RIDDLES
RIDDLES
RIDDLES
4. What never asks a question but gets answered all the time?
Your cellphone.
6. A girl fell off a 50-foot ladder but didn’t get hurt. How come?
She fell off the bottom rung.
7. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter
in it?
An envelope.
9. You spot a boat full of people but there isn’t a single person on
board. How is that possible?
Everyone on board is married.
14. What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?
The letter “w.”
15. A young boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room, but
the ER doctor saw the boy and refused to operate. “This boy is
my son,” the doctor said. But the doctor wasn’t the boy’s father.
How could this be?
The doctor was the boy’s mom.
16. What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
A clock.
18. I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What
am I?
A candle.
22. Thanks to me, you can see straight through the wall. What am
I?
A window.
24. How can the pocket of your pants be empty, but still have
something in it?
When that something is a hole.
25. What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t actually alive?
Your gloves.
27. Everyone in the world needs it, but they usually give it
without taking it. What is it?
Advice.
30. I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest girl can hold
me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
Breath.
31. Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate
one slice of pizza, yet only three slices were eaten. How’s that
possible?
The group included a grandmother, her daughter and her
daughter’s daughter.
32. What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters
to it?
Short.
33. Can you name three consecutive days without using the
words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
35. A man was outside taking a walk when it started to rain. The
man didn’t have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat or a
hood. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head
got wet. How could this be?
The man was bald.
36. What can you make that no one—not even you—can see?
Noise.
37. What belongs to you but gets used by everyone else more
than you?
Your name.
39. I’m so fragile that if you say my name, you’ll break me. What
am I?
Silence.
43. First you throw away my outside and cook the inside. Then
you eat my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?
Corn on the cob. Because you throw away the husk, cook the
corn. Then you eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.
44. What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a
bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A river.
47. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footprints.
48. I have all the knowledge you have. But I’m so small, you can
hold me in your fist. What am I?
Your brain.
49. How much dirt is there in a hole that’s 5 feet wide and 5 feet
deep?
None.
51. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what do four and five
make?
Nine.
53. Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?
Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.
59. A girl leaves home and turns left three times, only to return
home facing two guys wearing masks. Who are the two guys?
The catcher and the umpire.
60. Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the
other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?
Beth.
61. What gets bigger and bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole.
62. I have one head, one foot, and four legs. What am I?
Your bed.
64. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is
it?
A secret.
65. What has one eye but can’t see anything at all?
A needle.
66. What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow
68. What would you call a man without all of his fingers on one
hand?
Normal, most people have half their fingers on one hand.
70. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would
it take four men?
No time at all because the wall was already built.
71. If there is a bowl of five apples and you took away three, how
many do you have?
The three you took.
72. If you only had one match and entered a dark doom
containing an oil lamp, kindling, and a newspaper, which would
you light first?
The match.
73. If you spell “sit in the tub” as s-o-a-k, and you spell “a funny
story” as j-o-k-e, how do you spell “the white of an egg”?
e-g-g w-h-i-t-e
76. A boy who is alone, kicked his soccer ball ten feet and then it
came back to him. How is this possible?
He kicked it up.
77. How can a man go outside in the pouring rain and not have a
hair on his head get wet?
He is bald.
80. What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?
Day breaks and night falls
82. Uncle Ray’s farm had a terrible storm hit and now all but
seven sheep were killed. How many sheep are left alive?
Seven
83. What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is
all the time?
A widow.
84. What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush.
85. What goes up and down but always remains in the same
place?
Stairs
86. What does an island and the letter “T” have in common?
They are both in the middle of water.
88. A rooster laid an egg on top of the barn roof, which way did it
roll?
It didn’t because roosters don’t lay eggs.
89. What has a head and a tail, but does not have a body?
A coin.
95. What can fill an entire room without taking up any space?
Light.
96. A man dressed in all black is walking down the street when
suddenly, a large black car with no lights on comes around the
corner and stops. How did the car’s driver know he was there?
It was day time.
98. Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no
people?
On a map.
102. Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
There is one more penny in 1968 than in 1967.
104. There are eight men sitting on a couch. Three legs break off
and six men leave. How many legs are remaining?
Five; the legs of two remaining men and the remaining
couch leg.
105. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
106. Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the
dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?
Leaves
108. What two words hold the most letters when combined?
Post Office
112. Why did the woman run around her bed at night?
The catch up on her sleep.
113. How many animals did Moses take into the Ark?
None because it was Noah who built and loaded the Ark.
115. How can you drop an egg onto a concrete floor and not
crack it?
Well, it’s not very difficult as concrete floors are very hard to
crack.
121. If you threw a red rock into a green sea, what would it come
back as?
Wet
123. A teacher asks two girls that look exactly alike, the following
questions: Are you from the same family? Do you have the same
parents? Were you born on the same day? The girls answered
yes to all of the questions but in the end, they were not twins.
How is this possible?
They had another sister and together, they were triplets.
125. If Mrs. Hamilton’s peacock lays egg in Mr. Smith’s yard, who
owns the egg?
Peacocks don’t lay eggs.
126. A 10-foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the
bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot
apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How
long will it be until three rungs are covered?
Never because the boat rises with the tide.
128. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill
every half-hour, how long would it take before all the pills had
been taken?
One hour because the first pill is taken right away, the
second comes a half-hour later and the last comes after
another half-hour.
132. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest
mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
134. A rancher had 500 cows but took one shot that got them all.
How is this possible?
A panoramic photo
137. You are not allowed to take a photo of a man with a wooden
leg. Why?
Because wooden legs can’t take photos, you would need a
camera.
138. You have two coins that add up to 30 cents, and one of them
is not a quarter. Which two coins are they?
A quarter and a nickel because one of them is not a quarter
but one of them is.
140. Which letter of the English alphabet flies, sings, and stings?
“B”
141. She has married many men but has never been married.
Why is this?
She is a minister.
144. The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer doesn’t use it, and the
user doesn’t see it. What is it?
A coffin
146. How can a man who shaves several times a day still have a
long beard?
He’s a barber.
149. If Sally had 4 piles of sand and Judy had 5 piles of sand, and
they put them all together, how many piles would there be?
One big pile.