Riddle me this!

It’s Monday afternoon, admit it, YOU want to be home with a big plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies in front of you. Instead your at work. And your at work reading Beck’s Cafe.

Okay, how about some riddles to get your brain back in gear?

The Riddles

1. What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009?
2. Whats full of holes but still holds water?
3. You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more than the collar, how much is the collar?
4. Johnny’s mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
5. There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
6. Why is George Washington’s official birthday celebration held on February 22 when he was actually born on February 11?
7. A man left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home there were two masked men. Who were they?

The Answers (no peaking!)

1. The year reads the same upside down
2. a sponge
3. a nickel, the dog costs $1.05
4. Johnny!
5. because they were married
6. The U.S. lost 11 days when they changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar during when Washington was alive. So Washington celebrated his birthday eleven days later to make it a year after his last birthday
7. The catcher and umpire

(Material courtesy of AzKidsNet)