Description : Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!
Description : An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something ... filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? -Riddles
Last Answer : The wise son bought a candle and a box of matches. After lighting the candle, the light filled the entire room.
Description : There were two mothers and two daughters,and they all went fishing. All of them caught a fish but when they counted there were only three fish. -Riddles
Last Answer : there was only three because there was a grand mother a mother and a daughter. The mother was the daughter to the grand mother and she was the mother to the mother and the daughter was the daughter to the mother.
Description : There are 3 apples for 2 sons and 2 fathers to eat. Each of them get their own apple. How is it numerically possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : They are one son, one father and one grandfather.
Description : Two fathers and three sons walk into a candy shop and buy one candy bar each for 50 cents each. They walk out only spending $1.50. How do they do that? -Riddles
Last Answer : There is a grandfather a father and son of grand father and fathers son.
Description : The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solutions). -Riddles
Last Answer : 51 and 15. 42 and 24. 60 and 06.
Description : How can you distribute three apples to two fathers and their two sons, giving a whole apple to each. -Riddles
Last Answer : They are Grandfather - Father - Son. The middle is a father and a son at the same time!
Description : Mr. Steve lives in a mansion. He is very rich. He's so rich that he has a maid, a cook, a butler, and a lifeguard. Yesterday, Mr. Steve was found dead. The chief detective was ... one chance because if you choose incorrectly, you accuse the wrong person and the true killer gets away. -Riddles
Last Answer : The postman was lying. If the chief detective was coming from church, then you know that the post office doesn't deliver mail on Sunday.
Description : Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters; Two husbands, with their two wives; Two fathers, with their two daughters; Two mothers, with their two sons; Two maidens, with their two mothers; Two ... brothers; Yet only six in all lie buried here; All born legitimate, from incest clear -Riddles
Last Answer : Two widows each had a son, and each widow married the son of the other and then each had a daughter
Description : Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How? -Riddles
Last Answer : There is a Grandfather, a Father and a Son in the car. Therefore there are only three people in the car.
Description : a grandfather, a father, and a son go fishing. each get one fish but there is only one fish how is this??? -Riddles
Last Answer : it is only one person. he is a son to his father. he is a father to his son. he is a grandfather to his grandchild.
Description : What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons? -Riddles
Last Answer : Four. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already.
Description : A professional fisherman caught 30 fish during a 5-day tournament. Each day, he caught three more fish than the day before. How many fish did the fisherman catch on the first day? -Riddles
Last Answer : He didn't catch any fish the first day, but he caught 3 on the second day, 6 on the third day, 9 on the fourth day and 12 on the fifth day.
Description : Not far outside the town of Pottsville, a railroad track runs through a tunnel in a hillside. There's only one track, and the tunnel is wide enough for only one train. But one day, two trains ... out at the opposite ends of the tunnel. Yet, there was no collision! How was this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : One train comes at 8am and the other train came at 8pm.
Description : If there are two fathers & two sons living in the same ranch house, and they want to evenly divide 21 horses between them, how could they do this?
Last Answer : answer:I’m gonna fall into a stupid trap here, I’m sure – but isn’t that just 7 horses a piece? Edit – nevermind. Two fathers and two sons. Whoops.
Description : A camel travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the camel's legs ... of course this can't be true. Since the camel is normal, how is this situation possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : The camel operates a mill and travels in a circular clockwise direction. The two outside legs will travel a greater distance than the two inside legs.
Description : A camel travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the camel's legs ... but of course this can't be true.Since the camel is normal, how is this situation possible? -Riddles
Description : A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be ... , but of course this can't be true, since the horse is normal. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : The horse operates a mill and travels in a circular clockwise direction. The two outside legs will travel a greater distance than the two inside legs.
Description : In the early 1900's in England, there was two towns: town A and town B, and there was a huge river in between them. The only way across to each town was by a long bridge with a guard ... back. Many people have tried to cross but have always been caught, even very fast runners have only ab -Riddles
Last Answer : Did you get it? The answer is that they went up close to the guards tower, turned around and started walking back to the town they came from, the guard caught them and assumed that they came ... way and sent them back! Hope you enjoyed this, please subscribe and check back soon for more riddles!
Description : One day, a father went to his three sons and told them that he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He decided to give them all a test... -Riddles
Last Answer : The son had showed his father a match. When he lit the match, it filled the entire room, yet it was still small enough to fit inside his pocket.
Description : A child was caught bringing a gun to my son's school yesterday. What do you think should be done about it?
Last Answer : what was she going to do – make the kids race?
Description : How do whales get caught in fishing nets?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : [Serious] Sons/Daughters of Mothers/Fathers who hated Men/Women, what are you comfortable sharing about what it was like to grow up with that kind of parental figure?
Last Answer : answer:Attention! [Serious] Tag Notice Jokes, puns, and off-topic comments are not permitted in any comment, parent or child. Parent comments that aren't from the target group will be ... performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Description : What attributes do you think fathers naturally teach their sons?
Last Answer : The ones they are least aware of and don’t give a moment’s though to. Those are the ones that are picked up every day, “naturally”.
Description : (iii) The Coorg people are always ready to tell stories of their sons’ and fathers’ valour. (para 4) -Other
Last Answer : (iii) are more than willing to recount
Description : In this type of economy farms were passed on from generation to generation as sons joined their fathers to work the lands?
