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Softly spoken Riddles that should hopefully help you fall asleep.

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For anyone interested, here are the answers: 




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1. Riddle: Lovely and round, I’m shimmery white, grown in the darkness, a lady’s delight. What am I?
Answer: A pearl

2. Riddle: Two mums and two daughters went out for dinner and  each ate one portion. Only three portions were eaten in total, how is  this possible?
Answer: It was a grandmother (who is a mother), a mother (who is a mother and a daughter), and a daughter who went out for dinner.

3. Riddle: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Answer: Day and night

4. Riddle: People knead me to buy things. What am I?
Answer: Dough

5. Riddle: You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a  carrot, a pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana. Which animal in  the room is the smartest?
Answer: You, hopefully.

6. Riddle: If it takes 5 elves, 5 minutes to make 5 dolls, then how long will it take 100 elves to make 100 dolls?
Answer: It takes 1 elf 5 minutes to make a doll, so it would take 100 elves 5 minutes to make 100 dolls.

7. Riddle: A man is trapped in a room. The  room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door,  there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun  instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door,  there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?
Answer: He waits until night time and then goes through the first door.

8. Riddle: A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?
Answer: Suicide

9. Riddle: Mr. Brown was killed on Sunday afternoon. His wife  said she was reading a book at the time. The butler said he was taking a  shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The maid said she was  folding clothes, and the gardener said he was planting tomatoes. Who did  it?
Answer: The chef. Mr. Brown was killed in the afternoon and yet the chef claimed he was making breakfast?

10. Riddle: If you have a three-liter jug, a five-liter jug,  and an unlimited supply of mulled wine, how would you get exactly four  liters without estimating?
Answer: Fill the five-gallon jug.  Then, fill the three-gallon jug from the five-gallon one, leaving two  gallons. Pour out the wine from the three-gallon jug. Transfer the wine  from the five-gallon jug to the three-gallon jug. Fill the five-gallon  jug and use it to fill the remaining space for one gallon in the  three-gallon jug. You will be left with four gallons of wine in the  five-gallon jug.

11. Riddle: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
Answer: Just one. After that, your stomach is no longer empty.

12. Riddle: I can be hot or cold. I can run and be still. I can be hard and soft. What am I?
Answer: Water

13. Riddle: How can you tell that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are about to get married?
Answer: They all have rings.

14. Riddle: How can kids can drink beer and not get drunk?
Answer: They can drink root beer!

15. Riddle: A man sails off on a cruise between Mexico and the  USA. He doesn’t speak to anyone, stop at any ports, or even come out of  his cabin, yet he makes $300,000 from his trip. How?
Answer: He’s a smuggler.

16. Riddle: A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him  underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes  later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner. How can  this be?
Answer: The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.

17. Riddle: A man rode into town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
Answer: Tuesday was his horse’s name.

18. Riddle: Why can’t we take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
Answer: A wooden leg is not a camera.

19. Riddle: I have four wings, but cannot fly. I never laugh  and never cry. On the same spot, I’m always found, toiling away with  little sound. What am I?
Answer: A windmill!

20. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Answer: Everyone is married.

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Dave

I've come back to this a fair few times now, it's so relaxing and keeps your mind busy