The following riddles have very similar answers. Solve them without looking at the answer sheet and you win. Answers are on the bottom.
1. There are 3 evergreens in Mr. Frelmp’s yard, and 5 in Ms. Temmemim’s yard. One or two of the evergreens in Ms. Temmemim’s yard dies. One of the trees in Mr. Frelmp’s yard might have died. How many living evergreens are left?
2. I am the chant that stops a math class in its tracks. I am two numbers, said as a pair, that teachers wish they could take back. I have no true meaning, and my joke is that there is none. What am I?
3. What is the height of a famous NBA player, the name of a viral song by Skrilla, and the punchline of a joke that has no real punchline?
4. When your day is only so-so, and you describe it with a hand gesture that looks like you’re juggling, what do you say?
5. What starts with “S” and ends with “n” but has an “ix-Sev” in it?
Answer Key
1. 6 or 7
2. 6-7
3. 6’7”
4. 6-7
5. Six-Seven
