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  1. A great banquet was prepared for a Roman emperor and his courtiers. 22 Dormice, 40 Larks' Tongues, 30 Flamingos, and 40 Roast Parrots were served. How many portions of Boiled Ostrich were served?
  2. A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it halfway across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?
  3. A bird has a head 9cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus half of the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail. How long is the bird?
  4. What are the freedom of birds and the pen of old men?
  5. NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
  6. There are 10 birds on a branch, a man shot 5 of them. How many were left?
  7. What kind of can never needs a can-opener?
  8. What did the parrot say on the 4th of July?
  9. Can one bird change a light bulb?
  10. Twenty-seven ducks are going to the pond. Five of them got lost, thirteen of them are staying home, and nine of them are at the pond. Where are the rest of them?
  11. Why are the rates at the bird hotel so much higher than other 4-star hotels?
  12. Birds of a feather flock together. What is the contradictory proverb?
  13. Why did the eagle not fly over the sea?
  14. What do you get when you cross a parrot with a centipede?
  15. What do you call two birds that are in love?
  16. A feathered Biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery. What is the proverb?
  17. They can trickle down, They can tickle too. Or make you sneeze, Or comfort you. Their rustling sound, you've rarely heard, Unless you're a pillow or a bird! What are they?
  18. Why do birds fly south?
  19. I make the leaves green, I make the dirt brown, I make the bluebirds blue, I make all of your dreams come true. What am I?
  20. I can't see yet I know you're there. I'm not a cow but I'm leather. I'm a rare find but follow paths. I can fly but I'm not a bird. What am I?
  21. What kind of bird writes?
  22. What bird is very rude?
  23. 1. Where do fish go on vacation? 2. Where do songbirds go on vacation? 3. Where do zombies go on vacation? 4. Where do Thanksgiving Birds go on vacation? 5. Where do geometry teachers go on vacation? 6. Where do locksmiths go on vacation?
  24. What do you call a tavern of blackbirds?
  25. White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it?
  26. Inside napper, bird chaser, quick stoker, small animal killer, fish eater. What is it?
  27. What do you call a sticky crow?
  28. There are ten birds sitting on a fence. You shoot one. How many are left?
  29. What bird can be heard at mealtimes?
  30. If there is a Yellow house on Bluebird Lane, a Green house on Orange Street, a Pink house on Kitten Road, a Black house on Whitehorse Pike and a Purple house on Firebird hill, where is the White house?
  31. Forward and forward I go, never looking back. My limit no one knows, more of me do they lack. Like a river, I do flow, and as an eagle, I fly. Now can you guess, what am I?
  32. If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?
  33. What was never scared but became petrified, can't make a bird but can make a bat, can't live in a house but would die to have one. What is it?
  34. If it takes 5 microwaves and 5 minutes to cook 5 chickens, how long does it take 100 microwaves to cook 100 chickens?
  35. What bird is always out of breath?
  36. Why did the scarecrow win so many awards?
  37. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
  38. Why kind of entertainment does Yosemite National Park have?
  39. What do kids, worms, bears, fish, and rings all have in common?
  40. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. What is the contradictory proverb?
  41. What do you call a bear which is fast asleep?
  42. What did the koala say to the bear on the phone?
  43. What do you call a polar bear at the beach?
  44. What did the zombie bring to bed?
  45. What do you call a little bear who never takes a bath?
  46. How do you spell the word 'Panda' in two letters?
  47. What type of Martial Arts does Winnie the Pooh do?
  48. What did the panda ghost say?
  49. When are boys like bears?
  50. What do you call a bear with no ear?

Answers

  1. 42. Each vowel is worth 2 and each consonant 4, so Dormice gives 22, etc.Each dish's serving count is generated by assigning point values to the vowels and consonants of its name, and applying the same rule to 'Boiled Ostrich' gives 42.
  2. No, it does not collapse. Because it has driven a half-mile - you would subtract the gas used from the total weight of the truck.Fuel burned during the drive reduces the truck's total weight, leaving enough margin under the limit for the added weight of the bird.
  3. 72cm. Th head is 9cm. The tail is 18 + 9= 27cm. The body is 9 + 18 + 9= 36cm. 9 + 27 + 36= 72cm.Solving the system of equations for head, tail, and body in terms of each other gives head=9, tail=27, body=36, totaling 72cm.
  4. Feathers. Feathers make up a bird's wings, giving it flight or freedom. Quill pens were used by men in older times.Feathers give birds the freedom of flight and, as quills, were historically used as pens for writing.
  5. Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow. Humans can swallow even while hanging upside down.Birds' swallowing mechanism relies on gravity to move water down the throat, unlike humans, so without gravity they couldn't drink despite having water.
  6. Zero, because when birds see someone coming or hear something they fly away.As with the similar fence riddle, the gunshot would scare away all the surviving birds, leaving none on the branch.
  7. A toucan!'Pelican' contains the word 'can' but is a bird, not a container, so it never needs opening.
  8. "Poly wants a firecracker!"The joke swaps the classic phrase 'Polly wants a cracker' for a firecracker, fitting the Independence Day theme.
  9. No, but toucan!'Toucan' puns on 'two can', joking that a single bird (one) can't but a toucan (two can) could.
  10. There aren't any anywhere else.5 + 13 + 9 equals exactly 27, so there are no ducks left unaccounted for despite the riddle implying there should be.
