Fun Riddles

 

By Martin Gardner

Question: You are in a room with two metal rods and no other metal. One of them is magnetized and the other is not.

How can you determine which one is magnetized and which is not?


Question:

Sad, sick, or sloppy I'll help you out,
Use me right and I'll cover your snout.

What am I?

Question: I brighten your day but live in the shade.

What am I?

the funny one (medium)

Question: which dress you can not wear?

Question: A king is on a cross-sea voyage and as soon as they get off of their boats he spots the most beautiful elephant he has ever seen. He decides to take it home, but first, he wants to know its weight.

The largest scale they brought only goes up to 50 pounds. The king demands that his smartest scholar must come up with a solution or pay the consequences. After several days he finally comes up with an answer.