Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man? -Riddles

Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man? -Riddles
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When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be? -Riddles

Description : When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be? -Riddles

Last Answer : The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.

When a carpenter starts a new house, where does she strike the first nail? -Riddles

Description : When a carpenter starts a new house, where does she strike the first nail? -Riddles

Last Answer : On the Head

A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheels were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket. Why? -Riddles

Description : A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheels were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket. Why? -Riddles

Last Answer : He was on a motorcycle.

There is a door, on the side of the door that you are on, there is a skeletal army ready to trample you underneath their feet, on the other side is a city with a wall that will keep you safe. You need to get in the door but there is some sort of code to get into safety; one man goes to the door, and the doorkeeper says 'eight' and the man says 'five' he lets him in. The second man goes up to the door and the doorkeeper says 'nine' and the second man says 'four', and he lets him in. Finally, it's your turn, you only get one chance to guess. The doorkeeper says 'twenty one'. What do you say to get to safety? -Riddles

Description : There is a door, on the side of the door that you are on, there is a skeletal army ready to trample you underneath their feet, on the other side is a city with a wall that will keep you safe. ... get one chance to guess. The doorkeeper says 'twenty one'. What do you say to get to safety? -Riddles

Last Answer : You would say 'nine' as, 21 is nine letters long. It's quite simple actually. Eight is five letters long hence 'five' and nine is four letters long hence the word 'four'.

A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30° with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the rate of 3 m/sec. How fast is he approaching the wa

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Last Answer : A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30° with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the ... 3 m/sec. How fast is he approaching the wall ?

There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once in their life to move around this word, but in fact, unknowingly, they use it every moment of the day. Young or old, awake or in sleep, human or animal, this word stands fast. It belongs to everyone, to all living things, but no one can master it. The word is? -Riddles

Description : There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once in their life to move around this word, but in fact, unknowingly, they ... It belongs to everyone, to all living things, but no one can master it. The word is? -Riddles

Last Answer : Gravity.

Why is an old man like a window? -Riddles

Description : Why is an old man like a window? -Riddles

Last Answer : Because he is full of pains (panes).

I am a 14 year old boy and I enjoy wearing make up and nail polish and wearing the things girls wear and I know people will judge me what do you think of it?

Description : I am a 14 year old boy and I enjoy wearing make up and nail polish and wearing the things girls wear and I know people will judge me what do you think of it?

Last Answer : Do what you want to do

The ghost of the mountain never to be seen, leaps like a raging fire to catch his prey. As pale as the moon but fast as the wind. Cold as ice, but a flash of light in the night. What is it? -Riddles

Description : The ghost of the mountain never to be seen, leaps like a raging fire to catch his prey. As pale as the moon but fast as the wind. Cold as ice, but a flash of light in the night. What is it? -Riddles

Last Answer : A snow leopard.

I descend and ascend. If you go too fast, you can trip on me but if you go too slow, your destination seems like miles away. What am I? -Riddles

Description : I descend and ascend. If you go too fast, you can trip on me but if you go too slow, your destination seems like miles away. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Stairs.

Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. However, Mr. Grumper's watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so he adjusted his watch by putting it forward 3 minutes. His watch kept time during the day, and on the return journey in the evening the train started on time, according to his watch, and arrived on time, according to the station clock. If the train traveled 25 percent faster on the return journey than it did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much? -Riddles

Description : Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. ... did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much? -Riddles

Last Answer : The station clock is 3 minutes fast. The morning journey took 65 minutes, and the evening journey therefore took 52 minutes, and the train arrived 57 minutes after it should have left, that is, 3 minutes early.

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 that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? -Riddles

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.

We start small and grow over time, We always expose anyone who commits a crime. There are experts in my field, but I have nothing productive to yield. We are as old as man, and all unwillingly follow his lifespan. We leave traces without trying, Criminals? Ha! We leave them crying. What are we? -Riddles

Description : We start small and grow over time, We always expose anyone who commits a crime. There are experts in my field, but I have nothing productive to yield. We are as old as man, and all unwillingly ... lifespan. We leave traces without trying, Criminals? Ha! We leave them crying. What are we? -Riddles

Last Answer : This answer was deleted by moderators

A man is driving in his car, there are no headlights or streetlights for him to see the road. But somehow, he saw an old lady crossing the street and stopped for her. How is this possible if there are no lights? -Riddles

Description : A man is driving in his car, there are no headlights or streetlights for him to see the road. But somehow, he saw an old lady crossing the street and stopped for her. How is this possible if there are no lights? -Riddles

Last Answer : It was daytime!!

