Jokes and Riddles

Riddles:

1. Mary's father has 4 children; three are named Nana,
Nene, and Nini. So what is the 4th child's name?
Mary

 

2. What is something so delicate that even if you say its
name it will break?
Silence

 

3. What is something that if it fell off a cliff it won’t break but if
it touches water it disintegrates?
Tissue/Paper

 

4. What type of jam can’t you eat?
Traffic Jam

 

5. The more of them you take, the more you leave behind.
What are they?
Footprints

 

6. It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without
a mouth, and is born in air. What is it?
An Echo

 

7. What am I? I am the only thing that always tells the truth.
I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and
sizes. So tell me what I must be!
A Mirror

 

8. What can you serve but not eat?
A Ball

 

9. Can you jump higher than Mt Everest?
Yes because Mt Everest can't jump!

 

10. Name 4 days of the week that start with letter T
Tuesday, Thursday, Today, Tomorrow

 

11. What is the longest word without vowels in New
Zealand vocabulary?
Rhythm

 

13. I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger
and faster than any man alive but have no
limbs. Who am I?
A Hurricane

 

14. I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all,
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

Tomorrow

 

15. I always run but never walk, often murmur,
never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a
mouth but never eat. Who am I?
A River

 

16. From which 7 letter word, if you take out 4
letters, you will have one left?
Someone

 

17. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of
sickness. You cannot express happiness without me,
yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk,
yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I
am never out of darkness.

The letter S

 

18. What is something that if you take more out it will
become larger?

A hole

 

19. What is something that belongs to you but others
use it more than you?

Your Name

 

20.How do you make a goldfish age?

Take out the g

 

21.What is the richest kind of air?

Billionaire

 

22.What did the mountain climber name his son?

Cliff

 

23.Why did the cookie go to the doctor?

Because he was feeling crumby

 

24.Which runs faster, hot or cold?

Hot because everyone can catch a cold

 

25.What did the big chimney say to the little chimney?

Youre too young to smoke!

 

BY Christina and Shraya