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My name is Jackie Overlid and I am very happy to be your school librarian!
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-Ms. Jackie, jackieoverlid@berkeley.net
Riddle/Joke of Week:
What kind of cup can't hold water?
-Alejandra, 5th grade
Past riddles and solutions:
There is a green house. Inside the green house is a white house. Inside the white house is a red house. Inside the red house are lots of little babies. What is it? - Davi, 5th grade - A watermelon!
-Davidani, 5th gradeWhat do you always get for your birthday? -Maeve-chan, 5th grade - You get a year older!
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? - An echo. Other student answers included leaves and an instrument.
What state is round on the edges and "high" in the middle? - Dags, 4th grade - Ohio!
It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it? - Ruby , 5th grade - Your name!
Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days, how many have 28 days? - Onyx, 5th grade - All 12 months have 28 days!
Where can you find forests, cities, towns, islands, shops, and streets, but no people? - Ellie, 6th Grade - A map! Other answers by students include a Lego city and deserted town.
What can you catch but not throw? - A cold! Make sure you wash hands! Other answers by students include ketchup and a bus/train.
What can you throw but not catch? - A tantrum! Other answers by students include a party, throwup (eww but true!) and a cup of water.
What has 88 keys but can not open a single door? -Alejandra, 5th grade - A piano!
What kind of band never plays music? - A rubber band!
I have 6 eggs. i broke two, i cooked two, and I ate two. how many do I have left? -Callan, 5th grade - You still have 4 left because you broke, cooked and ate the same 2.
There are 5 apples. You take away 3 apples. How many apples do you have now? - 3 (You took 3, so you have 3!)
A chest filled with gold that's missing a lock. What is it? -Reef, 5th grade - An egg. (Reef credits this riddle to The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Extra, related riddle: What do you have to break before you use it? - Also an egg! But other possible answers by students included a soda can, a glow stick and a nut.
How can you make the number one disappear? -Add a G and it is "gone." Other possible answer by students included just erase it, erase the N and E and make it a 0/zero, and add an N and it is "none."
What goes up and down but never moves? -Stairs! (other possible answers from students included the sun, an elevator shaft and a ladder)
