Post edited 11:22 am – December 2, 2009 by rashmi

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Some of the riddles asked in interviews.

Q.  I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?

A. A mirror

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Q.Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"

A. Neither, the yolks are yellow.

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Q .Why don't lobsters share?

A. They're shellfish.

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Q.What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

A. A stamp

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Q. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?

A. A yardstick

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Q.You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

A. Telephone

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Q. You can't keep this until you have given it.

A. A promise

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Q. What has to be broken before it can be used?

A. Egg

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Q. Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

A.  An onion

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Q. What question can you never answer "yes" to?

A. "Are you asleep?"

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Q. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

A. Silence

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Q. A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to
     make it weigh 12 pounds?

A. Holes

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Q. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?

A. A coat of paint

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Q. What goes up and down stairs without moving?

A. Carpet

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Q. Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away
    the inside.

A. Corn

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Q. The more there is, the less you see.

A. Darkness

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Q. Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can't fill it up.
     What is it?

A.  A kitchen strainer

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Q. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is
     always in the summer. How is this possible?

A. She lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Q. He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?

A. A priest

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Q. What gets wetter the more it dries?

A. Towel