See what riddles there are. The most difficult riddles in the world
Trick riddles are riddles with a common question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and incorrect, but if you read the riddle more carefully and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Riddles with a trick, as a rule, are not without a sense of humor. Not only do they develop quick wit and out-of-the-box thinking, but they are also fun. Tell tricky riddles to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.
The same person always came to the football match. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the game starts the score is always 0:0
89599
More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Seconds (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
50899
What language is spoken silently?
Answer: Sign language
145719
Why is the stop valve on trains red and on airplanes blue?
Answer: Many will say: “I don’t know.” Experienced people will answer: “There are no stop valves on airplanes.” In fact, airplanes have a stop valve in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
33922
The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 kopecks
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
42474
One French writer really disliked the Eiffel Tower, but always dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain this?
Answer: This is the only place in all of vast Paris from where it is not visible
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
39949
In which city is a man's name and cardinal direction hidden?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Yulia
46278
Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is solving Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is taking care of the plants. What does the seventh sister do?
Answer: Plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
45722
Why do they often walk, but rarely drive?
Answer: By stairs
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It goes uphill, then downhill, but stays in place.
Answer: Road
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Which word has 5 "e"s and no other vowels?
Answer: Migrant
Radaev Evgeniy, Petrozavodsk
42213
Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different banks
25 25, Vladivostok
31545
Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
19418
Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
26404
Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: In chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A.
36975
What table has no legs?
Answer: Dietary
Boyko Sasha, Volchikha
31321
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
34493
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
35299
What animal do people walk on and cars drive over?
Answer: Zebra
Tanya Kostryukova, Saransk
27512
Which word uses “no” 100 times?
Answer: Moans
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
32714
What's an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Ksenia Prokopieva, Moscow
28492
Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause turned out to be a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
Answer: The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
Katarina, Moscow
11246
Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. in the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address
Tusupova Aruzhan
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Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking home from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they talk?
Answer: On Sunday
Khrushka, Ololoshkino
14506
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, fires are put out by firefighters
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What route has no one ever walked or ridden before?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktyubinsk
24124
How many years are there in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maksim, Penza
29614
What kind of stopper can't stop any bottle?
Answer: Road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
24645
In what word is the drink and natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: Grapes
Anufrienko Dasha, Khabarovsk
24126
What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: Comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
21215
Without what can nothing ever happen?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
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Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember about rivers.
Answer: i-sto-k
Nazgulichka, Ufa
17305
What muscle is the strongest in the human body?
Answer: The common belief is language. In fact, it is the calf and masseter muscles.
Anonymous
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You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
Answer: Conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
23122
To what mere mortal does even the president take off his hat?
Answer: Hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
21787
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into cottage cheese
Anonymous
18985
Once upon a time there lived an orphan girl in a thicket; she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster who was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went to get food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. It goes further, through the forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, mom will die. You can't dig a tunnel. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
14750
They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: Nails
Babicheva Alena, Moscow
15704
How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter “y”, in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
21572
Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, and the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: u (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Little Daniel
15145
Guess the riddle: who has the heel behind the nose?
Answer: Shoes
Lina, Donetsk
18346
There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop 2 people got off and 3 people got on, at the next - 1 got off and 4 got on, at the next - 5 got off and 2 got on, at the next - 2 got off and 1 got on, at the next - 9 got off and no one got on, at the next - 2 more came out. Question: how many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, with a question about the number of stops, you will puzzle him.
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There lived a husband and wife. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom chest of drawers. They lived like this for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to come into this room. She took the key, opened the room, and turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone opening the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and locked the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. It's my husband who came. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: My husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
12462
A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a husband and brother-in-law were walking. How many people are there in total?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
15549
This name in full sounds like Danuta. What is it abbreviated as?
Answer: Dana
Hanukova Danuta, Bryansk
13564
A river that “fits” in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village
With a catch, which have gained popularity among a huge number of different people, not only due to the ability to use them in the educational process, but also because of the entertainment component.
Such riddles help broaden the horizons of both children and adults, and are of interest to those who want to expand their knowledge. They are light and simple. Let's begin.
1. A man is standing on one side of the river, his dog is on the other. He calls the dog, and he immediately comes running to his owner, without getting wet, without using either a boat or a bridge. How did she do it?
2. What is unusual about the numbers 8, 549, 176, 320?
3. A 12-round fight is scheduled between two boxers. After 6 rounds, one boxer is knocked out on the floor, but none of the men is considered a loser. How is this possible?
