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Heya all !

Hello there Brainliacs! Today, I've got some interesting riddles.

1 ) I am as light as a feather but no man can hold me for long. What am I?

2 ) I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

3) A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

4) There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

5 ) An 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?

6 ) What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?

7 ) I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

8 ) 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?

9 ) What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

10 ) What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

11 ) If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars" is the chicken telling the truth?

12 ) A father and son went in their car for a road trip. They got in a car crash. The father died, and the son was badly injured. He needed surgery, but in the hospital when the doctor comes in, the doctor says, "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son." Who's the doctor? 

13 ) Sergi and Sally were sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching TV, his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How? 

14 ) What row of numbers comes next in this series? 

1 
11 
21 
1211 
111221 
312211 
13112221

15 ) If you break me 
I do not stop working, 
If you touch me 
I may be snared, 
If you lose me 
Nothing will matter. 

16 ) A man in prison has a visitor. Afterward a guard asks the inmate who the visitor was. The inmate replies: "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." What's the relationship between the inmate and the visitor? 

17 ) You can see me in water , but i never get wet , tell who am i ?

18 ) You have a thing but others used it more than you , who am i ?

19 ) What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

20 ) Journey without it and you will never prevail, but if you have too much of it you will surely fail.


#Be_Brainly !

Answer 1

1. I am as light as a feather as no man can hold me -  Breath.


2. I am not alive but I grow, I don't have lungs but need air - Fire.


3. The prisoner might say that "You will hang me"


4. Ancient civilization still used in some parts of the world -  Window


5. An 8-letter word can have a letter taken away and still makes a word - Starting

6. Has many keys, but can't even open a single door - A piano


7. I am taken away from mine and shut up in a wooden case - Pencil Lead


8. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. - Hahahaha 


9. Take away the whole you still have some left over - Wholesome


10. Black when u buy it, red when u use it, grey when u throw it - Charcoal


11. The chicken is lying.


12.The doctor was the boy's mother.


13. Sally was reading the book because She was blind - Braille

14.

1 - 1 one

11 - 2 ones

21 = 1 two 1 one

1211 = 1 one, 1 two, 2 one's

111221 = 3 ones, 2 two's, 1 ones

312211 = 1 three, 1 one, 2 twos, 2ones.

13112221 = 1 one, 1 three, 2 ones, 3 twos, 1 one.

Next Number will be - 1113213211 = 3 ones, 1 three, 1 two, 1 one, 1 three, 1 two, 1 two, 2 ones.


15. If u break me, I do not stop working, if u lose me Nothing will matter- Heart.


16. Son and Father relationship. I mean the visitor was his son.


17. You can see me in water, but I never get wet - Reflection/Shadow.


18. You have a thing but others use it more than you - Your name


19. What has cities, but no houses, forests, but no trees - A Map


20. Journey without you and you will never Prevail - Confidence.



Note: Experience tells you what to do, confidence allows you to do it.



Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Hello...

Ques :- I am as light as a feather but no man can hold me for long. What am I?

Ans :- Breath

Ques :- I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Ans :- Fire

Ques :- A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

Ans :- The prisoner can say You will hang me

Ques :- There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

Ans :- A window.

Ques :- An 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?

Ans :- staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in.

Ques :- What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?

Ans :- piano

Ques :- I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

Ans :- pencil lead

Ques :- 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?

Ans :- An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Ques :- What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

Ans :- wholesome

Ques :- What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Ans :- Charcoal

Ques :- If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars" is the chicken telling the truth?

Ans :-  "The chicken is not telling the truth".

Ques :- A father and son went in their car for a road trip. They got in a car crash. The father died, and the son was badly injured. He needed surgery, but in the hospital when the doctor comes in, the doctor says, "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son." Who's the doctor

Ans :- The Doctor was the son's mom.

Ques :- Sergi and Sally were sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching TV, his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How? 

Ans:-

Ques :- What row of numbers comes next in this series? 

1 
11 
21 
1211 
111221 
312211 
13112221

Ans :- 111221



Ques :- If you break me 
I do not stop working, 
If you touch me 
I may be snared, 
If you lose me 
Nothing will matter. 

Ans :- Our heart

Ques :- A man in prison has a visitor. Afterward a guard asks the inmate who the visitor was. The inmate replies: "brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." What's the relationship between the inmate and the visitor? 

Ans :- His son.

Ques :- You can see me in water , but i never get wet , tell who am i ?

Ans :- A reflection

Ques :- You have a thing but others used it more than you , who am i ?

Ans :- our name

Ques :- What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

Ans :- A map

Ques :- Journey without it and you will never prevail, but if you have too much of it you will surely fail.

Ans :- Confidence