Latest riddles

I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?

Answer

The brain.

Tuesday, Sam and Peter went to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch, they paid the bill. But Sam and Peter did not pay the bill, so who did?

Answer

Their friend, Tuesday.

There is a chain nailed to the wall. The chain is 10 feet long and the centre of the chain dips down 5 feet from where each side of the chain is nailed to the wall. How far are the 2 ends of chain from each other?

Answer

The ends are touching. In order for the chain to dip down 5 feet (exactly half) the ends must be touching and the chain is effectively folded in half.

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same.
What am i?

Answer

A barber.

I am (usually) white and used for cutting and grinding. When i'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals i am a useful tool.
What am i?

Answer

A tooth.

I help you from your head to your toe.
The mork i work, the smaller i grow.
What am i?

Answer

A bar of soap.

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Answer

1, only the person who is St. Ives.Rest might be going in the opposite way.

What is a word that you can read forward backward and sideways but still can read it?

Answer

The word NOON

Which letter is most coolest in the alphabet?

Answer

Letter "B"

Because Letter B is in middle of A and C it means A/C.

The grandfather is 24 years older than his son John. John is 35 years older than his son Antony. All three combined are 100 years old.
How old are you?

Answer

The grandfather is 64 years old,
John is 37 years old and Antony is 2 years old.

Z = grandfather
Y = John
X = Antony
Y + 24 = Z
X + 35 = Y
X + Y + Z = 100
Z = X + 59
=> X + X + 35 + X + 59 = 100
3X + 94 = 100 =>
3X = 6 => X = 2
Y = 37
Z = 61

What starts with "p" and ends with "orn" and is very popular in movie industry?

Answer

Popcorn.

X + Y = 50
Y + Y + Y = 120
X + Z = 35
Z = ?

Answer

Z = 25.

Y + Y + Y = 120 => 3Y = 120 => Y = 40
X + 40 = 50 => X = 10
10 + Z = 35 => Z = 35 - 10 = 25