# Quick! I need a good riddle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201 "2009-01-20T20:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/21 "2009-01-21T05:22:37Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Not sure why that one is a dick move… unless the answer isn’t 10? No clue on the others. You’d be surprised how hard it is for most people I tell that riddle to to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Jaglavak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jaglavak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaglavak)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/22 "2009-01-21T05:47:46Z")
What’s gray and comes in quarts? . . . . An elephant. What do you get when you cross a donkey with an onion? . . . . A peice of ass so good it brings tears to your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/23 "2009-01-21T06:15:12Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > You’d be surprised how hard it is for most people I tell that riddle to to get it. What if the squirrel is a leper? ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/24 "2009-01-21T06:19:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > One that I made up a while ago, so I doubt it’s searchable: > > Never at noon, never at night > Always my back is out of sight > If you would see me, I appear > When the world dries its tears Shadow? ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/25 "2009-01-21T19:59:06Z")
What is the air speed velocity of a sparrow? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/26 "2009-01-21T20:08:36Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > And, of course, the obligatory “dick move” one: > A particular stump in a farmer’s yard is used to feed the local squirrel, who happens to like corn. Every season he puts 10 ears of corn in the stump. The squirrel leaves with three ears every day, how many days does it take for the stump to be empty? Oh ha ha.10 days. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/27 "2009-01-22T01:46:37Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > A man is found dead one morning in his study with a pistol in his hand and a tape recorder next to him. When the cops hit play they simply hear “Everyone I know is dead, I’ve lost my job, I have nothing to live for.” How did the cops know it wasn’t a suicide? Because the tape was rewound to the beginning of the message? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/28 "2009-01-22T02:06:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Because the tape was rewound to the beginning of the message? Most tapes don’t do that, do they? I was going to say that the tape stops before the end, but a person could just as easily stop the tape and then shoot themselves. Or rewind it and then shoot. The gunshot would have to be on the tape for it to work I think. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/29 "2009-01-22T02:09:31Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > A man is found dead one morning in his study with a pistol in his hand and a tape recorder next to him. When the cops hit play they simply hear “Everyone I know is dead, I’ve lost my job, I have nothing to live for.” How did the cops know it wasn’t a suicide? No Gunshot noise on the tape? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/30 "2009-01-22T02:54:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Because the tape was rewound to the beginning of the message? Yeah. > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Most tapes don’t do that, do they? I was going to say that the tape stops before the end, but a person could just as easily stop the tape and then shoot themselves. Or rewind it and then shoot. The gunshot would have to be on the tape for it to work I think. Forgot to add there’s a gunshot, oops. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/31 "2009-01-22T13:07:28Z")
What do I have in my pocket? ---
**Author:** ![CalD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@CalD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalD)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/32 "2009-01-22T13:21:12Z")
You’re lost in the forest, and come across two doors. One leads to freedom, the other leads to certain death. You don’t know which is which. There are two trolls near the doors. One troll always lies, the other always tells the truth. You don’t know which is which. You get to ask **one** troll **one** question, and based on the answer, you need to determine which door leads to freedom. What question do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/33 "2009-01-22T13:26:44Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > My first is a number, my second another. > And each (I assure you) will rhyme with the other. > My first I can say is one fifth of my second, > And when both are together a long period reckoned. Heard this one sometime in high school, I think it was. four score ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/34 "2009-01-22T13:29:01Z")
What’s greater than God, More evil than the Devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you’ll die? Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/35 "2009-01-22T13:38:47Z")
What’s green and red and goes 40 miles an hour? Froggy in a blender! ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/36 "2009-01-22T20:38:55Z")
> [@CalD](#): > > You’re lost in the forest, and come across two doors. One leads to freedom, the other leads to certain death. You don’t know which is which. > > There are two trolls near the doors. One troll always lies, the other always tells the truth. You don’t know which is which. You get to ask **one** troll **one** question, and based on the answer, you need to determine which door leads to freedom. > > What question do you ask? I think the question to as is [spoiler]“Will the other troll tell me that his door leads to life?” If the answer is “Yes,” walk on through. If the answer is “No,” take the other door.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/37 "2009-01-22T21:00:25Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > And, of course, the obligatory “dick move” one: > A particular stump in a farmer’s yard is used to feed the local squirrel, who happens to like corn. Every season he puts 10 ears of corn in the stump. The squirrel leaves with three ears every day, how many days does it take for the stump to be empty? Five…it was a horrific thresher accident. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/38 "2009-01-22T21:06:16Z")
> [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > I think the question to as is [spoiler]“Will the other troll tell me that his door leads to life?” > > If the answer is “Yes,” walk on through. If the answer is “No,” take the other door.[/spoiler] Another approach: Ask either troll “If I asked you if the door behind you leads to life, would you say Yes?” – The theory is that the troll who always lies knows he always lies and will lie about the answer he _would_ give, and so both he and the other troll end up telling the truth. He who makes it does not need it; He who buys it does not want it; He who uses it can neither see nor feel it. Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betty and Bess Went to look for a starling’s nest; A nest with four eggs in they did find - They each took one and left three behind. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/39 "2009-01-22T21:12:34Z")
Gah. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/40 "2009-01-22T21:34:00Z")
Why do white sheep eat more grass than black sheep? Because there are more white sheep How do you keep a werewolf from going crazy on Halloween night? Shoot him in September How do you keep a moron in suspense? What’s brown and sticky? A stick What’s a foot long and slippery? A slipper [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201.md?page=3)