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Riddles Challenge II

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Riddles Challenge II

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?
-The letter ‘M’.

The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?

-Friday

What can run but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a head but never weeps,
has a bed but never sleeps?

-A river

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

-Footsteps

A word I know,
Six letters it contains,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remaiA postage stamp on an envelope.ns.

-The word is “dozens”.

What goes around the world yet stays in a corner?

-A postage stamp on an envelope.

You use a knife to slice my head, and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

-An onion

A ladder with rungs a foot apart is hanging over the side of moored boat. At high tide, the third rung is just below the water level. If the tide falls one foot, how many rungs are clear of the water?

-Two rungs

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

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

How many flowers do I have if all of them are roses except two, all of them are tulips except two, and all of them are daisies except two?

-Three – a rose, a tulip and a daisy.

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