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Five hundred begins it,
five hundred ends it,
five in the middle is seen.
The first of all letters,
the first of all numbers
take up their stations between.
Put them all together
and bring before you
the name of an eminent king.
The answer is DAVID. In Roman numerals D=500, V=5, I=1.
What do you call a person with no body and no nose?
The answer is NOBODY KNOWS (no-body-nose).
Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
The answer is THE DIGIT 8.
If you turn it on its side, you will get the symbol infinity. If you cut it in half horizontally, you will get the number 0.
I have a heart that doesn’t beat.
I have a mouth that doesn’t speak.
I have a head that doesn’t think.
What am I?
The answer is ARTICHOKE.
It turns into a different story. What is it?
ANSWER: ✱✱✱✱✱✱ ✱✱✱✱✱✱✱✱✱
Note: This is Will Shortz’s favorite crosswords clue of all time.
The answer is SPIRAL STAIRCASE.
What wears a crown but is no Prince,
Is good at standing but cannot sit,
Digs for years but leaves no pit,
And wears its jewels inside of it?
The answer is TREE.
What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?
The answer is YOUR LEFT HAND.
If you drop me I’m sure to crack,
but give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back.
What am I?
The answer is MIRROR.
You do not want me, but if you get me, you do not want to lose me. What am I?
The answer is LAWSUIT.
Open us, and you can’t see us without a mirror.
Close us, and you can’t see us at all. What are we?
The answer is YOUR EYES.
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