Short Riddles and Answers

 
Rise and Fall (medium)

Question: Resurrected, they descend by the millions. Sometimes, to nourish and give life. Other times, to take lives or destroy. They have been known to fill entire valleys and block roads only to disappear before executing their long journey back to the top. What are they?


MATH RIDDLE (medium)

Question: TWO THEIFS HAD ROBED GOLD COINS IN ONE HOUSE...! THEY WANT 2 SHARE EQUALLY...! BUT ONE WAS LEFT...! SO THEY ADDED ANOTHER PERSON NOW 3 SHARED AGAIN ONE COIN WAS REMAINING...! 4,5,6..! AT LAST 7MEMBERS SHARED EQUALLY...! THAT MEANS HOW MANY COINS THEY ROBBED...?;-)

Question: A man in New York City has $10. He spends $6.50 on flowers, and $3 on lunch (hot coffee and a hot dog). He then gets on the subway which will take him 7 stops for 50 cents. But he is forced to get off of the subway just 5 stops away from where he began.

Why is this?

Question: A woman is in the hospital for a routine procedure. The doctor leaves the room locking the door before he goes, the woman is alone. The doctor comes back to find the woman has died and there is another person is in the room. The door was still locked.
How is this possible?

Question: Bobby's teacher gave him a math quiz. Every time he got an answer right, points would be taken away, so whoever had the most points, got the most questions wrong. Bobby's score was the highest, yet he still got the most questions correct out of the class. How is this possible?