The Daily Riddle Thread

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math

Billy, you put BREAD in a toaster.

It’s not TOAST until it comes out…

Divide 30 by half and add ten. What is the answer?

Okay, here’s another one:
The one who makes it doesn’t want it, the one who buys it doesn’t use it, and the one who uses it doesn’t know it. What is it?

70

EDIT : I remember that thread .

Most people don’t know whey protein is a bi-product of cheese.

A coffin? I think I’ve heard that before.

Bingo!

Here’s another classic:

What walks with 4 legs, then 2, and then 3?

That’s the sphinx’s riddle, right? I’ve heard it before so I won’t give it away. :wink:

Human being.

A riddle given by my daughter: It has 1 entrance but has 3 exits. What is it?

Life?
Edit: How old is your daughter?

What is red .....and smells like Blue Paint ?

Red Paint

I saw this on Kathie Lee and Hoda within the past week, just so you know.

Seven is an odd number. How do you make it even?

This is a classic and kinda mindblowing.

A guy sets off to work. The trip is two miles. The traffic is heavy and he only averages 30mph for the first mile. He then hits open road. What speed must he average for the second half of the trip in order to have averaged 60mph for the total journey?

what's brown and sticky ?

a stick

90 MPH? The question mark stems from the fact that these riddles can be tricky (and “sticky”).

He would have to be Einsteins dream if I figured it right… 120 seconds for the first mile and in order to make the next mile within 120 seconds. :slight_smile:

Ok here’s a riddle:

Not man nor beast met his demise
(To thee I’m sure ’tis no suprise);
A cruel fate ended it’s trek;
Now thou stand’st ’neath a great _

Some may know right off the tops of their heads!

Absolutely correct fellfromtree. Even if he travels the second mile at a billion miles an hour he still cannot average 60mph for the total trip.

Because to average 60mph over two miles you must complete the trip in two minutes. But it took the guy two minutes to do the first mile. So no matter how fast he goes on the second mile the total trip will take longer than two minutes.