Featured Riddle of the Day
How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?
22 times (every 65.5 minutes except at 12 o'clock when they're already aligned)
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The Strawberry Patch
If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
5 cats (the ratio remains the same)
The Puzzle of Existence
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
The Seven Problem
Seven men have seven wives. Each wife has seven sacks. Each sack has seven cats. Each cat has seven kittens. How many legs are there in all?
1,813 (7 men + 49 wives + 343 cats + 2401 kittens = 2800 beings with 4 legs each for cats and kittens, and 2 legs each for people)
The Disappearing Riddle
The more there is, the less you see. What am I?
Darkness
The Elemental Riddle
I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
A river
The Counting Problem
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of playing cards
The Open Question
What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
The Key Problem
What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
A keyboard
The Simple Math
If you divide 30 by half and add 10, what do you get?
70 (30 divided by 1/2 equals 60, plus 10 equals 70)