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Riddle

The Riddler posed many queries during his exploits. Sometimes even the Caped Crusaders retorted with a quandry or two. Here's a list of the riddles and puzzles from the Riddler episodes...
Episode Info Detail
0-00What does a turkey do when he flies upside down? He gobbles up
0-00What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous? A sparrow with a machine gun
0-00What has yellow skin and writes? A ballpoint banana
0-00What people are always in a hurry? Russians
0-00What goes up white and comes down yellow and white? An egg
0-00How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people? Make applesauce
1-01Why is an orange like a bell? Because they both must be peeled
1-01There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke? They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter
1-01What is it that no man wants to have but no man wants to lose? A lawsuit
1-01When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train? When it's two to two
1-01What has neither flesh, bone, nor nail yet has 4 fingers and a thumb? A Glove
1-01Why is a quarrel like a bargain? (Molly) It takes two to make it
1-02What kind of pins are used in soup? Terrapins
1-02What is Joan of Arc made of? Maid of Orleans
1-02How many sides has a circle? Two, inside and outside
1-02Which president wears the largest hat? The one with the biggest head.
1-02Has Anybody seen my friend Kirsch? Kirsch Who? Gesundheit (joke)
1-02Did you hear about Greta Garbo? She dreamed one night she sprinkled six boxes of grass seed in her hair and woke up moaning "I vant to be a lawn" (joke)
1-02When's a donkey spelled with one letter? (Robin) When it's "U"
1-11When is a person like a piece of wood? When he's a ruler
1-11What room can no one enter? Mushroom
1-11What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every race? The Letter E (no answer given on show)
1-11How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep? None, because it's a hole
1-11What won't run long without winding? a river
1-11Why is a woman in love like a welder? They both carry a torch (solved next episode)
1-12What is it that's always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow
1-12What squeals louder than a caught rat? (Batman) Several caught rats
1-15How do you stop a dog from barking in July? (Joker's moll) Shoot him in June
1-23What is black & white and red all over? Book
1-23What has branches and leaves and no bark? Library
1-23The more you take away, the larger it grows. What is it? A hole
1-24What has 4 legs, runs day and night, but never gets anywhere? The Famous Lion Fountains at the museum
1-25What are more mink skins used for than anything else? (Joker) to hold minks together
1-25Did you hear what the maid said when the duchess asked if she'd given the goldfish fresh water that morning? (Joker) No your highness, he hasn't yet used what he had yesterday
1-25Did you hear about the kid who wanted to sell his dog for $50,000? (Joker) He got his price, traded it for 2 $25,000 cats but you can't make a deal like that for the Maharaja because we've got enough cat's already
1-31Why is a musician's bandstand like an oven? Because that's where he makes his bread
1-31How do you make a dishonest shortcake Lieberry shortcake (corrupted version of 'library')
1-31What do you find in a kitchen cabinet that is not alive? Deadpans
1-31When is a new car considered to be seedy? When it's a lemon
1-31When is a bonnet not a bonnet? When it becomes a young woman
1-31When does a Boy Wonder rhyme with bubble? When he's double
1-32Why is a bear like a fallen tree? A bear lumbers and a fallen tree becomes lumber
1-32Why is silk like grass? You measure both by the yard
1-32When is a man a stupid relative? When he's a mannequin (a dummy)
1-32Why was Flo Zigfield like a nearsighted man? Because they both put on spectacles (Harold Lloyd)
1-32What kind of men are always above board? Chessmen
1-32What kind of machine has ears? A train, it has engineers
1-32Why does a cowboy wear a tight belt? To hold up his pants
1-32Mr. Van Jones, why are you like a clock at midnight? Because both of your hands are going straight up, right now
2-29What's black & white and full of fuzz? Squad Car
2-31I know a bank where the wild time blows, inside out the puzzle goes Points to Artemus Knab (bank backwards)
2-31What letter is ne'er received in the alphabet? The letter you put in the mailbox
2-32How canst thou keep a rooster from crowing on Sabbath morn? By killing him on a Saturday night?
2-32PUZZLES (from secret writing) points to the Puzzler's phone number
2-32An aviator was carrying his clothes home from the cleaners when it began to rain. How didst he protect them? He put them inside the hangers
2-45(Clue is in a crossword puzzle in the Gotham City Herald) a Basin Street Hotel Banquet, or a "Bank Wet" at the Gotham City Bank, it's flooded
2-45When is a man drowned, but still not wet? When he's trapped in quicksand
2-46When is an eagle's nest blest best? Nest Eggs; Anthony Aquila, the Latin American dictator
2-46What is it that travels on all fours in the morning, on two legs at noon, and three at twilight? Man
2-46When is a floor like a puzzle? (the floor under the duo breaks apart)
2-47Why is an old collar button like an old pile of burning automobile tires? (Batman) Because they both choke! (Robin)
3-01When is a Jet Stream like a Daffodil? (unanswered)
3-02What do many boats, shovels, laundries, whistles, and hot showers have in common? steam
3-02When is the top of a mountain like a saving's account? when it peaks one's interest
3-02When does a painter use a trigger instead of a brush? when he's a stickup artist
3-02Who rules the ring, no prince, king or raja; look for a clue on the walls of Kafaja Riddler wants to control the prizefighting ring
3-02If we had our choice of laps to sit on, which would we choose? Kid Gulliver's temporary lapse of memory
3-02What have the following in common - hemming, basting, pearling, and tagging? needlework
3-02What's most alluring when it's lowest or highest; when it's in the air or in a hole; when it's served you yet you can't touch it? an enchanting ace (introduction to Siren)
3-02What's looser that a thread, a fish, flying ribbons? A woman's tongue
3-02What do bells, curtains, twins and hair have in common? bells ring out, curtains ring down, twins are perfect ringers, hair comes in ringlets
3-02Any aggressor should beware his successor rhymes with Mushy Nebuchadnezzer
3-02What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world? cold feet
3-02What suit of cards lays eggs? one that's chicken hearted (calling Batman a coward)
3-02What eats crow, yells uncle, and tosses sponges? a loser
3-02When is a prizefight like a beautiful lady? when it's a knockout
3-02What do you throw away that keeps returning? a boomerang

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