4. In 1990 a person turned 15 years old, in 1995 the same person turned 10. How is this possible?
5. You are standing in the corridor. In front of you are three doors into three rooms and three switches. You can't see what's going on in the rooms, and you can only get into them through the door. You can enter each room once and only when all the switches are turned off. How do you know which switch belongs to which room?
6. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April, the second was named May. What was the name of the third child?
7. Before the discovery of Mount Everest, what was the highest peak in the world?
8. Which word is always spelled incorrectly?
9. Billy was born on December 25, but his birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?
10. A truck driver is driving in the opposite direction on a one-way street. Why don't the police stop him?
11. How can you throw a raw egg on a concrete floor without breaking it?
12. How can a person last eight days without sleep?
13. The doctor gave you three tablets and told you to take one every half hour. How long will it take you to take all the pills?
14. You entered a dark room with one match. There is an oil lamp, newspaper and wooden blocks in the room. What will you light first?
15. Does a man have the right by law to marry his widow’s sister?
16. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
17. What goes up and down but stays in one place?
18. What can you never eat for breakfast?
19. What always increases and never decreases?
20. Imagine that you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How can you survive?
21. How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
22. Seven sisters arrived at the dacha, and each of them took up her own business. The first sister cooks, the second works in the garden, the third plays chess, the fourth reads a book, the fifth does a crossword puzzle, the sixth does laundry. What does the seventh sister do?
23. What goes both uphill and downhill, but remains in place?
24. Which table has no legs?
Complex riddles with answers
25.How many years are there in a year?
26. What kind of stopper is impossible to stop any bottle?
27. No one eats it raw, but after cooking it, they throw it away. What is this?
28. The girl wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but she lacked 10 rubles. The boy also wanted to buy a chocolate bar, but he lacked 1 ruble. The children decided to buy one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. How much does a chocolate bar cost?
29. A cowboy, a yogi and a gentleman are sitting at the table. How many feet are there on the floor?
30. Nero, George Washington, Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes, William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci. Who's the odd one out on this list?
Riddles with a trick
31. Which island calls itself a piece of laundry?
32. – Is it red?
No, black.
Why is she white?
Because it's green.
33. You are sitting on a plane, there is a car in front of you, and a horse behind you. Where are you at?
34. How long should a hard-boiled chicken egg be boiled in water?
35. What unites the numbers 69 and 88?
Logic riddles
36. Whom does God never see, the king sees quite rarely, and the common man sees every day?
37. Who walks while sitting?
38. What is the longest month of the year?
39. How can you jump from a 10-meter ladder without breaking? And not even get hurt?
40. When this item is needed, it is thrown away, and when it is not needed, it is taken with them. What are we talking about?
Riddles with answers
41. Any person receives this for free twice in his life, but if he needs it for the third time, he will have to pay for it. What is this?
42. What state name will you get if you put a small horse between two identical pronouns?
43. The capital of a European state in which blood flows?
44. The combined ages of father and son are 77 years. The son's age is the father's age in reverse. How old are they?
45. If it is white, then it is dirty, and if it is black, then it is clean. What are we talking about?
Challenging riddles
46. Can a person be in a room without his head and still be alive?
47. In what case will you not be able to take the place of a sitting person, even if he stands up?
48. What product can be boiled with even 10 kg of salt and it still will not become salty?
49. Who can easily light a match under water?
50. The plant that knows everything?
51. What will you do if you see a green man?
52. How many stripes does a zebra have?
53. When does a person look like a tree?
54. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
55. Where is the end of the world?
Ready for the answers?
Answers to riddles
1. The river is frozen
2. This number contains all the digits from 0 to 9.
3. Both boxers are female.
4. He was born in 2005 BC.
5. Turn on the right switch and do not turn it off for three minutes. After two minutes, turn on the middle switch and do not turn it off for one minute. When the minute has passed, turn off both switches and enter the rooms. One bulb will be hot (1st switch), the second will be warm (2nd switch), and the cold bulb refers to the switch you didn't touch.
6. Johnny.
7. Everest, it just hasn't been discovered yet.
8. The word "wrong".
9. Billy was born in the southern hemisphere.
10. He is walking along the sidewalk.
11. An egg will not break a concrete floor!
12. Sleep at night.
13. You will need one hour. Take one tablet now, the second after half an hour, and the third after another half hour.
14. Match.
15. No, he's dead.
16. Each month has 28 or more days.
17. Staircase.
19. Age.
20. Stop imagining.
22. The seventh sister plays chess with the third.
23. Road.
24. Dietary.
25. There is one summer a year.
26. Traffic jam.
27. Bay leaf.
28. The price of a chocolate bar is 10 rubles. The girl had no money at all.
29. One foot on the floor. A cowboy puts his feet on the table, a gentleman crosses his legs, and a yogi meditates.
30. Sherlock Holmes, because he is a fictional character.
32. Black currant.
33. Carousel.
34. This does not need to be done, the egg is already boiled.
35. When turned upside down, they look the same.
36. Like yourself.
37. Chess player.
39. Jump off the lowest step.
42. Japan.
44. 07 and 70; 25 and 52; 16 and 61.
