Two fishermen posed a riddle to the Greek poet Homer: What we caught, we threw away; what we didn’t catch, we kept. What did we keep? Homer could not solve the riddle. Can you solve it?
Riddle AnswerLateral Thinking Riddles
Load of Wood
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. How is this possible?
Riddle AnswerFive Birthdays
Three Equal Squares
You have 8 small matches, 4 of which are half the length of the other 4. Make three equal squares out of the 8 matches.
Riddle AnswerGuess Your Weight
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper, then you have to give me $50 but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”
The boy looks around and sees no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
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