Description : A traveler, on his way to Miami, reaches a road junction, where he can turn left or right. He knows that only one of the two roads leads to Miami, but unfortunately, he does not know which one ... the traveler find out the way to Miami by asking just one question to one of the two brothers? -Riddles
Last Answer : The question that the traveler should ask is: 'Does the left road lead to Miami according to your brother?' If the answer is 'Yes', the traveler should turn right, and if the answer is 'No', the traveler should turn left.
Description : What did the beach say when the tide came in?
Last Answer : A: Long time, no sea.
Description : Not far off shore a ship stands with a rope ladder hanging over her side. The rope has 10 rungs. The distance between each rung is 12 inches. The lowest rung touches the water. The ocean is calm. ... hour. How soon will the water cover the third rung from the top rung of the rope ladder? -Riddles
Last Answer : When a problem deals with a physical phenonmenon, the phenonmenon should be considered as well as the numbers given. As the water rises, so does the rope ladder. The water will never cover the rung.
Description : A traveler starts a journey. For the first week he goes east. The second he goes in all directions. The third he flies up into the sky. In the fourth he comes back down. Who is the traveler? -Riddles
Last Answer : An iceberg. It travels East as an iceberg, free flowing water when melted, flies up to sky when evaporated, falls back down as rain.
Description : The Queen lives in a beautiful castle with her only son and a sheep-dog named Sir FooFoo. One day the Queen decides to go out for a spot of tea with some friends. She leaves her eight-year- ... State. When the Queen came home she discovered her son was missing and that he was kidnapped. The -Riddles
Last Answer : Surlamina is responsible for the kidnapping because there is no Secretary of State in a monarchy. It is believed that Surlamina kidnapped the Queen's son because she was not given a real job.
Description : Why does a donkey prefer thistles to oats? -Riddles
Last Answer : Because he is an ass.
Description : These are a series of riddles. They are all connected. 1) There are 100 bricks on a plane. One falls off. How many are left? 2) What are the three steps to put an elephant in a fridge? 3) ... 5) A lady crossed a crocodile infected river and survived. How? 6) She crossed back and died. How? -Riddles
Last Answer : 1) 99 2) Open the door, put the elephant in, close the door. 3) Open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in, close the door. 4) The giraffe. It was in the fridge. 5) The crocodiles were at the party. 6) The brick from the plane hit her in the head.
Description : During whose reign Ibn Batuta, a traveler from Morocco, came to India? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq A Moroccan traveller, Ibn Butula (1333-1347 AD) visited India during the reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. His book Rehla (the Travelogue) throws a lot of light on the reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and the geographical, economic and social conditions in India.
Description : Which Italian traveler came to Vijayanagar empire in 1420 AD?
Last Answer : Nikolo Di Konti
Description : I am treated with great care until I reach my end by being torn in half. I'm a traveler. I bring both good and bad news. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : An Envelope.
Description : A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, 'twelve.' The member ... and the man replied, 'five.' But he was not let in. What should have he said? -Riddles
Last Answer : Three. The doorman lets in those who answer with the number of letters in the word the doorman says.
Description : I heard of an invading, vanquishing army sweeping across the land, liquid-quick; conquering everything, quelling resistance. With it came darkness, dimming the light. Humans hid in their houses, while ... vanished, advancing northward, the land was green and growing, refreshed. What is it? -Riddles
Last Answer : A rainstorm.
Description : You have 5 kids and you have to get them all into a car. Tommy and Timmy are twins but they fight so they can't sit together. Sarah and Sally fight too, so they can't sit together. Max fights with ... and you have to put them in order. How would you seat the kids, so that everyone is happy? -Riddles
Last Answer : Sarah, Tommy, Max, Timmy, and then Sally.
Description : A crime has been committed at Freemont Street. The main suspect is a man named Sean Baker. It was said that a man had been walking along the pathway when he was suddenly shot in the stomach. The suspect had ... 'I think this man is telling a lie,' said one of the policemen. How did he know? -Riddles
Last Answer : If the murder came from behind it wouldn't make sense that he shot him in the stomach
Description : Johnny's dad had told Johnny that if he could get an A+ on his final exam, he could get any ice cream flavor he wanted plus a pizza. When the day for the final exam came, the professor said, 'There are three questions on this exam... -Riddles
Last Answer : When the professor confirmed Johnny's anonymity (the professor didn't know who he was), Johnny quickly slipped his exam paper into the pile of exams and ran off, so the professor wouldn't know which exam paper deserved an F. Congratulations on sticking through the whole riddle.
