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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Riddle me this - home learning



Riddles: Answer correctly and receive 2 points per question


What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word.  Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word? Starting, staring, string, sing, sin, in and I
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? Footsteps 
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? Coins
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? Week
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?’M
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why? To keep the doctor away for seven days 
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 looked around and saw 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? The man wrote the boys “exact weight” on the paper
What has many keys, but can't even open a single door? Keyboard
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you? Name
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?   Coal