452 riddles for age 10
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Four children, Rob, Danny, Martha and Bent, had a race across the yard. Danny was as many places behind Martha as Bent was ahead of Rob. Martha was not first and Rob was not second. Who was first, second, third and fourth?
Hint: Four children…
Four men sat down to play. They played all night till break of day. They played for gold and not for fun. With separate scores for everyone. When they had come to square accounts. They all had made quite fair amounts. Can you the paradox explain. If no one lost, how all could gain?
Hint: Four men sat down to play…
Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
Hint: Four men were in a boat on the lake…
Give me an x, I’ll stand to face you. Give me a cross, I’ll turn my back on you. What am I?
Hint: Give me an x…
Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry, Barry, and Gary. Harry sat across from Gary. At Gary’s right, opposite Barry, sat Larry. When the waiter came for their orders, Larry and Barry ordered steak. Gary chose fish, and Harry (who likes to be difficult) ordered like this: “Unless the man at the left of the man opposite the man who ordered fish is not having what the man across from the man at the right of the man at my left is having, then I’ll have what the man across from the man at the right of the man opposite me ordered. Otherwise, bring me the fettucine alfredo.”Assuming “right”and “left”is from the viewpoint of the diners, what did Harry order?
Hint: Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry…
He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?
Hint: Here on earth it is true…
Here on Earth it’s always true, that a day follows a day. But there is a place where yesterday always follows today!
Hint: Here on Earth it’s always true…
How can you clasp someone’s hands together in such a manner that they cannot leave the room without unclasping them?
Hint: How can you clasp someone’s hands together in such a manner that they cannot lea…
How can you physically stand behind your friend as he physically stands behind you?
Hint: How can you physically stand behind your friend as he physically stands behind y…
How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?
Hint: How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday…
how do you make 30p with 2 coins? one of them is not a 20p..
How do you make “one”disappear?
how does the turtle with no legs cross the road????????? HINT take the f out of free and the f out of way!!!!!!!!!
Hint: how does the turtle with no legs cross the road…
How far can a dog run into the woods?
How Far Can You Walk into the woods?
How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number.
Hint: How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the Englis…
How is it possible to shave three times a day and still grow a beard?
How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?
Hint: How is it that a person born in Massachusetts…
How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that’s 20 feet long on all four sides and 20 feet high?
Hint: How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that’s 20 …