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    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!
    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!
    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!
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    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!

    By Joseph Leeming and Shane Miller

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    Join in the pun! Hundreds of riddles, charades, puzzles, and word games — accompanied by charming illustrations — promise to keep readers of all ages chuckling for hours. Test your wits with a small sample of the many jests in store:
    What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
    It never eats.
    What is the most difficult train to catch?
    The 12:50, because it’s 10 to 1 if you catch it.
    What is the richest country in the world?
    Ireland, because its capital is always Dublin.
    Why does lightning shock people?
    Because it doesn't know how to conduct itself.
    What part of London is in France?
    The letter N.
    When a lady faints, what number will restore her?
    You must bring her 2.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateAug 11, 2014
    ISBN9780486797236
    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles: Enigmas and Anagrams, Puns and Puzzles, Quizzes and Conundrums!

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    Book preview

    Riddles, Riddles, Riddles - Joseph Leeming

    WHAT’S WHAT?

    1What kind of shoes are made out of banana skins?

    Slippers.

    2What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

    It never eats.

    3What colors would you paint the sun and the wind?

    The sun rose and the wind blue.

    4What would happen if a girl should swallow her teaspoon?

    She wouldn’t be able to stir.

    5What is the easiest thing for a stingy man to part with?

    A comb.

    6What is the most difficult train to catch?

    The 12:50, because it’s 10 to 1 if you catch it.

    7What most resembles half a cheese?

    The other half.

    8What is never of any use unless it is in a tight place?

    A cork.

    9What, besides a good rule, works both ways?

    A ferry boat.

    10What ship has two mates but no captain?

    Courtship.

    11What do all ships weigh, regardless of their size?

    Their anchors.

    12What man’s business is best when things are dullest?

    A knife-sharpener.

    13What is always filled when it is used and empty when at rest?

    A shoe.

    14What becomes higher when the head is off?

    A pillow.

    15What is sure to go out the tighter it is locked in?

    A fire.

    16What coat is put on only when it is wet?

    A coat of paint.

    17What can be a speaking likeness and yet is dumb?

    A photograph.

    18What man can raise things without lifting them?

    A farmer.

    19To what man does everyone always take off his hat?

    The barber.

    20What tongue can wag and yet never utter a word?

    The tongue of your shoe.

    21What does everyone take off last when going to bed?

    His feet from the floor.

    22What may have wings, yet not fly?

    A house.

    23What kind of boat is like a knife?

    A cutter.

    24What musical instrument has the best character?

    A piano, because it may be grand, upright or square.

    25What keeps the moon in place?

    Its beams.

    26What liquid is like the load a freight ship carries?

    Gasoline, because it makes the car go.

    27Why is the Senate like a book?

    Because it has so many pages.

    28What time is it when a pie is divided among four hungry boys?

    A quarter to one.

    29What cord is always full of knots, not one of which can be untied?

    A cord of wood.

    30What kind of clothing lasts the longest?

    Underwear, because it is never worn out.

    31What is the keynote of good manners?

    B natural.

    32What kind of noise annoys an oyster?

    A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

    33What is the right kind of lumber for castles in the air?

    Sunbeams.

    34What is the highest pleasure you can think of?

    Riding in an airplane.

    35What is smaller than an ant’s mouth?

    What the ant eats.

    36What American has had the largest family?

    George Washington, who was the father of his country.

    37What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?

    He makes the fire-fly.

    38What did the blind man say to the policeman when the policeman said he would arrest him if he didn’t move on?

    I’d just like to see you do it.

    39What do you call a boy who eats all the apples he can get, whether they are green or old?

    He is what we might call a pains-talking youngster.

    40What is the smallest bridge in the world?

    The bridge of a nose.

    41What is the highest building in New York?

    The Public Library has the most stories.

    42What does a hen do when it stands on one leg?

    Lifts up the other leg.

    43What is the most indigestible meal you can eat?

    Bolt the door and tuck in the sheets.

    44What part of a fish weighs the most?

