. One day, his friend Susan told him she had heard that 1950 dimes (ten-cent pieces) were worth almost two hundred dollars. Robert looked at his coins. He had two 1950 dimes ! He rushed to the bank to turn in the two coins and collect almost four hundred dollars. However, at the bank he was told that while 1950 dimes were worth almost two hundred dollars, his two dimes were worth only twenty cents. Why ? 
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| A man bought a parrot at
a pet shop. The owner of the pet shop guaranteed that the
parrot could repeat any word it heard. The man took the
parrot home, but it never spoke a single word. Nevertheless, what the pet shop owner had said was absolutely true - the parrot could repeat any word it heard. So, why didn't it talk ? |
| Professor Priscilla
Pippen was a history teacher at a college. One Saturday
as she drove through a very small town, she saw a tiny
building with a sign on it. The sign read, "Museum
of Natural History." Professor Pippen parked her car
and went into the museum. There were only five exhibits in the museum. These were : - A prehistoric arrowhead made of copper. - The fossil skeleton of a dinosaur no bigger than a chicken. - An ancient Roman coin marked with the date 120 B.C. - A red diamond in a ring. - An ancient Egyptian cat mummy. Professor Pippen knew at once that one of the exhibits was a fake. Which one was it ? |
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