Description : Once upon a time there was a happy family in a dome shaped house the family consisted of a mother, a farther, a chef, a maid, a brother, a sister, and a little kitty named bubbles. The ... the chef said he was sharpening the knife to cut the freshly baked apple pie. Who killed bubbles? -Riddles
Last Answer : The maid! There are no corners in a dome shaped house. Mew!
Description : A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and ... alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn.How does he get all safely over the stream? -Riddles
Last Answer : Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
Description : A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and ... alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream? -Riddles
Description : There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and ... the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife? -Riddles
Last Answer : The wizard brought the rosebush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.
Description : Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town? -Riddles
Last Answer : Three melons!
Description : It's Thanksgiving, and your mom has enlisted in your help in making dessert. She has settled on pie, so the two of you get to work. You turn your back for one second before realizing a pie is missing from ... again! Damien: I don't know, check in Wally's room? You know how much he likes blu -Riddles
Last Answer : Damien. You may think it's Tess, but she would know about the flavor because your mom told her. But how would Damien know about it?
Description : I'm a word meaning eating well, but when one letter goes missing I mean starvation. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Feast (fast) .
Description : Dharan bought a donkey and a carriage for Rs.3000. He sold the donkey at a gain of 20% and the carriage at a loss of 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole. Find the cost of the donkey?
Last Answer : Let the cost price of the donkey be Rs ‘X’ Then cost price of the carriage = Rs(3000-X) 20% of X – 10% of (3000 – X) = 2% of 3000 X/5 – (3000-X)/10 = 60 2X – 3000 + X = 600 X = 1200 Hence cost price of the donkey = Rs.1200
Description : The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is – (1) Gomati (2) Chambal (3) Damodar (4) Kosi
Last Answer : (4) Kosi Explanation: Immediately after independence, policy planners sought a solution to the recurring flood menace faced by people of North Bihar from the Kosi and other rivers flowing ... to provide substantial flood cushion along with large irrigation and power benefits to both countries.
Description : The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is (1) Gomati (2) Chambal (3) Damodar (4) Kosi
Last Answer : Kosi
Description : An old billionaire offers a million-dollar prize to whoever can guess what he is thinking of. Plenty of people tried but they old got it wrong, until one young boy came up. Soon after, the boy walked away a millionaire. What did he guess? -Riddles
Last Answer : The boy said, 'You are thinking of something you thought I wouldn't guess'. The boy was right by technicality.
Description : There was a farmer making his way to the market with a fox, a chicken, and some grain. He came to a clearing with a stream. He saw a boat nearby, but he could only take one of his items with him. ... and if he took the fox, the chicken would eat the grain. How do you get all of them across? -Riddles
Last Answer : You take the chicken across, and then go back for the fox. While you are dropping off the fox, take the chicken back, and then get the grain, and take it across. Then go back and get the chicken. Share this with your friends!
Description : A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, ... stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in? -Riddles
Last Answer : The stranger was a baby and the woman died in childbirth.
Description : Bore is caused by---? A. Rising tide while meeting river currents (Answer) B. Friction from prevailing winds C. Spring tide and strong winds D. Unequal heating of oceans
Last Answer : A. Rising tide while meeting river currents (Answer)
Description : Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. James offered one about how his grandfather (Captain Smith)led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers ... t expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?' What is wrong with the story? -Riddles
Last Answer : It wasn't called WWI until much later.
Description : Ok, There was a farmer and he had a problem with his coop (the place where you keep the birds), and he wanted to go check it out. When he got there he noticed that there was a rooster on ... shaped with a triangle type top. But suddenly the rooster laid an egg. Which side did it roll on? -Riddles
Last Answer : It didn't because roosters don't lay eggs.
Description : An officer wishing to arrange his men in a solid square found by his first arrangement that he had 39 men left over. He then started increasing the number of men on a side by one, but found that 50 additional men would be needed to complete a new square.How many men did the officer have? -Riddles
Last Answer : The officer had 1975 men. When he formed a square measuring 44 by 44, he had 39 men over. When he tried to form a square 45 x 45, he was 50 men short.
Description : I am missing from every emotion, the alpha of the black and white herd. I am the end of the written notion, and yet I am the least used in a word. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : The letter Z No emotion contains the letter z zebras are a herd of black and white and their alpha(first) letter is z The end of the written notion(the alphabet) is the letter z The letter z is statistically the least used letter.