45. School board.
46. Yes. You need to stick your head out the window or door.
47. When he sits on your lap.
49. Sailor on a submarine.
51. Cross the road.
52. Two, black and white.
53. When he just woke up (pine, from sleep).
55. Where the shadow begins.
No matter how many correct answers you get, it is not an IQ test. It's important to force your brain to think outside of the ordinary. Below we will give you some tips that will help tune your brain to the right wavelength and prevent it from aging.
Brain exercises
Always have a crossword, puzzle, Sudoku, or any other similar thing that interests you in a prominent place. Spend a few minutes on them every morning to activate your brain.
Regularly attend exhibitions or conferences on topics that are unfamiliar to you. Think about how you can apply what you learn to your industry.
A large selection of riddles with answers for the most fun and intellectual entertainment with children. Plunging into a “mysterious” world where fantasy and reality intersect, adults forget about everything in the world and turn back into children, and children learn to find the right solutions hidden in the most ordinary words. It's no secret that children's riddles help your child's development.
Riddles for children are different. You can hold home quizzes on holidays and weekends with your family. Such activities can include riddles about food, animals, birds and insects, as well as trick riddles.
One of the famous psychologists of our time said that riddles make you think. Still would! A riddle, or a small funny quatrain that explains a word, influences the formation of a child’s worldview, develops intelligence, logic, imagination and attention, and reaction speed.
How to choose children's riddles?
Children's riddles should be exciting, funny, and a little difficult so that the child does not immediately guess. Children are naturally curious. They will enjoy riddles for children to test their wits. You should not accept the child’s defeat until the last moment, even if he asks for an answer. Better offer him a prize if he solves the riddle himself.
Beyond seriousness, among encrypted answers, mysteries and secrets, a game of imagination begins, during which the logical, associative and creative thinking of children develops.
Riddles for 5th grade with answers teach children to think outside the box and are a kind of mental training. The secret of the positive influence of riddles on children's development lies in the fact that they easily force the child to think and think logically. In addition, when a child himself finds the answer to a tricky puzzle, his confidence in his own strengths and capabilities increases. The entertainment side of interesting riddles should not be underestimated. Children's competitions or quizzes are rarely complete without them.
Riddles for 5th grade
On this page you will find the best and most interesting riddles for grade 5. An online selection of riddles of different themes will help teach your child to think creatively and imaginatively. They are easy to remember and will help the child expand his knowledge about the world. And to complicate the task for a fifth grader, ask him to come up with a riddle himself. This will be an excellent activity for developing fantasy and imagination.
He waved his hand and bent the tree.
I silently look at you all.
You're all looking at me.
With the cheerful ones - I see laughter,
With the sad ones, I cry too.
You see the truth bye
I'm at home, on your wall.
An old man will see an old man,
The child is the child in me.
It lies on the ground: no paint over, no scraping, no dumping.
Everyone tramples on me, but I am getting better.
Path
Sparkles, blinks,
Shoots crooked arrows.
It is only given to you,
And people use it.
There were 90 apples growing on a birch tree. A strong wind blew and 10 apples fell. How much is left?
Apples don't grow on birch trees
She dresses the whole world.
She herself doesn’t know clothes.
Run, run - you won’t get there,
Fly, fly - not reach.
Horizon
Not living, but speaks all languages.
No arms, no legs,
And he can draw.
She gnaws painfully, chews finely, but does not swallow.
Doesn't burn in fire
Doesn't sink in water.
There is a bathhouse in the belly,
There is a sieve in the nose,
There is a button on the head,
One hand
Yes, and that one is on the back.
What does half an orange look like?
To the other half of the orange
In summer he sleeps
In winter it burns,
The mouth opens
What they give, he swallows.
She was white and gray
A green, young one came.
Winter and spring
What always comes
Will it not move?
Both in the taiga and in the ocean
He will find any way,
Fits in your pocket
And he leads us along.
Riddle 1
You are the pilot of an airplane flying from London to Berlin with two transfers in Paris. Question: what is the pilot's last name?
Your last name (at the beginning of the riddle “are you flying...”)
Riddle 2
You enter a dark room. The room has a gas stove, a kerosene lamp and a candle. You have a box with 1 match in your pocket. Question: what will you light first?
