I heard of a wonder, of words...

Riddle: I heard of a wonder, of words moth-eaten. That is a strange thing, I thought, weird. That a man's song be swallowed by a worm. His blinded sentences, his bedside stand-by rustled in the night - and the robber-guest. Not one wit the wiser. For the words he had mumbled.

Answer: Bookworm

Rating: 100%

Answer: El cangrejo

Rating: 50%

Riddle: A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.

Answer: Smoke

Rating: 75%

Riddle: While exploring the wilds of Canada, Wild Man Dave was captured by hostile wood fairies. Brad, the powerful chief of the fairies told him he could make one final statement which would determine how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. Wild Man Dave found neither of this options too his liking, so he made a statement that got him out of this seemingly impossible situation. What is the one statement he could have made?

Answer: Wild Man Dave said: “You will boil me in water.”The fairies were faced with a dilemma. If they boil him in water, that would make his statement true, which means he should have been fried in oil. They can only fry him in oil if he makes a true statement, but if they do, it would make his final statement false. The fairies had no way our of their situation so they were forced to set Wild Man Dave free

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Why did a woman call the police over a man who knocked on her door and claimed that he thought the room was his?

Answer: If it was his room, he wouldn’t have knocked.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: During the Holocaust there is a Jewish man who has managed to evade the Nazi soldiers fro many months. He has finally made it to the border of Germany, but to his dismay, there is a massive river blocking his way with only one bridge over. The bridge was under Nazi control and any person caught trying to exit Germany will be killed on the spot, but any Polish person caught trying to enter Germany without the proper papers will be sent back to Poland. There is only one guard on this bridge and he only checks the bridge for people every three minutes. Now, no matter how quickly any person may run, this bridge will always take exactly five minutes to cross. How can the German man exit Germany without being caught and killed?

Answer: Simply, he walks for two minutes and fifty seconds, then turns around and pretends to walk into Germany. The guard comes out and sees him. He walks over to him and asks him for his papers. When he can't produce the proper papers he is sent to Poland because the guard thought he was a Polish citizen

Rating: 100%

Riddle: When the below was jerking, the above was preferring. When the below was hurting, the above was happy rejoicing. What is that?

Answer: That is fishing

Rating: 67%

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