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Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or sparrow?
Finches, gulls, eagles, and sparrows can all fly, but ostriches are flightless birds, making the ostrich the odd one out.
It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
A construction "crane" shares its name with the long-necked bird and is used to lift ("feed on") cargo at ports.
A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?
The only place all four walls can face south is the North Pole, where the local bears are polar bears, which are white.
Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Wordplay — "stuffed" means full from eating, but teddy bears are literally stuffed with filling.
Why did Tigger go to the bathroom?
Wordplay — "Pooh," as in Winnie the Pooh, sounds like "poo," a bathroom joke.
Use all letters of this sentence once each only to spell out three animals. 'TALL ELEPHANT OR APEMAN' What are the three animals?
This is an anagram — rearranging every letter in "TALL ELEPHANT OR APEMAN" spells out PANTHER, ANTELOPE, and LLAMA.
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
A caterpillar has no wings at all, but through metamorphosis it becomes a butterfly or moth, which then can fly.
With what two animals do you always go to bed?
Wordplay — "calves" are baby cows, but also the muscles on the back of your legs, which go to bed with you.
What is 1 animal that can see at night but be blinded at day?
A bat has poor daytime vision but navigates well at night, and the riddle's wordplay treats the numeral "1" as the letter "a" ("a bat").
What animal probably likes doors?
Wordplay — "dormouse" sounds like "door mouse."
What animals would be the best at playing video games?
An octopus has eight arms, giving it plenty of "hands" to work a game controller.
How are people like animals?
Wordplay — several body parts share names with animals: bear/bare feet, frog in throat, calves, and "bull" as in bull talk.
Add a letter to an animal, and make a building. What is it?
Adding the letter "t" to "sable," a small mammal, creates "stable," a building for horses.
What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?
The platypus has a duck-like bill, a beaver-like flat tail, and swims like an otter, making it look like a combination of all three.
A man but an animal, a horn with two hands. What am I?
The Minotaur of Greek mythology has the body of a man, the head of a bull with horns, and two human hands.
What animal is it the hardest to have a staring contest with?
Fish lack eyelids, so they never blink, making them seem to win any staring contest by default.
What kind of animal is a slope?
Wordplay — "hypotenuse," the slope of a triangle, sounds like "hypote-moose."
What kind of animal can do Kung fu?
A reference to the "Kung Fu Panda" movies.
Through a sea of green and islands of brown, leaving a crystal path behind, safe inside a spiral cave, preparing to come out again. What animal am I?
The "sea of green" is grass, the "crystal path" is a snail's slime trail, and the "spiral cave" is its shell.
I eat animals but I don't hunt or kill. What am I?
Vultures are scavengers — they eat animals that are already dead instead of hunting them.
I can spell yet I have no mouth. I can speak to animals but can't speak to humans. I am fierce but small. What am I?
A bee can "spell" the letter B and "speaks" to other creatures through its sting, despite being small and fierce.
What flower would remind you of a certain animal that took a great deal of care about its appearance?
Wordplay — "dandelion" sounds like "dandy lion," a lion that's a dandy (fussy about looks).
Where do animals go to get their new tails when they're broken?
Wordplay — "retail" sounds like "re-tail."
Why don't African animals play games?
Wordplay — "cheetahs" sounds like "cheaters."
What animal is most likely to eat a relative?
Wordplay — "ant-eater" sounds like "aunt-eater."
What animal is the best at baseball?
This is a pun -- the flying mammal 'bat' shares its name with the baseball bat, the essential tool of the game.
How many of each type of animal did Moses take on the Ark?
The riddle relies on a false premise: it was Noah, not Moses, who built the ark in the Bible story.
What four-legged animal can jump higher than a house?
This is a play on words — houses can't jump at all, so any animal technically jumps "higher" than a house.
What’s the quietest room in a house?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
No doors, no windows, yet people enter and never leave. What am I?
Refers to final resting places where people enter but do not leave.
I welcome all with open arms, yet none return my embrace. What am I?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
What’s the one place you can be sure you’ll never read your name?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I call for you at the end of your road. You can try to run, but you’ll still meet my load. What am I?
Death is the final event for all living things.
I take without asking, and no man can buy me off. What am I?
The Grim Reaper is the personification of death that claims everyone.
I wait for all, patient and still. No man can outrun me, yet many try. What am I?
Death is the final event for all living things.
Why did the corpse go to school?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Why are hair salons so terrifying?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Which dogs never go to heaven?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
You’re certain to be wearing your best outfit or something special when you come to stay with me. What am I?
The person who builds it sells it, and the one inside can't see anything.
I hold the memories of those long gone, yet I am filled with silence and stone. What am I?
Graveyards are quiet places with engraved headstones.
