Q: How do you make a fire with two sticks?
A: Make sure one is a match!
Riddles are solved all over the world. There are riddles from Mongolia, Finland, China, Russia, Africa, Persia, India, Hungary, Scandinavia and The Philippines. The Ancient Egyptians, the Ancient Greeks and the American Indians all admired riddle solvers. Riddles have been around since before recorded history.
In some cultures, they were one of the ways folklore was handed from one generation to the next. According to Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked passing travelers a riddle. If they could not answer, they would die.
"What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?"
When Oedipus gave the correct answer, man, the Sphinx destroyed herself.
The Ancient Greeks thought highly of riddles as they were supposed to prove the intelligence of a man. Homer, who wrote the story of Oedipus, was believed to have died indirectly because of a riddle he was unable to solve.
These funny riddles and answers are guaranteed to make you think, and they will hopefully make you laugh as well.
Check out these 9 of History’s Best Riddles at Mentalfloss.com.