How old is your son? asked a man to his neighbour. My son is five times as old as my daughter and my wife is five times as old as my son. Iam twice as old as my wife whereas my grandmother, who is celebrating her eighty-first birthday is as old as all of us put togeather.How old is the man's son? -Riddles

Description : How old is your son? asked a man to his neighbour. My son is five times as old as my daughter and my wife is five times as old as my son. Iam twice as old as my wife whereas my grandmother, who ... her eighty-first birthday is as old as all of us put togeather.How old is the man's son? -Riddles

Last Answer : Five.

What happened when the painter threw his painting at the old man? -Riddles

Description : What happened when the painter threw his painting at the old man? -Riddles

Last Answer : He had an art attack.

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 that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? -Riddles

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.

Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I? -Riddles

Description : Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's ... To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A Kiss.

I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Please answer me.Who could he be? -Riddles

Description : I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Please answer me.Who could he be? -Riddles

Last Answer : A Snowman.

Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I? -Riddles

Description : Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's ... To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A kiss.

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 that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? -Riddles

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.

A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible? -Riddles

Description : A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible? -Riddles

Last Answer : That man was born on February 29.

Five baby boomer couples each have one child. Each child is a different age than any of the other children. Each child has a favorite toy which is different from any of the other children's favorite toys. Each family eats at only one fast food restaurant. No two women have the same name and no two men have the same name. The children's names are not known. The child who plays with trains is the youngest. Bill's child plays with a GI Joe. Julie's child likes Pokeman. Mike's family eats at Taco Bell. The family of the 4 year old likes Kentucky Fried Chicken. The oldest child is four years older than Marie's child. The child who plays with Barbie is 8 years old. The child with the age is in the middle, has a mother named Marie. The child in the family that eats at McDonalds has a two year age

Description : Five baby boomer couples each have one child. Each child is a different age than any of the other children. Each child has a favorite toy which is different from any of the other children's favorite ... mother named Marie. The child in the family that eats at McDonalds has a two year age -Riddles

Last Answer : Lisa is married to George, and their 10 year old plays with Nintendo. They like to eat at Burger King. The associations are: Child age 4, mother Regina, Father Larry, trains, KFC Child age 6, mother ... is on every line except one, and then you would know that Marie is the mother on the empty line.

Upside-down or on its side, this merry-go-round Is quite a ride. In the summer heat, It is quite a treat with blades so dull, they will not slice. It spins too fast, for your sight. What is this ride? -Riddles

Description : Upside-down or on its side, this merry-go-round Is quite a ride. In the summer heat, It is quite a treat with blades so dull, they will not slice. It spins too fast, for your sight. What is this ride? -Riddles

Last Answer : A motorized fan.

Natalie had fourteen balls. Each one color. She alternated the colors each day, there was a blue, pink, purple, green, red, yellow, black, white, orange, turquoise, tan, neon pink, and brown. Each day of the week she also alternated fast food places. McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, In-and-out, Wendy's, Good eats, Burger King, and Arby's None in respective order. What day of the week will she go to Arby's? What ball will she have while she is at Arby's? -Riddles

Description : Natalie had fourteen balls. Each one color. She alternated the colors each day, there was a blue, pink, purple, green, red, yellow, black, white, orange, turquoise, tan, neon pink, and brown. Each day of the ... the week will she go to Arby's? What ball will she have while she is at Arby's? -Riddles

Last Answer : She will go to Arby's on Monday, for that is the first day of the week and A is the first letter of the alphabet. So on Tuesday she would go to Burger King. On Wednesday she would go to Chick- ... because red is the first color of the rainbow. So on Tuesday she would have a Orange ball. And so on.

What two, rhyming words, can be used to describe a riddle about drinking a liquid really fast? -Riddles

Description : What two, rhyming words, can be used to describe a riddle about drinking a liquid really fast? -Riddles

Last Answer : Guzzle puzzle.

What's it called when you eat a banana split very fast? -Riddles

Description : What's it called when you eat a banana split very fast? -Riddles

Last Answer : Lickety split.

I am fast and little, and I can attack anything, I can fly to my home while I have a job, I live with my honey. What am I? -Riddles

Description : I am fast and little, and I can attack anything, I can fly to my home while I have a job, I live with my honey. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A bee!

We are three brothers, running behind each other. Always running round our mother: one after the other, yet no matter how fast we run, we never touches each other. What are we? -Riddles

Description : We are three brothers, running behind each other. Always running round our mother: one after the other, yet no matter how fast we run, we never touches each other. What are we? -Riddles

Last Answer : Fan blades.

One lady ordered a fast delivery pizza and her order came the next year. How is this possible? -Riddles

Description : One lady ordered a fast delivery pizza and her order came the next year. How is this possible? -Riddles

Last Answer : She ordered the pizza for New Years Day.

