Good Riddles

 
Riddle #653 (medium)

Question: A knight comes to a castle where his love is trapped. The castle is surrounded by a square moat that is 10 feet wide (it forms a square around the castle). The knight is able to fashion two 9 foot long planks to cross the moat.

How can he do this?

Riddle #654 (medium)

Question: The shorter I am, the bigger I am.

What am I?

Riddle #660 (medium)

Question: Christmas and New Year's Day occur exactly one week apart. So a New Year's that occurs right after Christmas should be on the same day of the week. But in the year 2020 Christmas will occur on a Friday and New Year's on a Wednesday.

Why is this?

Riddle #661 (medium)

Question: If a man carried my burden, he'd break his back.
I am not rich, but I always leave silver in my track.

What am I?

Riddle #668 (medium)

Question: I tear paper but I'm not mad,
I wear a purse but it's not a fad.

Who am I?