Printed on the KM-1

2022 Calendar
Riddle Answers

Riddle 1

I can cut but I’m not a knife
I sometimes have paint put on me but I’m not a wall
I come from trees but Im not a fruit
I’m a sheet but I don’t get put on a bed
I get put in a printer but I’m not ink…

What could I be?

ANSWER
PAPER

Riddle 2

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears.
I have no body, but I come alive with wind.

What am I?

ANSWER
An Echo

Riddle 3

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees.
I have water, but no fish.

What am I?

ANSWER
A Map

Riddle 4

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

ANSWER
The letter R

Riddle 5

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 world signifies a great woman.

What is the word?

ANSWER
Heroine

Riddle 6

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

ANSWER
Bookkeeper

Riddle 7

A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater
for five minutes. Next, she hangs him.
Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner.

Explain.

ANSWER
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.

Riddle 8

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me.

What am I?

ANSWER
Pencil lead

Riddle 9

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters.

How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

ANSWER
Four sisters and three brothers

Riddle 10

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

ANSWER
Silence

Riddle 11

How can the number four be half of five?

ANSWER
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.

Riddle 12

I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside.

What am I?

ANSWER
A keyboard