Hard Riddles and Answers

Question: I have lakes with no fish.
I have roads with no cars.

What am I?

Question: A man leaves his house in the morning and kisses his wife. On his way home from work he sees that somebody has hit a power line. He immediately knows his wife has died.

How did he know this?

Question: Thirty men and only two women, but they hold the most power.
Dressed in black and white, they could fight for hours.

Who are they?

Question: Queens can move horizontally, vertically and diagonally any number of spaces as illustrated. One piece 'attacks' another if it moves to the same tile that the other piece is on. How can you arrange eight queens on the board so they cannot attack each other?

Question: Before man discovered Mt. Everest, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Question: Timmy's mother has three children. The first was named April. The next was named May.

What is the final one's name?

Question: A mirror for the famous, but informative to all.
I'll show you the world, but it may be a bit small.

What I am?

Question: What English word is always spelled incorrectly?

Question: A farmer has three fields. One of them has 3 bundles of hay, another has 4, and the last has 5. How many would he have in the first field if he combined all of them in that field?

Question: At school Joe has three friends: Tim, George and Paige. Two of them play football, two play tennis, and two play golf. The friend who doesn't play golf doesn't play tennis and the one who doesn't play football doesn't play golf. Which sports does each person play?