99 Points Riddle
While out bowling with his friends, a man managed to throw eight strikes (all ten pins knocked down in a single throw) and not a single gutter ball during the entire game. To his amazement, his final score was only 99 points! Assuming there were no penalties or fouls, can you come up with a ten frame scorecard with eight strikes and a final score of only 99 points?
Hint: If you knock down a single pin, for example at the far left of the back row, then repeat the same identical shot on your second throw, you'll score 0 points for your second throw (because there's no pin there anymore), but it's not a gutter ball as the s
Just to reiterate the hint, if you knock down a single pin, for example at the far left of the back row, then repeat the same identical shot on your second throw, you'll score 0 points for your second throw (because there's no pin there anymore), but it's not a gutter ball as the shot did not enter the gutter. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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You Can Never See Me
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Throwing A Basketball Riddle
A man takes a basketball and throws it as hard as he can. There is nothing in front, behind, or on either side of him, and yet, the ball comes back and hits him square in the face. How can this be?
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Favorite Drink Riddle
A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is rarely consumed, served warm and taken straight from its source. The man is a sucker for a free drink, especially since he can't live without it. What is his favorite drink?
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In Your Body Riddle
Im red but Im not a strawberry
I have different types but Im not an apple
I can be pumped but Im not a bicycle tire
I can be donated but Im not money
I contain cells but Im not a jail
Im in your body but Im not your heart
I am?
I have different types but Im not an apple
I can be pumped but Im not a bicycle tire
I can be donated but Im not money
I contain cells but Im not a jail
Im in your body but Im not your heart
I am?
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Miss Millie's Parrot
When Miss Millie purchased her new parrot, the salesman assured her that it would repeat any word it heard. About a week later, Miss Millie returned the parrot complaining it hadn't uttered a single word. Given that the salesman had spoken the truth about the parrot's abilities, why wouldn't the bird talk?
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This Colorful Bird
If you ever hear an echo
Another voice that can be heard
Take a look around you because
It might be this colorful bird
What bird is this?
Another voice that can be heard
Take a look around you because
It might be this colorful bird
What bird is this?
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A Bell Rings Riddle
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A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns.
A bell rings (the bell on the buoy)
a man cries (the seeing man cries as in shouting out, not sadness crying)
A bell rings (the bell of the seeing man)
a man dies (the blind swimmer) Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A bell rings (the bell on the buoy)
a man cries (the seeing man cries as in shouting out, not sadness crying)
A bell rings (the bell of the seeing man)
a man dies (the blind swimmer) Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Tenth Floor Elevator Riddle
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work. When he returns he takes the same elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?
Note that there is nothing wrong with the elevator or the design of the building. It's a perfectly normal elevator in a perfectly normal building.
Note that there is nothing wrong with the elevator or the design of the building. It's a perfectly normal elevator in a perfectly normal building.
Hint: The elevator is perfectly normal and the design of the building is perfectly normal, but there is something different about the man.
The man is very short (i.e. a little person).
Because of his short stature, the man is unable to reach any higher than the button for the 7th floor (elevator floor number buttons are laid out in descending floor order from top to bottom). Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Because of his short stature, the man is unable to reach any higher than the button for the 7th floor (elevator floor number buttons are laid out in descending floor order from top to bottom). Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Top Story Apartment Riddle
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Trapped In A Haunted House
You are trapped in a haunted house with no electricity. There are four doors to get out of the house only one is safe. In one door a man will stab you, in another you will get electrocuted, in another one you will get shot at, in the final one it is filled with vicious dogs. Which door is safe?
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The one where you get electrocuted, there is no electricity! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Logs That Are Aflame
This can be found inside some homes
But can you work out its name?
Surrounded by a mantelpiece
It has logs that are aflame
Its...
But can you work out its name?
Surrounded by a mantelpiece
It has logs that are aflame
Its...
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Two Camels Riddle
Two camels were facing in opposite directions. One was facing due East and one was facing due West. They were in the desert so there was no reflection. How can they manage to see each other without walking around or turning around or moving their heads?
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The two camels were facing each other the entire time. Hence facing in opposite directions. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Dying Of Thirst
You are dying of thirst walking through me. You starve to death over night. You find nothing in my path. Ambiguous and furious in my sight. Kill and threatened by my people. I am?
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Sand
Desert is the answer to this riddle. Kill and threatened by my people are talking about animals that live in the desert. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Desert is the answer to this riddle. Kill and threatened by my people are talking about animals that live in the desert. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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By Yourself In A Graveyard
If youre by yourself in a graveyard
And you suddenly hear a moan
Just hope you dont see a zombies arm
Coming out from under a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you suddenly hear a moan
Just hope you dont see a zombies arm
Coming out from under a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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