Latest riddles

What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?

Answer

Carpet.

There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass.
How did they die?

Answer

The fish bowl got knocked over. The bodies were goldfish.

What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.

Answer

Your finger.

Mrs. Dela Cruz have 5 childrens.
January is the name of the first child
February is the name of the second child
March is the name of the third child
April is the name of the fourth child
What is the name of the fifth child.
What is the name of the fifth child?

Answer

What

A snail falls into a well 5 feet deep, how many days will it go out if it advances two feet in the day and comes back one meter at night?

Answer

4 days
Day 1: 2 -1 = 1
Day 2: 1 +2 -1 = 2
Day 3: 2 + 2 - 1 = 3
Day 4: 3 +2 = 5.

A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve.
How did he know?

Answer

He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. Because they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical cords and therefore they never had navels.

A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt.
Why?

Answer

He was playing Monopoly.

A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same month of the same year. But they were not twins.
How could this be so?

Answer

hey were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets etc.)

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there.
What is it?

Answer

They were used by children who made a snowman. The snow has now melted.

A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field.
How did he die?

Answer

The man had jumped from a plane but his parachute had failed to open. It is the unopened package.

There is a large wooden barn which is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the middle of the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet off the ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away from the man. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along the rafters. The man hanged himself.
How did he do it?

Answer

He climbed on a block of ice which has since melted.

A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out.

Answer

The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups – so the man no longer needed the water.