10 Riddle Puzzles – Part 4

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10 Riddle Puzzles – Part 4

Riddles and their answers - so you can sharpen your mind and have some fun.

1. A prisoner is told: "If you tell a lie, we will hang you and if you tell the truth, we will shoot you". What did the prisoner say to save himself?
2. What day, within a week of today, does not end in "Y"?
3. I am a term used to confirm. But take away my front, my face, I become known as human avarice.
4. What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die?
5. From the beginning of eternity To the end of time and space To the beginning of every end And the end of every place. What am I?
6. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
7. What gets bigger the more you take away?
8. You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get on and another 1 get off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off again. How old is the bus driver?
9. Once I'm 24. Twice I'm 20. Three times I'm inappropriate. What am I?
10. When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

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Answers

1. "You will hang me" - If they hang him, then the statement was true but they could only hang him for telling a lie.
2. Tomorrow
3. Agreed
4. Nothing
5. The letter "E"
6. River
7. Hole
8. Whatever you are (you're the driver).
9. The letter "X" - When I appear once I’m 24, X is the 24th letter of the English alphabet. When seen twice I am 20, When XX appears, it denotes 20 in Roman Numerals. When there are three of me, I am unclean, XXX typically denotes something rude or unclean.
10. In the dictionary.

How many right answers have you got? please comment below but if you prefer not to comment, enjoy.

[BamSec1]

2, 7 and 8.

OMG, actually only 2 because... I knew 7 and 8 already!