Why don’t graveyards have WiFi?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Man turns off lights and goes to bed. 365 people die. Why?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Every month someone dies. July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov. Who is it?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Murder in snow. Only footprints and two parallel lines. Who is the suspect?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Mailman finds a man dead on Thursday. Porch has Monday's paper.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
A woman shoots her husband, holds him underwater, then they eat dinner.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Power is out. Nurse, maid, doctor, or wife killed Frank. Who did it?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Condemned man chooses: Fire, Assassins, or Lions (no food 3 years).
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Two girls drink poisoned tea. One drinks 5 fast and lives. Why?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
A man died with a cassette recorder. Tape started at the start.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
The person who built it sold it. The person who used it never saw it.
The person who builds it sells it, and the one inside can't see anything.
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Every single person died in a plane crash. Who survived?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
A man builds a house where all sides face south. A bear walks by. Color?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I’m strong enough to smash ships, but I fear the sun.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
You use me to clean, but the powerful take me for a ride.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
You’ll only see one side of me. I change each day (big to sliver).
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I’m blue on the inside and red on the outside. Donate me, never drink me.
Focuses on the biological fluid essential for life (and often sought by monsters).
I crack when I’m weary, tingle when I’m scared, and stretch when I’m proud.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I’m soft, delicate, and silky. If you’re wrapped in me, you’ll scream.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I begin with fear and end in silence.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
What gets buried but never dies?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
The more you fear me, the stronger I grow. I live in your mind.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Why did Mozart kill all of his chickens?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?
'Taste funny' is a double meaning: clowns are funny by profession, and 'tastes funny' also means tastes odd.
What kind of ball must you never throw, kick, hit, or pitch?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
What’s the best band to make you feel better?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
A thunderous voice, but silent I fly. The naked eye cannot see me.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. Attack when pulled back.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Allan survived 12 days without sleep. How is this possible?
The riddle only says he didn't sleep during the days; nights are unmentioned, so he simply slept every night.
You wear your best outfit when you come to stay.
The person who builds it sells it, and the one inside can't see anything.
Soft, delicate, and silky... if you’re wrapped in me, you’ll scream.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
What’s light during the day but heavy during the night?
Eyelids feel effortless to keep open in daylight but grow "heavy" with sleepiness at night.
What falls down but never breaks?
The pun is on "nightfall," which "falls" every evening without literally breaking anything.
What runs but never moves?
Focuses on the biological fluid essential for life (and often sought by monsters).
I am taken before you’re ready and never returned.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I have a neck but no head. What am I?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I have no eyes, yet once I did see. I once had thoughts...
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
The more I eat, the bigger I get. The more I drink, the sooner I die.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
The closer you get to me, the less you can see.
Darkness is the absence of light and often carries scary connotations.
I can be heard but never seen. I can travel for miles but never move.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
The deeper I am, the harder it is to escape.
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
I live in the absence of light... even when the sun is bright.
Shadows follow you in the light and disappear in the dark.
Why don’t murderers make great gardeners?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
What’s the best way to lose a few pounds instantly?
The answer lies in a darker interpretation of the clue provided.
Why don’t zombies eat fast food?
Zombies are usually slow, so they can't catch 'fast' food (living people).
What has hands but never claps?
Clocks have hands but are inanimate; in the dark version, it refers to a corpse.
Why did the vampire start working at the blood bank?
Vampires survive on blood, making a 'bank' of it the perfect workplace.
I mark the end of your journey, but my door swings only one way.
The person who builds it sells it, and the one inside can't see anything.
I am a place where silence speaks, and names are written in stone.
Graveyards are quiet places with engraved headstones.
Why did the police arrest the guy for writing in his diary?
The police used his written confessions as evidence against him.
Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
This puns on 'guts,' meaning both courage and internal organs, which skeletons lack.
What’s the hardest part about eating vegetables?
A very dark joke using 'vegetable' as a derogatory term for someone in a coma or with severe disabilities.
Why did the cannibal dump his girlfriend?
Cannibals value their partners based on their food potential.
Why do cemeteries have fences?
This is a pun on the phrase 'dying to get in', which usually means being very eager.
Why did the man miss the funeral?
The twist is that the person missing the funeral is the deceased person themselves.
What do you call a magician who lost his tricks?
The name 'Ian' is a pun on the word 'Illus-ian' (illusion).
Why did the parentless child bring a ladder to class?
A dark joke about the pressure of parental expectations even after death.
What’s red and bad for your teeth?
This is a deliberately absurd riddle -- biting an actual brick would obviously wreck your teeth, even though red bricks aren't a typical dental hazard.
What has 2 legs in the morning, 4 in the afternoon, and 6 at night?
This subverts the classic 'Riddle of the Sphinx' with a dark accident theme.