  11. Toucan stay for one!'Toucan' puns on 'two can', meaning two birds can stay for the price of one, but priced as if it's one high rate.
  12. Opposites attract.'Opposites attract' directly contradicts the idea that similar things group together, as in 'birds of a feather'.
  13. Because if it flew over the sea it will be a seagull.'Sea' plus 'gull' sounds like 'seagull', punning on the eagle becoming a different bird by name alone.
  14. A walkie-talkie.'Walkie-talkie' puns on the parrot's ability to talk and the centipede's many legs for walking.
  15. Tweet-hearts'Tweet-hearts' puns on 'sweethearts', replacing 'sweet' with a bird's 'tweet'.
  16. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.The riddle restates the classic proverb 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' using overly technical synonyms.
  17. They are feathers.The clues about tickling, causing sneezes, rustling, and being inside pillows and on birds all point to feathers.
  18. Because it's too far to walk.The joke gives a literal, absurd reason for migration instead of the real biological one.
  19. A box of crayons.The riddle lists colors it 'makes', pointing to crayons that can color anything any shade, including making dreams (drawings) come true.
  20. A bat.The clues describe echolocation (blind but knows you're there), leathery wings, and flight without being a bird — a bat.
  21. A pen-guin.'Pen-guin' hides the word 'pen', a writing instrument, inside 'penguin'.
  22. Mocking bird.'Mocking' bird puns on the word 'mocking', meaning to make fun of someone rudely.
  23. 1. Finland 2. The Canary Islands 3. The Dead Sea 4. Turkey 5. Cuba 6. The Florida KeysEach destination is a pun on the traveler: fish go to Finland (fins), songbirds to the Canary Islands (canaries), zombies to the Dead Sea, Thanksgiving birds to Turkey, geometry teachers to Cuba (cube), and locksmiths to the Florida Keys (keys).
  24. A crowbar.'Crowbar' puns on a group of crows and the tool name, reimagined as a bar for crows.
  25. A snowflake!The riddle describes something white, without feathers, that falls from the sky and melts (dies) in your hand — a snowflake.
  26. A cat.Each clue describes a common cat behavior: napping indoors, chasing birds, moving quickly, hunting small animals, and eating fish.
  27. Vel-Crow (Velcro).'Vel-Crow' is a pun blending 'Velcro' with 'crow'.
  28. None are left. All the others are scared away because of the gunshot.The riddle's twist is that a gunshot would scare off the surviving birds, leaving none behind despite the arithmetic seeming to say nine.
  29. A swallow.'Swallow' is both a bird and the act of swallowing food, which happens at mealtimes.
  30. Washington, D.C.The riddle is a misdirection about house colors on fictional streets, but 'the White House' actually refers to the real building in Washington, D.C.
  31. Time. I am time!The poem describes something that only moves forward, is limitless, flows, and flies swiftly — the abstract concept of time.
  32. None. The rest of the crows flew away when they heard the gunshot.The math trick is a distraction; the real answer relies on the fact that a gunshot would scare all the remaining crows away.
  33. A tree.Wordplay: 'petrified' also means turned to stone/wood, wood makes a baseball bat not a bird, and a tree provides the wood for a house but isn't itself housed.
  34. 5 minutes. We can assume that one chicken is placed in each microwave and that each chicken takes 5 minutes to cook.Since each microwave cooks one chicken independently in 5 minutes, adding more microwaves doesn't change the per-batch cook time.
  35. A puffin.'Puffin' sounds like 'puffing', as someone out of breath would do.
  36. He was out-standing in his field!'Outstanding in his field' puns on excelling at something and literally standing out in a farm field.
  37. A shadow.A shadow follows the bird along the ground or water's surface without ever getting wet or leaving the ground.
  38. Bear-itones.Wordplay — "Bear-itones" sounds like "baritones," a type of singer, fitting for a park known for its bears.
  39. They are GUMMIES!Each of these has a popular gummy-candy version: gummy bears, gummy worms, gummy fish, gummy rings, and gummy vitamins.
  40. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.While one proverb says to accept gifts graciously, the other warns that gifts can hide danger or deception, from the story of the Trojan Horse.
  41. Bearly awake!"Bearly awake" is a pun on "barely awake," replacing "barely" with "bear" for the animal.
  42. I'll koala you later.Wordplay — "koala" sounds like "call ya," as in "I'll call you later."
  43. Sandy Claws!Wordplay — "Sandy Claws" sounds like "Santa Claus," combined with a bear's claws covered in sand.
  44. A deaddy bear.'Deaddy bear' puns on 'teddy bear,' fitting the zombie's undead ('dead') nature.
  45. Winnie-the-Phew!Wordplay — "Phew," the sound made when smelling something bad, replaces "Pooh" in Winnie the Pooh's name.
  46. P and A P(and)a.The word "panda" hides the word "and" inside it, so spelling out just "P" and "A" leaves "(and)a" implied.
  47. Kung Pooh.Wordplay — "Kung Pooh" plays on "Kung Fu," combined with the character's name Winnie the Pooh.
  48. Bambooooooo.Wordplay — "bamboo," a panda's favorite food, is stretched out to sound like the ghostly "boo."
  49. When bare-footed.Wordplay — "bare-footed," without shoes, sounds like "bear-footed."
  50. A b!Removing the letters "ear" from "bear" leaves just the letter "b."