417 riddles for age 11
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Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?…
Hint: Rungs of a Ladder The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot ap…
Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute. When he looks up he sees a rather large hole in his parachute. Nonetheless he lands safely without assistance and without using his reserve chute. Why did he survive?
Hint: Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet…
so your in a mansion and the powers out. you see a green door and a red door which do you go through (It does’nt matter which door). Now you see a purple door and a orange door which do you go through. now you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle which door do you go through no you finally come to some signs 1 says death from drowning another says death from machine guns and the last 1 says death from electric chair (all the signs are on doors). then you see a big sign that says or stay in the mansion and starve to death. which do you do and also live.
Hint: so your in a mansion and the powers out…
Some will use me, while others will not, some have remembered, while others have forgot. For profit or gain, I’m used expertly, I can’t be picked off the ground or tossed into the sea. Only gained from patience and time, can you unravel my rhyme?
Hint: Some will use me…
Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a.m. What was it?
Hint: Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May…
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.What am I ?
Ten pears hanging high, Ten men come passing by, Each took a pear and left nine hanging there. How could that be?
Hint: Ten pears hanging high…
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
Hint: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parent…
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?
The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?
Hint: The beginning of eternity…
The faster you work, the longer it is before you’re done, and the slower you work, the sooner you’re finished?
Hint: The faster you work…
The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?
Hint: The following sentence is false…
The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage. What am I?
Hint: The higher I climb…
The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir. Can you figure out why?
Hint: The king dies and two men…
The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race?
Hint: The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outf…
The more there is the less you see. What is it?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it. What is it?
Hint: The Pope has it but he does not use it…
The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on water for 30 minutes. The lake was not dry and we all observed the priest actually walking on water. How?
Hint: The priest in my hometown told us that on a particular day he would walk on wate…
The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?
Hint: The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart…