General Riddles

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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?

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

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

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

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

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