Last Answer : Traditional
Description : A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth.” If the father’s age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back was: A.14 B.19 C.38 D.40 E.None of these
Last Answer : Answer – A (14) Explanation – Let son’s present age be X years. Then, (38 – X) = X 2X = 38 X = 19 Son’s age 5 years back = (19 – 5) years = 14 years
Description : The sum of the current ages of a father and his son is 84 years. 7 years ago, father's age was 3 times the age of the son. After 7 years, son's age will be a) 35 years b) 28 years c) 56years d) 53 years
Last Answer : A Son’s current age = x years. Then father’s age = (84 - x)years (84 - x) - 7 = 3(x - 7) 2x=56 x =28; after 7years it will be turn on 35
Description : As I was going to the fair, I saw a man with golden hair. He had 3 sons each with another one. How many people were going to the fair? -Riddles
Last Answer : One. Just me because I met the others on the way to the fair.
Description : This man was on death row and only family members could see him this man walks up to the gaurd and says 'Brothers and sisters have I none' but this mans father is my fathers son The gaurd let him in How is he related? -Riddles
Last Answer : The father going to see his son on death row
Description : Stanley loved fishing and also loved boasting about how an amazing person he is. One day he went into a bar after fishing, and started telling people in the bar about something that just happened. 'So I was ... : 'You're lying, Stan, are you?' How did the man knew that Stanley was lying? -Riddles
Last Answer : How can the man stab Stanley in the stomach if he's creeping up from BEHIND?
Description : When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they? -Riddles
Last Answer : Fleas.
Description : If you have two quarters on a table touching each other, how can you move one of the quarters without touching it? You are only allowed to touch one quarter but not move it. You cant ... get at least enough room between the two quarters to insert another coin between the two quarters. -Riddles
Last Answer : Hold down one of the quarters very firmly. Take another coin and hit it against the quarter you are holding down. Tap hard enough to move the quarter next to it aside.
Description : In a house, there lives a family of 4. There is a father, a mother, an older sister, and a younger sister. One day, the father catches a disease. A week later, Death comes to take the ... will live until this candle burns out.' And Death agrees. However, Death never returns. Why not? -Riddles
Last Answer : The younger sister blew out the candle, so it didn't technically burn out. Then she threw away the candle so the family wouldn't mistakenly light it.
Description : Though I may lack in emotion, My life is filled with devotion, Daily I mimic your motion, But of me, you have no notion.I'm downcast when you me forsake, From me, my sons, some people take, Perhaps to fry, or salad make, Or to hydrate for their skin's sake.What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Sunflower.
Description : If someone were to write a biography about us, the following could be reported: #1 - A golfer faces many of us when playing 18 holes. #2 - we are frequently served with fish. #3 - On T. V. ... hands on us as often as possible. Based on the biographical information above --- Who/what are we? -Riddles
Last Answer : The biography of Chips.
Description : David is throwing Robert a surprise birthday party but he has to stay within his budget. He spent half of his money plus $2.00 on the cake. Half of what he had left plus $2.00 was spent on balloons and ... had left plus $1.00 on candy. Now he is out of money, how much did he start with? -Riddles
Last Answer : This one is best solved working backwards, the last part David spent half of what was left plus $1.00 on candy and then was out of money. That means he must have spent $2.00 on Candy as $1.00 was ... logic backwards: $2.00 on candy $6.00 on Balloons and Streamers $12.00 on the cake Total of $20.00.
Description : What can be heard and caught but never seen? -Riddles
Last Answer : A Remark.
Description : Bats have poor eyesight but are able to home their prey with great accuracy. Also, dolphins can avoid fishing nets and can detect fish at night. Explain
Last Answer : Ans: Bats emit high frequency (1, 20,000 Hz) sound waves and listen with their sensitive ears for any echoes. From the time taken to hear the echo and from the nature of sound received. ... and the type of surroundings. This process is known as echolocation. Same process is used by the dolphins.
Description : Gazing up at the portrait hung over the fireplace in his drawing room his lordship remarked:'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.'Who is in the Portrait? -Riddles
Last Answer : His son.
Description : Brothers and sisters have I none, But that man's father is my father's son. Who is 'that man'? -Riddles
Last Answer : The son of the speaker.
Description : A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting? -Riddles
Last Answer : That man’s son is in the painting.
Description : A son went to his father's house and knocked on the door. When his father answered the door, the son said, 'O.K., today is the day I promised to burn your house to the ground.' 'But I ... 'Well, I guess you're right,' said his father. The son then promptly escorted his father outside, wh -Riddles
Last Answer : The father, although he owned a fully functioning home, had never been able to break himself from the habit of going to the bathroom in the Outhouse he had built for his family back in 1941. The son, ... the son had been trying for some time to get his father to agree to let him burn it down.
Description : Republicans: Can we agree to raise taxes enough to pay back the money spent on the wars?
Last Answer : How much would we have to raise and how would we raise taxes, @JLeslie?
Description : Thirteen women are kneeling around a circle. A whistle blows, and suddenly all thirteen women began shouting out the names of their sons and daughters, while frantically waving their arms. At last, a ... and one of the women is awarded a trophy. What kind of insanity is happening here? -Riddles
Last Answer : The thirteen women, along with their thirteen sons and daughters (all babies of a crawling age), are competing in a 'Fastest Crawling Baby Contest.' Initially, all of the babies were placed in ... to their mother outside of the circle was the winner, and the trophy was subsequently awarded to her.
Description : A rich man in Arabia died, leaving a note for his three sons. It reads: 'I have 17 camels. The big brother can get a half of all, the middle can get third of all, and the youngest can get a ... 17 cannot be divided by 2, 3 or 9 without anything left. How can the brothers solve the problem? -Riddles
Last Answer : 1. Borrow a camel from their neighbour to make 18 camels. 2. The big brother takes a half of it, so he takes 9. 3. The second brother takes a third of it, so he takes 6. 4. The youngest ... so he takes 2. 5. All the camels that the brothers took add up to 17, leaving the camel they borrowed!
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.