General Riddles

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

Find out the difference between 18°C and 64.4°F.
Zero degree

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