Try and ignore the temptation to search these up on the internet. It ruins the challenge. Feel free to discuss below.
Riddles:
6. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
7. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
8. An electrical train is travelling north at 74 km/h. The wind is blowing to the east at 15 km/h. In which direction would the smoke be blowing, and at what angle?
9. A mountain goat attempts to scale a cliff sixty feet high. Every minute, the goat bounds upward three feet but slips back two. How long does it take for the goat to reach the top (in minutes)?
10. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean, and yet remain dry. What am I?
I'll give out the answers at the end of the week.
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1. What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. - A mountain
2. A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and locked all of the sedan's doors. He went off, but when he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in? - The stranger was a baby
3. What can you catch but not throw? - A cold
4. From house to house he goes, a messenger small and slight. And whether it rains or snows, He sleeps outside at night. What am I? - A road
5. What is as light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold it for more than a minute? - Their breath
