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Did you know that the art of the riddle is seen in many forms throughout the history of the world. Check out these interesting tidbits of information related to the world's most famous form of humor throughout history:
Riddle type poems and the such are placed throughout many important pieces of historical literature.
Artifacts containing riddles were obtained in Central America in the late 1900's. These riddles are often attributed to the Ancient Mesopotamiam civilization that lived there.
In many African cultures, the riddle is/was used in folklore, to pass down traditions and as a rite of passage for youth into adulthood.
The Ancient Greeks believed that a person's ability to solve riddles was a good way to measure their intelligence.
According to Greek folklore, the Sphinx sat outside of the ancient city of Thebes and posed riddles to passersby. If the travelers responded with the wrong answer, they met their demise.
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Longest Word In The Dictionary
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Fruity Anagrams
Hint:
The Name Of A Star
What plant becomes the name of a star by removing the first letter, becomes a number without the last letter and becomes a bird if the first and last letters are taken away?
Hint:
Ivy
VY = VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest known stars
IV = Roman Numeral 4
V = representation of a bird Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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VY = VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest known stars
IV = Roman Numeral 4
V = representation of a bird Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
13 Letter Words
The fishermen love me
The doctors hate me
Kids want to eat me
I'm a 13 letter word
What am I?
Hint: _H_T_ _ _I_ _ME_
Sentence With All Letters
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Where Am I Located
Hint:
The letter 'h'. It is the middle letter of the word 'nowhere' Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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What Is A Word Made Up Of 4 Letters Riddle
Hint:
The word 'what' has 4 letters in it, 'yet' has three, 'sometimes' has 9, 'then' has 4, 'rarely' has 6, and 'never' has 5. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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What Gets Broken Without Being Held Riddle
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Easter Before Valentines Riddle
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Escape Plan Riddle
Hint: The answer involves word play.
You look in the mirror and see what you saw. You take the saw and cut it in half. Two halves make a whole. Put the hole on the wall and climb out. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Hidden Message
Hint:
First notice what is written with black ink. You will find the word - Good. Inside those letters, you will see the white space. In the white space, the word "evil" has been written. If you think of it in a psychological manner, you will be able to understand the hidden meaning. It suggests that "Good" is nothing but the absence of evil. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Favorite Daughter
King Lear tests his daughters' love by the strength of their protestations. What a foolish fond old man!
Goneril says amongst other things that Lear is 'dearer than eyesight, space and liberty'. Regan professes that she is 'an enemy to all other joys'. Cordelia the favorite daughter is tongue-tied and she offers one word only '________'.
Fill in the blank.
Goneril says amongst other things that Lear is 'dearer than eyesight, space and liberty'. Regan professes that she is 'an enemy to all other joys'. Cordelia the favorite daughter is tongue-tied and she offers one word only '________'.
Fill in the blank.
Hint:
Nothing.
Your Answer: love
The correct answer was Nothing
Other accepted answers: nothing
"Nothing will come of nothing, speak again". Lear really wants her to try again but she counters that she cannot "heave my heart into my mouth" and also doubts her sisters sincerity, "Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all? ". Lear cannot believe her lack of warmth "so young and so untender". Cordelia counters "so young, my lord, and true". Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Your Answer: love
The correct answer was Nothing
Other accepted answers: nothing
"Nothing will come of nothing, speak again". Lear really wants her to try again but she counters that she cannot "heave my heart into my mouth" and also doubts her sisters sincerity, "Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all? ". Lear cannot believe her lack of warmth "so young and so untender". Cordelia counters "so young, my lord, and true". Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Two Relative Words Riddle
Name two different words using following words only:
1. Without me 60% of living beings can't survive.
2. Without me nothing ( living or non-living things) can survive.
3. Both have five letters each but both r anagrams of each other.
1. Without me 60% of living beings can't survive.
2. Without me nothing ( living or non-living things) can survive.
3. Both have five letters each but both r anagrams of each other.
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Pumping Blood Riddle
You need to use your brain
If you want to be smart
If you want your blood pumped
You need to use your _ _ _ _ _
Body parts remaining: 6
If you want to be smart
If you want your blood pumped
You need to use your _ _ _ _ _
Body parts remaining: 6
Hint:
What Word Starts With E And End With E
Hint: Letter is a dead give away
Post Your Word Riddles Puns Below
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1. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
2. Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself?
Because it was two-tired.
3. What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bulldozer.
4. What did one hat say to the other?
"You stay here, I'll go on ahead."
5. Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing.
6. What do you call a horse that's been knighted?
Sir Loin.