    The scales.

    45What is the best way to keep goats from smelling?

    Cut off their noses.

    46What man has eyes in the back of his head?

    The man whose hindsight is better than his foresight.

    47What do you think is the greatest feat of eating ever known?

    The one in which the man began by bolting a door, threw up a window, and then sat down and swallowed a story whole.

    48What game do the waves like to play?

    Pitch and toss.

    49What geometrical figure represents a lost parrot?

    Polygon (polly gone).

    50What is the best thing to make in a hurry?

    Haste.

    51What should you do if you split your sides laughing?

    Run fast until you get a stitch in them.

    52What kind of money do girls like the most?

    Matrimony.

    53What is the most difficult key to turn?

    A donkey.

    54What is there about a yardstick that is very remarkable?

    Though it has no head nor tail, it has a foot at each end and another foot in the middle.

    55What good quality does the North Pole remind you of?

    Justice (just ice).

    56What makes the ocean angry?

    It has been crossed so many times.

    57What is the best thing to put into pies?

    Your teeth.

    58What makes more noise than a pig caught under a fence?

    Two pigs.

    59What is worse than finding a worm in an apple?

    Finding half a worm.

    60What great benefit is there in a paper of pins?

    It has a lot of good points.

    61What word is usually pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars?

    Wrong, of course.

    62What question is it to which you positively must answer yes?

    What does Y-E-S spell?

    63What roof never keeps out the wet?

    The roof of your mouth.

    64What wind does a hungry sailor like the most?

    A wind that blows foul (fowl) and chops about.

    65What is the most contradictory sign seen in a library?

    To speak aloud is not allowed (aloud).

    66What is the most disagreeable month for soldiers?

    A long March.

    67What is a sure sign of an early spring?

    A cat with her back up, watching a hole in the wall.

    68What is the best way to make time go fast?

    Use the spur of the moment.

    69What is a well-known put-up job?

    The paper on the wall.

    70What is the only thing you can break when you say its name?

    Silence.

    71What question can never be answered by Yes?

    Are you asleep?

    72What relation is the doorstep to the doormat?

    A step-father (farther).

    73What is most like a hen stealin’?

    A cock robin.

    74What salad is best for newlyweds?

    Lettuce alone.

    75What is the largest room in the world?

    Room for improvement.

    76What is the oldest piece of furniture in the world?

    The multiplication table.

    77What walks over the water and under the water, yet does not touch the wafer?

    A woman crossing a bridge over a river with a pail of water on her head.

    78What does a calf become after it is one year old?

    Two years old.

    79What is the best thing to take when you are run down?

    The number of the car that hit you.

    80What pets make stirring music?

    Trumpets.

    81What is the coldest place in a theater?

    Z row (zero).

    82What fishes have eyes nearest together?

    The smallest fishes.

    83What does a person usually grow in a garden if he works hard?

    Tired.

    84What happens to a cat when it crosses a desert on Christmas Day?

    It gets sandy claws (Santa Claus).

    85What did the big firecracker say to the little firecracker?

    My pop’s bigger than your pop.

    86What is the hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle?

    The pavement.

    87What is the end of everything?

    The letter G.

    88What room can no one enter?

    A mushroom

    89What driver never gets arrested?

    A screwdriver.

    90What is there in your house that ought to be looked into?

    A mirror.

    91What coin is double its value when half is deducted?

    Half a dollar.

    92What is the surest way to double your money?

    Fold it.

    93What is the best and cheapest light?

    Daylight.

    94What goes through a door, but never goes in or comes out?

    A keyhole.

    95What did Paul Revere say when he finished his famous ride?

    Whoa.

    96What fish may be said to be out of place?

    A perch in a bird cage.

    97What has a hand but can’t scratch itself?

    A clock.

    98What sort of necktie would a smart pig choose?

    A pig’s tie (pigsty).

    99What intelligent insect do you find in schoolrooms?

    Spelling bees.

    100What flies up but still is down?

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