R1. Which creature in the morning goes on four legs, at mid-day on two, and in the evening upon three, and the more legs it has, the weaker it be?
R2. Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet. Why?
R3. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
R4. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
R5. What word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
R6. Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
R7. You do not want to have it, But when you do have it, You do not want to lose it? What is it?
R8. I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?
R9. Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
R10. I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
R11. A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I?
R12. If you say my name I am no more. What am I?
R13. When I left, I didn’t know where I was going; when I got there, I didn’t know where I was; when I returned, I didn’t know where I had been. Who was I?
R14. When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty Nothing moves me, I have two skins One without and one within. What am I?
R15. Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?
R16. The man who makes it does not need it. The man who buys its does not use it. The man who uses it doesn’t know he is. What is it?
R17. What is greater than God. More evil than the Devil. The poor have it. The rich don’t need it. And if you eat it, you’ll die?
R18. I can be as big as a house, or as small as a mouse. I weigh nothing, yet a thousand men could not lift me. What am I?
R19. I never was, have never been seen but always will be. What am I?
R20. I come at night without being fetched and am lost by day without being stolen. What am I?
R21. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
R22. Alive without breath, As cold as death, Clad in mail never clinking, Never thirsty, ever drinking. What am I?
R23. What has roots that nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, Yet it never grows?
R24. This thing all things devours, Birds, beasts, trees, and flowers. Gnaws iron bites steel, Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down?
R25. It cannot be seen, it cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, Lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. Comes first follows after, Ends life kills laughter?
R26. I’m lighter than air but a million men can’t lift me. What am I?
R27. What force and strength cannot get through, I, with a gentle touch, can do. And many in the street would stand, were I not a friend at hand?
