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riddle
Pronunciation: rid- l
Function: noun
Etymology: Old English r[AE]delse "opinion, riddle"
1 : a baffling, misleading, or puzzling question presented as a
problem to be solved or guessed : O!"!#$"M
2 : something or someone difficult to understand
Riddles
Q: What has a foot but no legs?
A: A snail
Q: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If ou eat it ou die. What is it?
A: !othing
Q: What co"es do#n but never goes up?
A: Rain
Q: I$" tall #hen I$" oung and I$" short #hen I$" old. What a" I?
A: A candle
Q: %ar$s father has & daughters ' !ana( !ene( !ini( !ono. What is the fifth
daughters na"e?
A: If ou ans#ered !unu( ou are #rong. It$s %ar)
Q: *o# can a pants poc+et be e"pt and still have so"ething in it?
A: It can have a hole in it.
Q: In a one,stor pin+ house( there #as a pin+ person( a pin+ cat( a pin+ fish( a
pin+ co"puter( a pin+ chair( a pin+ table( a pin+ telephone( a pin+ sho#er'
everthing #as pin+)
What color #ere the stairs?
A: -here #eren$t an stairs( it #as a one stor house)
Q: A dad and his son #ere riding their bi+es and crashed. -#o a"bulances ca"e
and too+ the" to different hospitals. -he "an$s son #as in the operating roo"
and the doctor said( .I can$t operate on ou. /ou$re " son.0
*o# is that possible?
A: -he doctor is his "o")
Q: What goes up #hen rain co"es do#n?
A: An u"brella)
Q: What is the longest #ord in the dictionar?
A: 1"iles( because there is a "ile bet#een each 2s$
Q: If I drin+( I die. If i eat( I a" fine. What a" I?
A: A fire)
Q: -hro# a#a the outside and coo+ the inside( then eat the outside and thro#
a#a the inside. What is it?
A: 3orn on the cob( because ou thro# a#a the hus+( coo+ and eat the +ernels(
and thro# a#a the cob.
Q: What #ord beco"es shorter #hen ou add t#o letters to it?
A: 1hort
Q: What travels around the #orld but stas in one spot?
A: A sta"p)
Q: What occurs once in a "inute( t#ice in a "o"ent and never in one thousand
ears?
A: -he letter %
Q: What has 4 ees but can$t see?
A: %ississippi
Q: If I have it( I don$t share it. If I share it( I don$t have it. What is it?
A: A 1ecret.
Q: -a+e a#a " first letter( and I still sound the sa"e. -a+e a#a " last letter( I
still sound the sa"e. 5ven ta+e a#a " letter in the "iddle( I #ill still sound the
sa"e. I a" a five letter #ord. What a" I?
A: 5%P-/
Q: What has hands but can not clap?
A: A cloc+
Q: What can ou catch but not thro#?
A: A cold.
Q: A house has 4 #alls. All of the #alls are facing south( and a bear is circling the
house. What color is the bear?
A: -he house is on the north pole( so the bear is #hite.
Q: What is at the end of a rainbo#?
A: -he letter W)
Q: What is as light as a feather( but even the #orld$s strongest "an couldn$t hold
it for "ore than a "inute?
A: *is breath)
Q: What starts #ith the letter .t0( is filled #ith .t0 and ends in .t0?
A: A teapot)
Q: What is so delicate that saing its na"e brea+s it?
A: 1ilence.
Q: /ou #al+ into a roo" #ith a "atch( a +arosene la"p( a candle( and a
fireplace. Which do ou light first?
A: -he "atch.
Q: A "an #as driving his truc+. *is lights #ere not on. -he "oon #as not out. 6p
ahead( a #o"an #as crossing the street. *o# did he see her?
A: It #as a bright and sunn da)
Q: What +ind of tree can ou carr in our hand?
A: A pal")
Q: If an electric train is travelling south( #hich #a is the s"o+e going?
A: -here is no s"o+e( it$s an electric train)
Q: /ou dra# a line. Without touching it( ho# do ou "a+e the line longer?
A: /ou dra# a shorter line ne7t to it( and it beco"es the longer line.
Q: What has one ee but cannot see?
