THE ENGLISH ALPHABET
Riddle: How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
FULL OF HOLES, BUT STILL HOLDS WATER
Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
THE LONG LINE
Riddle: You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make it a longer line?
EASY IN, HARD OUT
Riddle: What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
DINNER
Riddle: You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
PARENTAL CONFUSION
Riddle: A boy and his father get into a car accident. When they arrive at the hospital, the doctor sees the boy and exclaims “that’s my son!” How can this be?
DRY WITHOUT AN UMBRELLA
Riddle: If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
SUCCESS BEFORE WORK
Riddle: Where does success come before work?
BEGINS AND ENDS WITH T
Riddle: What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
EASY TO BREAK
Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Solutions: 1: 18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’ 2: A sponge.3: Draw a short line next to it and now it’s the longer line.4: Trouble.5: Cutlery.6: The doctor is the boy’s mother.7: It wasn’t raining.8: The dictionary.9: A teapot.10: Silence.
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