Description : Write the missing half of each word pair ?11. Peace and12. Thunder and13. Back and14. Thick and15. Tooth and16. Sticks and17. Aches and18. Bread and19. Hammer and20. Hide and -Riddles
Last Answer : 11. Quiet 12. Lightning 13. Forth 14. Thin 15. Nail 16. Stones 17. Pains 18. Butter 19. Nail 20. Seek
Description : Transplanter using soil bearing seedlings are more popular than washed root seedling transplanter because of a) less labour requirement b) lesser plant missing percentage c) higher work rates d) all of the above
Last Answer : d) all of the above
Description : he crossed the breadth of the Eastern Hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73000 miles: he was world's greatest traveler of Pre-modern times A. Megasthenes B. Fahien C. Marco Polo D. Ibn-e-Batuta
Last Answer : ANSWER: C
Description : A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, 'A reward! A reward to the one ... of a leather bag lost and a leather bag found. He counted the coins; 100 gold coin -Riddles
Last Answer : The judge said 'Merchant, you said that the purse you lost contained 200 peices of gold. The purse this beggar found only contained 100 peices of gold. Therefore it cannot be the same purse'. With that the judge gave the purse to the beggar.
Description : An abundance in arms, but lacking in legs. A tall skinny body, but missing a head. I change with the seasons, it's winter I dread. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A Tree.
Description : Three cars had driven into a parking lot at the same time, and the three drivers left them all for the attendant to park. Unfortunately, he isn't too good at remembering exactly which driver drove which ... is Mr. Brown if and only if Alan drove the Cortina. Who arrived with which car? -Riddles
Last Answer : Brian Brown drove the BMW, Alan Andrew drove the Avenger, and Colin Cooper drove the Cortina.
Description : Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that ... man ended up leaving his money to his third child, a daughter. What did his daughter do? -Riddles
Last Answer : Every other day, the daughter sang her father a song.
Description : A robber came into my store and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge. A few minutes later, the same guy came back with the $100 he stole and purchased $70 worth of items and I gave him $30 in change. How much money did I lose? -Riddles
Last Answer : I lost $100
Description : A king has no sons, no daughters, and no queen. For this reason he must decide who will take the throne after he dies. To do this he decides that he will give all of the children of the ... Queen. Why did he choose this little girl over all of the other children with their beautiful plants? -Riddles
Last Answer : The king gave them all fake seeds; he chose the little girl who was honest and didn't switch seeds.
Description : There was a poor man sitting in a restaurant and a rich man came in. The poor man said that he could sing any song in the world if he was given a name. The rich man bet all the money in his ... The poor man went away rich and the rich man went away poor. What song did the poor man sing? -Riddles
Last Answer : Happy birthday.
Description : A woman was found dead in a ditch. They picked up her phone and called the first person in her contacts, which was the husband. They called the husband and said, 'Hi, your wife was found dead in ... please hurry!' So, the husband came to the ditch and got arrested. Why did he get arrested? -Riddles
Last Answer : The husband killed her, because he knew where the ditch was.
Description : The Smiths were a wealthy family. They lived in a large circular house. When Mr. Smith came back he noticed that his favorite jersey was ruined. He asked who did this. Mrs. Smith said I was ... I was playing basketball. The maid said I was dusting in the corners. Who ruined the jersey. -Riddles
Last Answer : The Maid did! Because she said she was dusting in the corners. But the Smiths own a CIRCULAR house!
Description : There is a man, with his horse he is going to a town. The man went to the town on Monday. He stayed there for 3 days and then he came back on Friday. How? His horse was not tired, he wasn't sleepy and took rest. -Riddles
Last Answer : The horse's name was Friday.
Description : A man called 911 and said he saw a masked man, the police said where are you? They said 3325 Quader Street, when the police went there, they never came back. Why? -Riddles
Last Answer : The man who called is the masked man.
Description : Once upon a time, in a temple, there were three deities: Truth, Lie and Wisdom. The Truth Deity always told the truth. The Lie Deity always told the lie. The Wisdom Deity sometimes told the ... the middle deitie?'- 'Lie', the deity answered.How could the sage distinguish the three deities? -Riddles
Last Answer : The left deity is Wisdom; the middle one is Lie, and the right one is Truth. Explain: The left deity (L) said that the middle one (M) is Truth; therefore, L cannot be Truth (because there cannot be two ... cannot be Truth. Thus, R is Truth. According to him, M is Lie and as a result, L is Wisdom.