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jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Got any good riddles to use in class? Most students I have now seem to like them.

A few I have used:

What goes up but does not come down?

What gets bigger the more you take away from it?

A man rides into town on Friday, stays 3 days, and leaves on Friday. How?

How can half of 12 equal 7..?

And some others I found on the internet.

Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject:

How old are your students? I have a few puzzles that are good for getting middle-school students talking.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

school.discovery.com has some good ones under brain boosters

edu place has weekly puzzles as well.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

the students really love them.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

here are 3 big ones... prolly only good for more advanced classes tho...

1. What is my job?
I leave home and travel in a straight line. I turn left and go in a straight line again. I turn left and go straight once more. I turn left a final time and come back home.
---> have the kiddies ask you questions about jobs... ie. do you make a lot of money?, do you wear a uniform?, what day do you work? do you use tools?
---> answer... baseball player

2. A boy lives on the 20th floor of an apartment building. Every day, he hurries home from school to watch his favorite TV program. If it is a sunny day, he takes the elevator to the 4th floor and then walks the rest of the way up the stairs to his apartment. If it is raining, he goes directly to the 20th floor. He is really shy, and he doesn't know anyone else in the building. ---> Why does he take the elevator to the 4th floor if it is sunny outside?
--> answer...he is too short to press the '20' button, so on rainy days, he uses his umbrella to press the button.

3. Two identical twins go into a cafe and order a soda. Its a hot day and they want to cool off. The bartender makes two identical drinks for the twins. The first twin drinks his soda rather slowly, as he watches some TV. The second twin downs his soda in one big gulp. A few minutes later, the first twin drops dead. Why? They were both perfectly healthy and identical in every way. The two drinks were also identical.
--->answer...there was poison in the ice, the slow drinker allowed time for his ice to melt into the drink

these will work best if you can encourage some questions and have the students hunt for an answer

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I like to draw Rebus puzzles on the board and let the kids figure them out.

There's a couple good collections here:

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/braintpics.htm
http://www.fun-with-words.com/rebus_puzzles.html

Many of them are idioms that the kids might not be able to figure out but many others are prety straightforward.

tomato · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

Here are a few Korean riddles in English:

http://eslideas.hypermart.net/riddles.html

Your students might recognize some of them.

tomato · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject:

Here is a collection of riddles which I have accumulated over the
last couple of years.

The number for each riddle refers to the word frequency number of the
least common word in the riddle, according to the word frequency
chart compiled by Yonsei University.

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432. �� ?
�ϴ�

602. �� ʰ� ��Ҹ�� 鸮�� ?
��ȭ

626. �� ڴ� ��?
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655. �ڱ⸸ �� ִ� ��?
�޳��

655b. ��  �� ?
�Ź�

677. �� ε� �� ϴ� ��?
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��

696. �� ׾�� ?
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796. �� ε� �� ʴ� ��?
��

796b. �� ε� ��Ĵ� �� ƴ� ��?
�ձ�

964. �մ�� λ��ϴ� ��?
��

976. �� ġ�⸸ �ϴ� ��?
å

976b. �� ?
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976c. �� Ǵ� ��?
��

1246. ��ħ�� ٻڰ� ��̴� ��?
��

1256. �� ε� �� ϴ� ��?
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1272. �� ̰�, �� ̴� ��?
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1320. �Ʊ⸦ �Ȱ� �ٴϴ� ��?
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1429. �� ε� �� ?
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1444. �� 󿡼� �� ?
��

1482. �Ʒ�� θ� �� ?
��

1582. �� ̳� ( Cool

��ο� �㿡�� (53) �� ʴ� ��?
��

1725. �� ӿ� ���� ʰ� �� ӿ� ���� Ÿ�� ʴ� ��?
�׸��

1738. �ٶ�� Ҹ� �� ߴ� ��?
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1738b. �� ϴ� ��?
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1770. �� ״� ��?
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1805. ��󿡼� �� ?
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1847. �ð�� ð��ε� �� ð��?
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1935. �� ٴϴ� ��?
��

1981. ��  �� Ҵ�?
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2169. �� Դ� �Ǵ�?
Ŀ��

