Wednesday, April 8, 2026

RIDDLES

1. What regularly changes shape yet remains a sphere?

2. What do you call a vehicle that takes cats and dogs to the emergency vet, but isn't happy about it?

3. William Tell and his son belonged to a bowling league. What was the name of the league?

4. An eight-letter bird and an eight-letter dog have names that differ by only a single letter. Can you name them?

5. What is unusual about the two-letter words in this sentence:
    Ma and pa told me I'd better not get in trouble - or else!  
 
6. Nets divide tennis courts.
    ________divide ________ courts.
 
Answers:
 
1. The moon
2. A petulance
3. Don't ask for whom the Tells bowl.
4. Cockatoo and cockapoo
5. All the two-letter words are U.S. state abbreviations.
6. Bars divide law courts.*
 
*The partition between the plaintiff and defendant and the judge's bench is called a bar. To become a lawyer, you must "pass the bar".
 
Credits: 
2: The Enigma
     March, 2026
     JET
3: The Enigma
     March, 2026
     Author Unknown 
      

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