Riddles

3. What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
7. Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
9. What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman.
10. The more you take, the more you leave behind.
11. I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out.
13. A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter, and twelve remains.
16. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
17. What word starts with E and ends with E but only has one letter in it?

1. What English word has three consecutive double letters?
2. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
3. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
4. What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
5. The more of this there is, the less you see.
6. This ancient invention allows people to see through walls.
8. First you eat me, then you get eaten.
12. I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me.
14. I stay in a corner, but travel around the world.
15. A barrel of water weighs 60 pounds. What must you put in it for it to weigh 40 pounds?
18. What has to be broken before you can use it?