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586 riddles for age 8

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a man and his son were driving to meet there mom when they got in a car wreck

a man and his son were driving to meet there mom when they got in a car wreck. on the way to the ER the man past away. the surgeon said i cant operate on this boy he is my son. how ca n this be?

Hint: a man and his son were driving to meet there mom when they got in a car wreck…

✨ The surgeon is the mom
L3 · logic
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A man but an animal, a horn with two hands

A man but an animal, a horn with two hands. What am I?

✨ A Minotaur
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A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheel were

A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheel were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket. Why?

Hint: A man is late for an appointment and…

✨ He was on a motorcycle
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A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it

A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?

Hint: A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds…

✨ Get a drill He put a hole in the barrel to make it weigh less
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A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?

A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?

Hint: A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible…

✨ He was born in room 1898 in the hospital
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A man was found murdered on Sunday morning

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 murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

Hint: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning…

✨ It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!
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A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?

A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn’t pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?

Hint: A man was going to buy a $5000 car…

✨ It's not free He didn't pay a penny, he payed $5000 for the car!
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A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn

A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?

Hint: A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn…

✨ He was an astronaut on a space walk, doing repairs
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A murderer is condemned to death

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Hint: A murderer is condemned to death…

✨ The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead
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a person was building a house, and then it fell down, he did not get hurt nor get mad,on the count o

a person was building a house, and then it fell down, he did not get hurt nor get mad,on the count on, he knew it was going to fall and he did not expect any one to live in it.what happened?

Hint: a person was building a house…

✨ The person was a little boy who was building a house of cards!
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A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears

A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats everything it hears.”A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn’t say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

Hint: A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats e…

✨ The parrot was deaf!
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A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it

A phone rings 9 times, and no one answers it. A horse eats 9 pounds of grain. A bannana grows 9 inches evry day. and the computer gets 9 mail messages every day. What is always in the above paragraph ^?

Hint: A phone rings 9 times…

✨ Letters and words
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A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara

A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?

Hint: A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique…

✨ Sound of music Tilly. She seems to follow the scale Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, and then Ti
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A round cookie has no corners, but it still has regions. How many?

Look at a coin. One part you see, one part you don’t. Both are part of the shape.

Hint: Inside vs. outside count as separate places.

✨ two
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A sports player hits 10 home runs in a row. What are the odds he hits another one?

Every swing is a fresh start. Past hits don’t change the bat. The chance stays put.

Hint: The coin (or player) doesn’t remember what happened before.

✨ 50/50
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A toy store ships cars and bears. Each box holds 6 big cars or 10 small bears. They send 78 toys with more big cars. How many full boxes went out?

Big cars: 6 fit in a box. Small bears: 10 per box. The store packed 78 toys with extra cars. Count the full boxes—no half ones!

Hint: Try different combos of car boxes and bear boxes until the total makes 78.

✨ 11
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A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel

A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel. Where is the best place for a claustrophobic person to sit?

Hint: A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel…

✨ In the back. See, the train is still accelerating as it is leaving the station so the train will be moving faster when the back of the train enters the tunnel
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A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years

A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?

Hint: A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the …

✨ It was 1/2 its Max height in year 9 so.. Nine Years. Because on the 10th year it doubled for the last time and reached the maximun height
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A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky

A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?

Hint: A very pretty thing am I…

✨ A Butterfly, delicate and unique
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A white dove flew down by the castle

A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.

Hint: A white dove flew down by the castle…

✨ Snow melted by the sun
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