7. How does a penguin build its house?
Igloos it together.
8. What do you call a snake with a great sense of humor?
A hissterical comedian.
9. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't know the words.
10. Where do pencils like to live?
In a pencil-cil.
11. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Frostbite.
12. Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
13. What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta.
14. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye deer.
15. What do you call a fat psychic?
A four-chin teller.
16. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
17. What do you call a lazy kangaroo?
A pouch potato.
18. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Because it ran out of juice.
19. What do you call a smiling camel?
A humpback jubilee.
20. What did the big flower say to the little flower?
"Hi, bud!"
21. What do you call a group of cows playing instruments?
A moo-sical band.
22. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Because it was feeling crummy.
23. What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?
A can't opener.
24. Why did the banana go to jail?
Because it was peeling.
25. What do you call an alligator that works on Wall Street?
An investi-gator.
26. Why did the chicken go to the seance?
To talk to the other side.
27. What does a nosy pepper do?
It gets jalapeno business.
28. What does one tomato say to the other?
"You're a-peeling."
29. What do you call a bear with no ears?
B.
30. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
31. What did the grape say when it got stepped on?
Nothing, it just let out a little whine.
32. What do you call an owl magician?
Hoodini.
33. Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he was a fungi.
34. What do you call the answer to a riddle nobody gets?
A mystery-tour.
35. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a rattlesnake?
Frost bite.
36. What do you get when you cross a hen and a cement mixer?
A brick layer.
37. Why did the scarecrow go to the beach?
To catch some rays.
38. Why did the frog call his insurance company?
He had a jump in his car.
39. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An investigator.
40. What did the grape say to the raisin?
"Why do you look so wrinkled?"
41. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus.
42. What do you call a camel with three humps?
Pregnant.
43. Why did the tomato turn green?
Because it was green with envy.
44. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick?
"Put it on my bill."
45. What do you call a snobbish criminal going down stairs?
A condescending con descending.
46. What do you call a flower that plays video games?
A joystick-eye daisy.
47. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a lawnmower?
Frost cut grass.
48. What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back four seconds.
49. Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tired.
50. What do you call a banana with sunburn?
A tropical fruit.
1. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
2. Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself?
Because it was two-tired.
3. What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bulldozer.
4. What did one hat say to the other?
"You stay here, I'll go on ahead."
5. Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing.
6. What do you call a horse that's been knighted?
Sir Loin.
7. How does a penguin build its house?
Igloos it together.
8. What do you call a snake with a great sense of humor?
A hissterical comedian.
9. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't know the words.
10. Where do pencils like to live?
In a pencil-cil.
11. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a shark?
Frostbite.
12. Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
13. What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta.
14. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye deer.
15. What do you call a fat psychic?
A four-chin teller.
16. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
17. What do you call a lazy kangaroo?
A pouch potato.
18. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Because it ran out of juice.
19. What do you call a smiling camel?
A humpback jubilee.
20. What did the big flower say to the little flower?
"Hi, bud!"
21. What do you call a group of cows playing instruments?
A moo-sical band.
22. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Because it was feeling crummy.
23. What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?
A can't opener.
24. Why did the banana go to jail?
Because it was peeling.
25. What do you call an alligator that works on Wall Street?
An investi-gator.
26. Why did the chicken go to the seance?
To talk to the other side.
27. What does a nosy pepper do?
It gets jalapeno business.
28. What does one tomato say to the other?
"You're a-peeling."
29. What do you call a bear with no ears?
B.
30. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
31. What did the grape say when it got stepped on?
Nothing, it just let out a little whine.
32. What do you call an owl magician?
Hoodini.
33. Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he was a fungi.
34. What do you call the answer to a riddle nobody gets?
A mystery-tour.
35. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a rattlesnake?
Frost bite.
36. What do you get when you cross a hen and a cement mixer?
A brick layer.
37. Why did the scarecrow go to the beach?
To catch some rays.
38. Why did the frog call his insurance company?
He had a jump in his car.
39. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An investigator.
40. What did the grape say to the raisin?
"Why do you look so wrinkled?"
41. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus.
42. What do you call a camel with three humps?
Pregnant.
43. Why did the tomato turn green?
Because it was green with envy.
44. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick?
"Put it on my bill."
45. What do you call a snobbish criminal going down stairs?
A condescending con descending.
46. What do you call a flower that plays video games?
A joystick-eye daisy.
47. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a lawnmower?
Frost cut grass.
48. What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back four seconds.
49. Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tired.
50. What do you call a banana with sunburn?
A tropical fruit.