riddles

1)      There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls.

What is it?

2)      A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.
Who am I.

3)      A 6-foot tall Magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water.

How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?

4)       I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I?

5)      There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters.. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?

6)      I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
What am I?

7)      A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?

8)      Pat Smith gives someone a dollar. Pat is this person's brother, but the person is not Pat's brother. How can that be?

9)      David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.

How could this happen?

10)  A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?