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The following riddles are of common sense and presence of mind. Presence of mind means the right answer at right time. This Page's riddles are given their answers along with the riddles... Let us start...


Ques - Charity wants to make a long journey. Where will she start from and end?
Ans -The

Ques - My birthday comes up only once in every four years, what date I was born?
Ans - On 29th February.

Ques - I have a very short name, how do I spell it?
Ans - I.

Ques - Emeka is in trouble and is hiding. You are asked to find him. Where is he?
Ans - in "trouble".

Ques - University students seem mad once every year. When is it?
Ans -

Ques - Who is the 20th Governor in Nigeria?
Ans -

Ques - The principal said that the school had no money to buy my prize right now, so he gave me the shortest letter possible. What did he write?
Ans - Because

Ques - You have just overfed yourself, but you have little money left. What do you do? It sounds so stupid, but it is the best step.
Ans -

Ques - If a man digs a pit in three days, three men will dig it in one day. Therefore if one Nigerian Airways pilot flies from Lagos to London in 6 hours, how long it will take 3 pilots to take that journey?
Ans - They will never reach London, because they will always be quarreling on some point or the other.

Ques - Your father and mother have a child who is not your brother or sister. Who is that?
Ans - That is you.

Ques - A pizza's radius = z and its thickness = a. What will be its volume?
Ans - pi z z a.

Ques - You are a participant in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Ans - If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely WRONG! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, so YOU are still only in second place.

Ques - But in that race if you overtake the last person, then what position you are at...?
Ans -  If you answered that you are second to last, then you are WRONG again.. Tell me Sunshine, how can you overtake the LAST person? - There is no person after the last person - he is the last already.

Ques - This question must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 and add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 10. What is the total?>
Ans - Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100....

Ques - Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono, and ??? What is the name of the fifth daughter? >
Ans - Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't.  Her name is Mary. Read the question again.

Ques - A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and succeeds to buy the toothbrush. Next, a blind man goes there who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses. How does HE indicate what he wants?
Ans - It's really very simple - He opens his mouth and asks for it...

Ques - If two bills are lying on the road, one is of $500 and another one is of $100. Which one will you pick up?
Ans - What did you say $500? But why not both?

Ques - What was the first silent Movie in Hindi?
Ans - You forgot or you don't know? There is no need to know. It is clear as crystal - if it was silent then how can you know its language?

 

 

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