Riddle 3
A businessman bought a horse for $10, sold it for $20. Then he bought the same horse for $30, and sold it for $40. Question: what is the total profit of the businessman from these two transactions?
Riddle 4
There is a hare in the forest. Rain is coming. Question: under which tree will the hare hide?
Under the wet
Riddle 5
Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?
Human. In infancy on all fours, then on two, then with a stick
Riddle 6
It was raining heavily. A bus was driving along the road. All the people on the bus were asleep, only the driver was awake. Question: What was the driver's name and what was the license plate number of the bus?
Because of the rain, the bus number cannot be seen, and the driver Tolya (only - Tolya)
Riddle 7
2 people go to meet each other. Both are exactly the same. Question: which of them will say hello first?
More polite
Riddle 8
The dwarf lives on the 38th floor. Every morning he gets into the elevator, gets to the 1st floor and goes to work.
In the evening, he enters the entrance, gets into the elevator, gets to the 24th floor, and then walks to his apartment.
Question: why does he do this?
Can't reach the right elevator button because he's a dwarf
Riddle 9
Dog-3, cat-3, donkey-2, fish-0. What does a cockerel equal? And why?
Cockerel-8 (kook-re-ku!), dog-3 (woof), cat-3 (meow), donkey-2 (ya), fish-0 (does not make sounds)
Riddle 10
The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. On which floor in this building is the elevator call button pressed most often?
On the ground floor, regardless of the distribution of residents by floor.
Riddle 11
The peasant needs to move a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across the river. The boat is so small that besides the peasant, only one more (passenger) can fit in it. But if you leave a wolf with a goat, then the wolf will eat it; if you leave a goat with cabbage, then the cabbage will be eaten. What should a peasant do?
The crossing must begin with the transportation of a goat. Then the peasant returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other bank and leaves it there, but takes the goat back to the first bank. Here he leaves him and transports the cabbage to the wolf. And then, when he returns, he transports the goat.
Riddle 12
Exam at a military school. The student takes a ticket and goes to get ready. The teacher smoked a cigarette and occasionally tapped his pencil on the table. A minute later he approaches the teacher. Without asking anything, he puts a 5. The happy student leaves. Clarify the situation.
The teacher wrote on the table with a pencil in Morse code: “Whoever needs an A, come here, I’ll give it to you.” Only one student was military-like vigilant and paid attention to the teacher’s encryption. For this he received 5.
Riddle 13
What lifts you up and brings you down, while constantly being in the same place?
Escalator
Riddle 14
A barrel of water weighs 50 kilograms, what needs to be added to make it weigh 15 kilograms?
Riddle 15
What kind of stones do you think are not in the river?
Riddle 16
Which hand do you think is best for stirring coffee with cream and sugar?
The hand that holds the spoon.
Riddle 17
Tell me, what can you hold without touching it with your hands?
Your breath
Riddle 18
The man got caught in the rain and had nowhere and nothing to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why?
He was bald
Riddle 19
What word always sounds wrong?
The word "wrong"
Riddle 20
Two horns - not a bull, six legs without hooves, when it flies - it howls, when it sits - it digs the ground.
Riddle 21
A metal can was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the can hung from the table. After some time, the can fell. What was in the jar?
Piece of ice
Riddle 22
Imagine that you are a pilot. Your plane flies from London to New York for seven hours. Airplane speed is 800 km/h. How old is the pilot?
As much as you, because you are a pilot
Riddle 23
An electric train goes with the wind. Where does the smoke go?
The electric train has no smoke
Riddle 24
Why don't polar bears eat penguins?
Bears live at the North Pole, and penguins live at the South Pole.
Riddle 25
When a chicken stands on one leg, it weighs 2 kg. How much will she weigh if she stands on two legs?
Riddle 26
One egg is boiled for 3 minutes. How long will it take to cook 2 eggs?
Riddle 27
When is the sky lower than the earth?
When you look into the water
Riddle 28
What can't go into even the biggest pot?
Its cover
Riddle 29
What are the last teeth a person develops?
Artificial
Riddle 30
Why doesn't the cuckoo make nests?
Because he lives in the clock
Riddle 31. Series of 4 riddles
How to put a giraffe in the refrigerator in 3 steps? The size of the refrigerator is huge
Open the door, put the giraffe in, close the door.
How to put an elephant in a refrigerator in 4 steps?
Open the door, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, close the door.
The lion called all the animals to a meeting. All showed up except one. What kind of animal is this?
The elephant, because it's in the refrigerator.
You need to swim across a wide river that is infested with crocodiles. How can I do that?
