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Riddle me this:Fowards I am heavy....[no looking it up]

Posted on 06/06/2018 10:47:46 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

1. Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?

3. A prisoner is told “if you tell a lie we will hang you, if you tell the truth we will shoot you.” What can he say to save himself?

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?

5. If someone was born August 1 25 BC then died on August 1 25 AD, how are were they when they died?

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I?

7. What relationship to you is your fathers only brothers wife’s only brother-in-law?

8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was name Mary. What was the third child’s name?

9. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?

10. You may enter but you may not come in, I have space but no room. I have keys but open no lock. What am I?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: brainteasers; clues; games; riddle; riddles; thinking
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To: Bigtigermike

9 = next to the last


21 posted on 06/06/2018 11:15:13 AM PDT by dirtymac
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To: Bigtigermike

3 - become a democrat


22 posted on 06/06/2018 11:16:20 AM PDT by dirtymac
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To: Bigtigermike

1. Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?

Too obvious- Not going to tell you

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?

a Woman’s mood

3. A prisoner is told “if you tell a lie we will hang you, if you tell the truth we will shoot you.” What can he say to save himself?

“I know where the money’s hidden”

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?

Tandem bicycle

5. If someone was born August 1 25 BC then died on August 1 25 AD, how are were they when they died?

17- give or take a few years?

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I?

Diarrhea?

7. What relationship to you is your fathers only brothers wife’s only brother-in-law?

Your grandmother’s son’s brother

8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was name Mary. What was the third child’s name?

Before or after the accident?

9. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?

Last- You get stopped for not stopping at a stop sign

10. You may enter but you may not come in, I have space but no room. I have keys but open no lock. What am I?

Forida


23 posted on 06/06/2018 11:26:15 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: MissTed

My first guess was 51; but two people think 49 (?)


24 posted on 06/06/2018 11:27:21 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Bigtigermike

#3 I’d prefer that you hang me.


25 posted on 06/06/2018 11:31:13 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Bigtigermike

3. “You will not shoot me.” If they try to shoot him, he told a lie. So then if they try to hang him, he told the truth. Trapped in an endless loop.

Also works the same way with “You will hang me.”


26 posted on 06/06/2018 11:41:01 AM PDT by JohnEBoy (O)
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To: Bigtigermike

1. Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?
Ton

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?
Shadow

3. A prisoner is told “if you tell a lie we will hang you, if you tell the truth we will shoot you.” What can he say to save himself?
?

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?
Bicycle built for two
Two-piece horse costume
Pair of gloves or shoes

5. If someone was born August 1 25 BC then died on August 1 25 AD, how are was he when he died?
49 (25 years from 8/1/25bc to 8/1/1ad (no year O AD)

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I?
g

7. What relationship to you is your fathers only brothers wife’s only brother-in-law?
Your father

8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was named Mary. What was the third child’s name?
Johnny

9. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?
Second (unless there are only two racers)

10. You may enter but you may not come in, I have space but no room. I have keys but open no lock. What am I?
Keyboard


27 posted on 06/06/2018 11:42:17 AM PDT by Notthemomma
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To: ruiner

tons, backwards, is ‘snot’


28 posted on 06/06/2018 11:47:05 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Mr. K

Okra is a vegetable, right? No, it’s not! (Say it out loud.)


29 posted on 06/06/2018 11:55:04 AM PDT by JohnEBoy (O)
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To: Bigtigermike

1. Push a rock uphill
2. Air
3. You are going to hang me.

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three? ????

5. 51

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I? Mueller

7. FAther

8. Johnny

9. Second

10. Keyboard


30 posted on 06/06/2018 11:55:14 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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To: Mr. K

50. It’s his birthday.


31 posted on 06/06/2018 11:55:56 AM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: Notthemomma

(unless there are only two racers)
= = =
So you overtook yourself?


32 posted on 06/06/2018 11:58:40 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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To: Bigtigermike

Haven’t checked other answers downthread, so I may be repeating others’ answers.

1. Ton
2.
3. “You will hang me.”
4.
5. 50, maybe 51?
6.
7. My father
8. Johnny
9. 2nd
10. A keyboard


33 posted on 06/06/2018 12:01:27 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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To: Bigtigermike

1. Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?
TON

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?
AIR

3. A prisoner is told “if you tell a lie we will hang you, if you tell the truth we will shoot you.” What can he say to save himself?
YOU SHALL HANG ME

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?

5. If someone was born August 1 25 BC then died on August 1 25 AD, how are were they when they died?
51

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I?

7. What relationship to you is your fathers only brothers wife’s only brother-in-law?
FATHER

8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was name Mary. What was the third child’s name?
JOHNNY

9. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?
SECOND PLACE

10. You may enter but you may not come in, I have space but no room. I have keys but open no lock. What am I?
A KEYBOARD


34 posted on 06/06/2018 12:12:51 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I said air. There are lots of things: You could say ‘electron’ too, because you cannot pick up a single electron


35 posted on 06/06/2018 12:14:08 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Pervis Ellison


36 posted on 06/06/2018 12:21:35 PM PDT by sjm_888
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To: Bigtigermike

3. Well I’ll be hanged.


37 posted on 06/06/2018 12:24:45 PM PDT by tje
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good. I was gonna say Thor’s hammer. But his sister blew it up.


38 posted on 06/06/2018 12:33:09 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: MeganC
The answer to all ten questions is 42.

LOL

39 posted on 06/06/2018 1:08:24 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Bigtigermike

4 = Secret


40 posted on 06/06/2018 1:13:26 PM PDT by Augie
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