Riddles

RIDDLES

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RIDDLES

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Slide 1 - Diapositive

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1
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you die.

Slide 2 - Diapositive

nothing
2
I have four legs, a back, but no head.
What am I?

Slide 3 - Diapositive

a chair
3
I have keys, but no locks and no rooms.
You can enter, but you can't go outside.
What am I?

Slide 4 - Diapositive

a keyboard
4
You answer me,
but I never ask you questions.
What am I?

Slide 5 - Diapositive

a telephone
5
What word starts with 'is',
ends with 'and',
and has 'la' in the middle?

Slide 6 - Diapositive

island
6
I'm tall when I'm young
 and I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?

Slide 7 - Diapositive

a candle
7
A man lives on the 10th floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator (lift) all the way down to the bottom and goes to work.
In the evening, when he comes back from work, he gets into the elevator, and if there is someone else in it, he goes back to the 10th floor. On rainy days he also goes directly to his floor. On all other days, he goes to the 7th floor and walks up 3 flights of stairs to his apartment (flat). Why?

Slide 8 - Diapositive

man is very small, cannot reach to number 10, uses an umbrella or someone else to push the button.
8
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

Slide 9 - Diapositive

the future
9
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

Slide 10 - Diapositive

he was bald
10
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

Slide 11 - Diapositive

a barber
11
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

Slide 12 - Diapositive

All the people on the boat are married.
12
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of their third son?

Slide 13 - Diapositive

David
13
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Slide 14 - Diapositive

your breath
14
What invention lets you look right through a wall?

Slide 15 - Diapositive

a window
15
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

Slide 16 - Diapositive

second place
16
What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?

Slide 17 - Diapositive

a Christmas tree/ pine tree
17
What has words, but never speaks?

Slide 18 - Diapositive

a book