2177. �� ε� �� ?
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2228. ġ�� ĥ�� Ҹ�� ū ��?
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2287. �ٶ� �Ҿ� �� ?
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2290. �ö󰡸� �� ?
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2333. �ϴÿ� �� ?
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2360. �� ӿ� ���� ʴ� ��?
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2366. �� ε� �� ?
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2435. �� ?
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2437. �޸�� ϴ� ��?
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2471. �� Դ� ��?
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2487. ��߿�� Ƹ��ٿ� ��?
�ɺ�

2498. �޼�� ?
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2501. �� ε� �� ?
��

2514. �� ε� �� ϴ� ��?
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2677. �� 󿡼� �� ?
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2685. �Ĵ� ��ε� �� Դ� �Ĵ�?
��

2717. �� ε� �޺�� ġ�� ?
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2892. �� ܶ� �԰� �߿� �� ?
��

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432. What has no end no matter how far you go?
The sky.

602. What has a voice but no face?
A telephone.

626. What sleeps standing up?
A horse.

655. What land can you only travel to alone?
Dreamland.

655b. What kind of door is it impossible to pass through?
A newspaper. (�� = door, �Ź� = newspaper)

677. What kind of eggplant cannot be eaten?
A tree branch.
One kind. (�� = eggplant, �� = branch, �� = kind)

696. What dies when it sees light?
Film.

796. What dog never moves?
A mountain ridge. (�� = dog, �� = mountain ridge)

796b. What gold cannot be used to buy or sell?
The lines on the hand. (�� = gold, �ձ� = lines on the hand)

964. When a visitor comes in, who is the first to come out and greet
him?
The dog.

976. What teacher teachers without speaking a word?
A book.

976b. What shakes trees with no hands?
The wind.

976c. What has a flower blooming at the end of its mouth?
An onion.

1246. What is busy moving morning and evening?
A door.

1256. What chestnut cannot be eaten?
A dark night. (�� = chestnut, �� = night)

1272. What don't you see when you see and see when you don't see?
A curtain.

1320. What goes everywhere with a baby inside?
A kangaroo.

1429. What is the smallest door?
A rumor. (�� = door, �ҹ� = rumor)

1444. What is the fastest thing in the world?
Thought.

1482. What doesn't go down but only goes up?
Smoke.

1582. What cannot be seen either on a bright day or on a dark night?
The mind.

1725. What doesn't get wet when it gets in water and doesn't burn
when it gets in fire?
A shadow.

1738. What dances when the wind blows?
A tree.

1738b. What kind of seed cannot be planted?
An uncle. (�� = seed, �� = uncle)

1770. What can you not see but would die without it?
Air.

1805. What is the longest thing in the world?
A road.

1847. What clock only works in the daytime?
A sundial.

1935. What always travels on the same road?
A train.

1981. What is the most beautiful cow?
A smile. (�� = cow, �̼� = smile)

2169. What kind of rain do people like to drink?
Coffee. (�� = rain, Ŀ�� = coffee)

2177. What fire has no light?
A bed cover. (�� = fire, �̺� = bed cover)

2228. What makes a louder sound the harder you hit it?
A drum.

2287. For what is it a good time when the wind blows?
Flying kites.

2290. What closes when it goes up and opens when it goes down?
A zipper.

2333. What dog lives in the sky?
Fog. (�� = dog, �Ȱ� = fog)

2360. What cannot be seen when you put it in water?
Glass.

2366. In what bedroom is it impossible to sleep?
A bag. (�� = bedroom, �� = bag)

2435. What is the fastest bird?
The time it takes to blink. (�� = bird, �� = interval)

2437. What should not fly unless it runs?
An airplane.

2471. What rice cake can be seen but not eaten?
A rice cake in a picture.

2487. What is the most beautiful bottle?
A flower vase. (�� = bottle, �ɺ� = flower vase)

2498. What cannot be held with the left hand?
The left hand.

2501. What chicken cannot be eaten.
A reason. (�� = chicken, �� = reason)

2514. What medicine must not be taken?
Shoeshine. (�� = medicine, ��ξ� = shoeshine)

2677. What is the most difficult task in the world?
To cut water with a knife.

2685. What onion cannot be eaten?
An old woman. (�� = onion, �� = old woman)

2717. What person dies when the sun shines?
A snowman.

2892. What wears clothes when it is hot and takes off clothes when it
is cold?
A tree.

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

I did some 'no arms and no legs' jokes with some of my adults, when I was out drinking with them. Took to long to explain and the humor effect was lost. And I don't think that they are into morbid jokes.