Welcome back my pretties! What a week we've had, sunshine appearing, birds singing, WORK again (sorry but we're Naturally Wicked, got to have a little bad with the good). Anyway, do you know what I've been thinking about this week? I can tell you're dying to know! I've been thinking about riddles. I have quite a cryptic mind and I love a good old riddle. It keeps the brain active. I'm usually pretty fast at figuring them out but my partner (who I must say is very intellectual and bright,) actually struggles to solve puzzles. So lets see how many you can figure out from the riddles below.
Please note the answer to each riddle will be revealed below each image. No cheating. Let us know how many you solve (on your own) by leaving your number in the comment box below! Good luck...
Riddle 1
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
FOOTSTEPS
Riddle 2
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.
Riddle 3
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
Riddle 4
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Riddle 5
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "m".
Riddle 6
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary
Riddle 7
What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?
A piano.
Riddle 8
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
Riddle 9
Tall I am young, Short I am old, While with life I glow, Wind is my foe. What am I?
A candle.
Riddle 10
Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R to spell just one word.
'just one word'
Riddle 11
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg.
Riddle 12
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves.
Riddle 13
You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more; As your time passes, I'm not easy to store; I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?
Memories.
Riddle 14
Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Water.
Riddle 15
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What should have he said?
Three. The doorman lets in those who answer with the number of letters in the word the doorman says.
Riddle 16
What's at least 6 inches long, goes in your mouth, and is more fun if it vibrates?
A toothbrush, of course.
Riddle 17
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?
I am a shadow.
Riddle 18
You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?
The match!
Riddle 19
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
A Secret.
Riddle 20
You see me in water but I never get wet, what am I?
A Reflection
I hope you enjoyed putting your wicked little minds to the test. Let us know how many you got correct and feel free to test your family and friends to see who has the most cryptic mind! Until next time, stay wicked you little beauts!
