Latest riddles

Latest riddles

Tongue without taste,
skin without bone,
sole without life,
useless alone.
What am I?

Answer

A shoe.

A most delicious thing.
It can be given but cannot be kept.
Some awake from it after they've slept.
It is the moistest and softest butterfly wing,
But when it is the last even it can sting.

Answer

Kiss.

I own a little lantern,
i light it in the dark.
I hope a lady sees me,
come find me in the park.
What am I?

Answer

Fire fly.

In a right-angled triangle, what is the length of the shortest side if the length of the hypotenuse is 65 cm and the side is 63 cm?

Answer

16cm

Pythagoras theorem wll be used . 65^2 = 63^2 + x^2 .

HILT is to LMPY as DENS is to ?

Answer

HIRX

The first three letters move four places forward in the alphabet, while the fourth letter moves forward five places

329 : 15
746 : 34
Which numbers below have the same relationship to each other as the two sets of numbers above?

Answer

698 : 62

(6 × 9) + 8 = 62.

What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?

Answer

An anchor.

I’m an instrument through which sounds are made, and yet, not something that can be played.
What am I?

Answer

Your voice.

Only for genius :
O + O = T
T + T = F
F + F = E
E + E = ?

Answer

S (sixteen)

One + One = Two
Two + Two = Four
Four + Four = Eight
Eight + Eight = Sixteen

If Milly gives Tilly $60 the money they have is in the ratio 2:1; however, if Tilly gives Milly $10 the ratio is 1:3. How much money have Milly and Tilly before they exchange any money?

Answer

Milly $620 Tilly $220

Form the equations using the given data Let x be the money of Milly and y be the money of Tilly, so x-60:y+60=2:1 and x+10:y-10=3:1 Solving these two equations you will get the answer. Instead of solving you can also substitute the values from check for the correct ans.

What is the value of –26 – –37?

Answer

11

Why do squirrels spend so much time in trees?

Answer

To get away from all the nuts on the ground.

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