Mr. Darby Gerking: Riddle of The Week

Red and blue, purple and green,
No one can reach it,
Not even a queen.

What is it?

Ask what is my name, useful to men;
my name is famous,of service to men,
sacred in myself.


(Anglo-Saxon)

A riddle from the Aztec:


What are the ten thin slabs of stone that one is always hauling around?

Answer: The fingernails.

As I walked through a field of wheat,
I picked up something good to eat.
It was neither flesh nor bone,
But in twenty-one days it walked alone.
What is it?

Why yes, Carl and Penny, you've guessed correctly!
The answer is: An egg.

This is a Chinese riddle:

It has eyes and a nose
But has not breathed since birth;
It cannot go to heaven
And will not stay on earth.
What is it?

Answer: A Dragon Kite

Big as a barn,
Light as a feather,
And sixty horses can't pull it.

Answer: The shadow of a barn.

Here is an old English riddle, the short version.


Throw it up green, comes down red.
What is it?

Answer: Watermelon

What is it that gets longer and longer the more you cut off at each end?

Answer: A ditch.

This riddle is in the spirit of the volcano, Mt. St. Helens. Today, May 18th, 2008, is the 28th anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption.

The son begins to sail, while the father is not yet born.

The answer:

Smoke and Fire.

Why is a pencil like a riddle?

Answer: It is no good without a point.

What can go up the chimney down,
but can't go down the chimney up?

Answer: An Umbrella

Three enter it by one door;
Each comes out his own.

What is it?

Answer: Shirt

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

Anwer: Carpet

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What lives without a body,
Speakes without a tongue;
Everyone can hear it,
Yet no one can see it?

Answer: An echo.