Riddle: What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most know what it’s saying?
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A clock.
Clock riddles
My face is silent without my hands. What am I?
Riddle: My face is silent without my hands. What am I?
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A clock.
How many times a day do the minute and hour hand overlap on a clock?
Riddle: How many times a day do the minute and hour hand overlap on a clock?
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22 times. In 24 hours, the hour hand goes around twice, and the minute hand goes around 24 times in the same direction. Therefore the minute hand laps the hour hand 24 – 2 = 22 times.
Without fingers but I point, without arms but I strike, without feet but I run. What am I?
Riddle: Without fingers but I point, without arms but I strike, without feet but I run. What am I?
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A clock.
If a clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds, how many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
Riddle: If a clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds, how many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
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11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds.
When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
Riddle: When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
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When it’s two to two.
It has a face that does not smile or frown. It has no mouth but it makes a familiar sound. It has hands but fingers it does not. What is it?
Riddle: It has a face that does not smile or frown. It has no mouth but it makes a familiar sound. It has hands but fingers it does not. What is it?
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A clock.
I can be sun, I can be sand, and I can be bird. What am I?
Riddle: I can be sun, I can be sand, and I can be bird. What am I?
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A clock (sundial, hourglass and cuckoo clock).
What stays where it is when it goes off?
Riddle: What stays where it is when it goes off?
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An alarm clock.
I count time but have no end. Tick tick but I am not a clock. What am I?
Riddle: I count time but have no end. Tick tick but I am not a clock. What am I?
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A metronome.
I add six to eleven and get five. How is this correct?
Riddle: I add six to eleven and get five. How is this correct?
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It’s talking about time. If you add six hours to 11 o’clock, you get 5 o’clock.
I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
Riddle: I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
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A clock or watch.