Sometimes I'm slow, sometimes I'm fast. I can destroy even the strongest buildings, yet I never move. What am I? -Riddles

Description : Sometimes I'm slow, sometimes I'm fast. I can destroy even the strongest buildings, yet I never move. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Time.

I'm fast but I'm slow and you can never catch me. What am I? -Riddles

Description : I'm fast but I'm slow and you can never catch me. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Time.

A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6,9 and 20. What's the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from the restaurant? -Riddles

Description : A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6,9 and 20. What's the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from the restaurant? -Riddles

Last Answer : 43 is the last number that doesn't fall into these categories.

They say the eyes are windows to your soul, But yet I had no soul, Through time to time I always stand tall, An immortal, Nothing could move me, If I could, I would run as fast as I could, Feeling the wind carry me beneath my feet, But alas, I can not, The Medusa's Curse What am I? -Riddles

Description : They say the eyes are windows to your soul, But yet I had no soul, Through time to time I always stand tall, An immortal, Nothing could move me, If I could, I would run as fast as I could, Feeling the wind carry me beneath my feet, But alas, I can not, The Medusa's Curse What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A statue.

Slam slam slam all day long slam slam slam some fast, some slow something solid. flat and sturdy its friend lights up the night and is sensitive to the eye slam slam slam A through Z 1,2,3 black as night. What am I? -Riddles

Description : Slam slam slam all day long slam slam slam some fast, some slow something solid. flat and sturdy its friend lights up the night and is sensitive to the eye slam slam slam A through Z 1,2,3 black as night. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A Computer keyboard.

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies...fast. Can you use math to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how. -Riddles

Description : Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart either. But now is ... to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how. -Riddles

Last Answer : At first it might seem like no matter what you do, you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way. The key is to minimize the time wasted by the two slowest people by having ... far side of the gorge, you cut the ropes and collapse the bridge behind you, just in the nick of time.

I'm so fast you can't see me, though everyone else can see straight through me. I don't stop until the day you die. What am I? -Riddles

Description : I'm so fast you can't see me, though everyone else can see straight through me. I don't stop until the day you die. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : The blink of an eye.

As I traveled up and down our great glorious country, I found myself in a place where the tempature goes up sharply in the day and down at night. This had an effect on my watch, I noticed it was 1/2 a minute faster at nightfall, but at dawn it had lost 1/3 minute, making it only 1/6 minute fast.One morning- May 1- my watch showed the right time. By what date was it 5 minutes faster? -Riddles

Description : As I traveled up and down our great glorious country, I found myself in a place where the tempature goes up sharply in the day and down at night. This had an effect on my watch, I noticed it was 1/ ... One morning- May 1- my watch showed the right time. By what date was it 5 minutes faster? -Riddles

Last Answer : In 24 hours the watch gained 1/2-1/3= 1/6 minute. It would seem it would be 5 minutes fast in 5 X 6= 30 days; that is,the morning of May 31. But already on the morning of May 28 the was 27/6 ... fast. At the close of the day the watch gained 1/2 minute more, so it was 5 minutes fast on may 28.

I'm tall and twisted;Narrow and fast;I'm there for a moment,But my devastation lasts.What am I? -Riddles

Description : I'm tall and twisted;Narrow and fast;I'm there for a moment,But my devastation lasts.What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A Tornado.

Sometimes I move fast,Sometimes I move slow;But my speed is truly constant,And nowhere I go.What am I? -Riddles

Description : Sometimes I move fast,Sometimes I move slow;But my speed is truly constant,And nowhere I go.What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Time.

Why is Russia such a fast country? -Riddles

Description : Why is Russia such a fast country? -Riddles

Last Answer : Because the people are always Russian.

Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. -Riddles

Description : Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. -Riddles

Last Answer : A shadow

Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun.What am I? -Riddles

Description : Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun.What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : I am your shadow.

I am black of eye and bright of hair. I fast in to the ground and follow my **** as he races around the world.What am I? -Riddles

Description : I am black of eye and bright of hair. I fast in to the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world.What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : I'm a Sunflower.

Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle somewhere behind you. You charge across the bridge, and jump off the track as the train is about to run you down. As it happens, if you had gone the other way, you would have reached safety just before being run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? -Riddles

Description : Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle ... run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? -Riddles

Last Answer : The train is moving at 40 miles per hour. Imagine that a friend is walking with you. When the train whistle blows, you head away from the train, he heads toward it. When he reaches safety, you ... the bridge in the time you cross the remaining 1/4, the train must be moving four times your speed.

Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I? -Riddles

Description : Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Your shadow.

I'm so fast you can't see me, Though everyone sees straight through me, I don't stop until the day you die. What am I? -Riddles

Description : I'm so fast you can't see me, Though everyone sees straight through me, I don't stop until the day you die. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A blink of an eye.