Let's Ask Riddles !!!

1. Nagtago si Pedro, labas ang ulo. (Pedro hides but you can still see his head. )
2. Hindi pari, hindi hari, nagdadamit ng sari-sari. (Not a priest, not a king but wears different kinds
of clothes.)
3. Bugtong-pala-bugtong, kadenang umuugong. (Riddle me, riddle me, here comes a roaring
chain).
4. Heto na si Kaka, bubuka-bukaka. (Here comes Kaka, walking with an open leg.)
5. Buhok ni Adan, hindi mabilang. (Adam's hair, you can't count.)
6. Bibingka ng hari, hindi mo mahati. (Rice cake of the king, that you cannot divide.)
7. Sa araw ay bungbong, sa gabi ay dahon. (Roll in the morning, leaf in the afternoon).
8. Iisa ang pasukan, tatlo ang labasan. (It has one entrance, but has three exit. )
9. Malaking supot ni Mang Jacob, kung sisidlan ay pataob. (Big Square Bag of Mr Jacob, to use it,
you have to turn it upside down)
10. Dalawang pipit nag titimbangan sa isang siit. (Two birds, trying to balance in one twig.)
11. Hayan na, hayan na di mo pa makita. (It's here, its here, but you can not see)
12. Baka ko sa Maynila, hanggang dito, dinig ang unga. (My cow in Manila, you can hear his moo).
13. Nagdaan si Kabo Negro, namatay na lahat ang tao. (General Negro pass by and eveybody
die.)
14. Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama ko kahit saan. (I have a friend and he is with me everywhere I
go).
15. Ang alaga kong hugis bilog, barya-barya ang laman-loob. ( I have a pet, his body is full of
coins).
16. Sa liwanag ay hindi mo makita. Sa dilim ay maliwanag sila. (I can't see it in the light but I can
see it in the dark.)
17. Palda ni Santa Maria. Ang kulay ay iba-iba. (Maria's skirt, in different colours.)
18. Kaisa-isang plato, kita sa buong Mundo. ( One plate, can be seen around the world).
19. Nagsaing si Hudas, kinuha ang tubig itinapon ang bigas. (Judas cooked the rice, he took the
water and throw the rice.)
20. Bahay ni Tinyente nag-iisa ang poste. (House of the Lieutenant,with only one post.)

Answers to the Riddles

1. Pako - (Nails)
2. Sampayan - (Clothesline)
3. Tren - (Train)
4. Gunting - (Scissors)
5. Ulan - (Rain)
6. Tubig - (Water)
7. Banig - (Mat)
8. Damit/Baro - (Dress)
9. Kulambo - (Mosquito Net)
10. Hikaw - (Earrings)
11. Hangin - (Wind)
12. Kulog - (Thunder)
13. Gabi - (Night)
14. Anino - (Shadow)
15. Alkansiya - (Money Box)
16. Bituin - (Star)
17. Bahaghari - (Rainbow)
18. Buwan - (Moon)
19. Gata ng Niyog - (Coconut Milk)
20. Payong - (Umbrella)
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?

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A coffin.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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A coin.

What has an eye but can not see?

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A needle.

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

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A towel.

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he
weigh?

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Meat.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house
there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

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Watermelon.

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

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A mushroom.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

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A palm.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

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Incorrectly.

What gets broken without being held?

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A promise.
Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

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Fire.

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?

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An onion.

Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?

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Stop imagining.

What is at the end of a rainbow?

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The letter W.

What is always coming but never arrives?

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Tomorrow.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an
apple and one apple stays in the basket?

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Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the
fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.
Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and
year and yet they're not twins.
How can this be?

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The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

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The letter m.

SHORT RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS

1. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

2. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why?
3. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All the sides have southern exposure. A big bear
walks by. What color is the bear? Why? (similar to the Bear riddle in the section Einstein's
Riddles)
4. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
5. How far can a dog run into the woods?
6. One big hockey fan claimed to be able to tell the score before any game. How did he do it?
7. You can start a fire if you have alcohol, petrol, kerosene, paper, candle, coke, a full
matchbox and a piece of cotton wool. What is the first thing you light?
8. Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do?
9. What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

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Here come the answers to the riddling questions:

1.Why should a living man be buried?

2.No, it is not legal to get married if you are dead.
3.The bear is white since the house is built on the North Pole.
4.If you take 2 apples, then you have of course 2.
5.The dog can run into the woods only to the half of the wood - than it would run out of the
woods.
6.The score before any hockey game should be 0:0, shouldn't it?
7.A match, of course.
8.There are more Chinese men than Japanese men.
9.Normal - I wouldn't be very happy if I had all my fingers (10) on one hand.