Riddle Contest — July 13 – July 19
Hey everyone! Posted below are the 5 riddles for this week. Read through them and try to guess what they are. Whoever makes the closest guess for all 5 riddles will win a prize and the winner will be announced next Friday.
1. What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up?
2. It stands on one leg with its heart in its head.
3. What is it that you will break even when you name it?
4. That which does not break, no matter how far it falls.
5. What goes through a door but never goes in and never comes out?
Let's see what kinds of answers you can come up with this week. Good luck!
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24 thoughts on “Riddle Contest — July 13 – July 19”
1.a sieve
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5.Keyhole
1. sieve
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5. keyhole
1. a sieve or black hole
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5. keyhole/doorknob
1. A sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Water
5. Keyhole
1.a sieve
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5. Keyhole
1. sieve
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5. peephole
1.your mouth
2.a cherry
3.silence
4.a tissue
5.hinges
1. sieve
2. cabbage
3. silence
4. water
5. keyhole
1. Sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Water
5. Keyhole
1. sieve
2. a cabbage
3. silence
4. a tissue
5. a keyhole
1. Sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Water
5. Keyhole
1. Sieve
2. cabbage
3. ilence
4. ball
5. keyhole
3.Silence
Just wondering…how many people actually and truthfully guessed the riddles, and how many people looked at other people’s guesses and copied them?
1.a sieve
2. artichoke
3. silence
4. water
5. the door itself
1. a sieve
2. A cabbage
3. silence
4. Nightfall
5. peephole
Technically nightfall does break, and a door cannot go through itself unless it is broken. I think 3 is silence, and 5 is a hole. Here’s another riddle for fun: how far can you walk into the woods?
1) Sieve
2) Cabbage
3) Silence
4) Water
5) Keyhole
1. A black hole
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Water
5. Peephole or keyhole
1. Sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Water (or maybe it’s Night and Day)
5. Keyhole (or peephole)
1. A big funnel
2. Tree
3. Silence
4. My spirit!
5. Keyhole
1. Sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Liquid
5. Keyhole
1. A Sieve
2. Cabbage
3. Silence
4. Liquids
5. A Keyhole
This was a difficult one to judge, there were so many close answers. A prize is now on its way to the person who submitted the best answers for this week’s contest. The correct answers for this week’s riddles were the following:
1. A sieve
2. A cabbage
3. Silence
4. A leaf
5. A keyhole
Thanks so much for your participation!