Mr. Anderson's Riddles

A rooster laid an egg on a roof. Which way did it roll?

• north

• down

• roosters don't lay eggs

• it stayed on top

What goes up but never comes down?

• age

• cluds

• basketball

• a Christmas tree

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long, and 4 feet wide?

• 5 sq feet

• one grain of dirt

• none

• 30 cubic feet

How many months have 28 days?

• all of them

• February

• 1

• What about leap years?

What is heavier 100 lbs of gold or 100 lbs of feathers?

• gold

• feathers

• they weigh the same

• what if the scale is incorrect?

A clerk at a butcher is 5' 10" tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

• 180 lbs

• 75 kg

• meat

• heavy

If you throw a red stone into a blue sea, what will it become?

• purple

• green

• wet

• a sea stone

What gets broken without being held?

• clouds

• silence

• a vase

• air

If you take off my skin I will not cry, but you might! What am I?

• a bandaid

• a human

• an animal

• an onion

There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

• 3

• 7

• 10

• 1