Description : Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each of them to have one fish. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : A grandfather, a father (the grandfather's son) and the father's son
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : 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 : 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 : One day, a scientist was down in his personal lab. It was around 11 o'clock. He was working late on poisons and their antidotes. He was hungry, so he went to get a snack. Suddenly, he found ... and pink colored poisons in his lab. All of them were deadly. Which one did the scientist choose? -Riddles
Last Answer : The white one, since sugar is known as 'White Poison'.
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 : 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 : 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 while looking at a photograph said, 'Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son.' Who was the person in the photograph? -Riddles
Last Answer : That man's son.
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 : 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 : 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 : 1. Thomas was caught stealing 27 times in one year, yet he was never arrested. How come?2. A truck driver went three blocks the wrong way down a one-way street with out breaking the law. How come?3. Not a single parent objected when the teacher spanked every child in the class. How come? -Riddles
Last Answer : 1. Thomas was a baseball player and was stealing bases. 2. The truck driver was walking. 3. The teacher was in an orphanage school.
Description : A child and his dad were going down the road and they had a car crash. Two ambalunce came, they went in one each and they went to different hospitals. When the doctor came in to operate on the child and the doctor said no thats my son. -Riddles
Last Answer : The doctor was his mother
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 : Two mother's and two daughters went out to eat. They each had one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : There was a grandmother, mother, and a daughter.
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 : A family went to their day house, dropped the kids off, and went to get groceries. When the parents returned, all of the kids were dead. The butler said he was dusting, the maid said she was making the beds, and the nanny said she was unpacking the suitcases. Who did it? -Riddles
Last Answer : The maid because it was a day house and there are no beds.
Description : One day a little boy named John went over to his parents and said that he wanted to shoot people and blow them up. His parents were really proud of his career choice. keep in mind that his parents were not very violent people.What is he? -Riddles
Last Answer : John wanted to be a photographer.
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 : 3 men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later the man behind thedesk realized the room wasonly $25, so he sent the ... whichis a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29. where is the other dollar? -Riddles
Last Answer : The three men HAVE paid $27. But the bellboy's $2 are part of it. The hotel has $25 of the men's dollars. The bellboy has the other two. That's $27, and the three the men have make $30. The ... elsewhere on riddles.com, but the answer given was 'I don't know'! So I figured it out and posted it.
Description : My second is performed by my first, and, it is thought, a thief by the marks of my whole might be caught.What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A Footstep.
Description : Morgan's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and who? -Riddles
Last Answer : Did you say Pop? Try Morgan.
Description : David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____? -Riddles
Last Answer : David.
Description : Billy and Sally set out on a journey to visit a famous castle, but they both forgot to bring any food, water, or money with them. At the onset of their trip, they saw a beautiful rainbow ... eatery, and had tuna fish sandwiches for lunch. Where in the world was this famous castle located? -Riddles
Last Answer : Billy and Sally were children, playing a game of Candy Land.
Description : An employee of a store went up to his manager and said, 'can I go to Paris for a week'? 'Yes,' said the manager 'but remember to show me a picture of you at Paris' 'yes sir,' said the employee. ... clock a big tv and him on the couch. Right away he knew that he had lied. How did he know? -Riddles
Last Answer : The clock was showing the same time as the clock that was sitting on the manager's wall.
Description : Two girls were walking in the forest. It started raining very hard, so they took shelter in a nearby hut. When it stopped raining, they went out to look for food. The first girl went straight, ... tree forever.' The second girl immediately knew which tree was her friend. How did she know? -Riddles
Last Answer : It had recently rained so her friend was the only tree that wasn’t wet.
Description : Theres a boy and his dad they got in a severe car accident. They were rushed to the hospital where they were separated into separate rooms. The Doctor went into the boys room and said I can not operate on him he is my son.How can this be? -Riddles
Last Answer : The Doctor was the son's mom.
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 : 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 : What kin is that child to it's father who is not it's father's own son? -Riddles
Last Answer : His daughter.
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 : 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.