Riddles
There are 30 cows in a field, 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
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Twenty ate chickens. So 10 didn’t.
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released. And yet, I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
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A pencil.
There is an ancient invention, still used in some parts of the world today, that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
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A window.
I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?
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he wind. (Or earth, the night, etc…)
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?
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Charcoal.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone; yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
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Gloves.
What is it, that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
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Wholesome.
David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and …?
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David.
You carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?
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Your hair. (But what if your hair grows? Time for riddle court!!)
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
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A penny.