A: A needle
Q: A "an leaves ho"e and turns left three ti"es( onl to return ho"e facing t#o
"en #earing "as+s. Who are those t#o "en?
A: A 3atcher and 6"pire.
Q: Which #eighs "ore( a pound of feathers or a pound of bric+s?
A: !either( the both #eigh one pound)
Q: *o# "an "onths have 28 das?
A: All 12 "onths)
Q: A frog 9u"ped into a pot of crea" and started treading. *e soon felt so"ething
solid under his feet and #as able to hop out of the pot. What did the frog feel
under his feet?
A: -he frog felt butter under his feet( because he churned the crea" and "ade
butter.
Q: A horse is on a 24 foot chain and #ants an apple that is 2: feet a#a. *o#
can the horse get to the apple?
A: -he chain is not attached to anthing.
Q: If a blue house is "ade out of blue bric+s( a ello# house is "ade out of
ello# bric+s and a pin+ house is "ade out of pin+ bric+s( #hat is a green house
"ade of?
A: ;lass
Q: What goes up a chi"ne do#n but can$t co"e do#n a chi"ne up?
A: an u"berella
Q: We see it once in a ear( t#ice in a #ee+( and never in a da. What is it?
A: -he letter .50
Q: %r. <lue lives in the blue house( %r. Pin+ lives in the pin+ house( and %r.
<ro#n lives in the bro#n house. Who lives in the #hite house?
A: -he president)
Q: -he co"e out at night #ithout being called( and are lost in the da #ithout
being stolen. What are the?
A: 1tars)
Q: *o# do ou "a+e the nu"ber one disappear?
A: Add the letter ; and it$s .;=!50
Q> What goes up but never co"es do#n?
A: /our age)
Q: -uesda( 1a" and Peter #ent to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch(
the paid the bill. <ut 1a" and Peter did not pa the bill( so #ho did?
A: -heir friend( -uesda.
Q: What gets bro+en #ithout being held?
A: A pro"ise.
Q: What is al#as co"ing but never arrives?
A: -o"orro#
Q: What goes through to#ns and over hills but never "oves?
A: A Road
Q: What has 5ight,eight +es but can$t open a single door?
A: A piano
Q: What has a nec+ but no head?
A: A bottle
Q: A "on+e( a s?uirrel( and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who
#ill get the banana first( the "on+e( the s?uirrel( or the bird?
A: !one of the"( because ou can$t get a banana fro" a coconut tree)
Q: Which eight,letter #ord still re"ains a #ord after re"oving each letter fro" it?
A: 1tarting,1taring,1tring,1ting,1ing,1in,In,I.
Q: What has a head but never #eeps( has a bed but never sleeps( can run but
never #al+s( and has a ban+ but no "one?
A: A river)
-he 1"ith fa"il is a ver #ealth fa"il that lives in a big( circular ho"e. =ne
"orning( %r. 1"ith #o+e up and sa# a stra#berr 9a" stain on his ne# carpet.
*e figured out that everone #ho #as there that "orning had a 9a" sand#ich.
< reading the follo#ing e7cuses( figure out #ho spilled the 9a".
<ill 1"ith: .I #as outside plaing bas+etball.0
-he %aid: .I #as dusting the corners of the house.0
3hef: .I #as starting to "a+e lunch for later.0
Who is ling?
A: It #as the "aid. -he house is circular( it has no corners.
-#o fathers and t#o sons go on a fishing trip. -he each catch a fish and bring it
ho"e. Wh do the onl bring @ ho"e?
A: -he fishing trip consists of a grandfather( a father and a son.
Q: What has 4 legs in the "orning( 2 legs in the afternoon( and @ legs at night?
A: A person) As a bab ou cra#l A4 legsB( as an adult ou #al+ A2 legsB( then
#hen ou are older ou use a cane A@ legsB
Q: -he "ore it dries( the #etter it beco"es. What is it?
A: A to#el)
Q: What can ou hear but not touch or see?
A: /our voice.
Q: What starts #ith .P0 and ends #ith .50 and has "ore than 1CCC letters?
A: A post office)
Q: What loses its head in the "orning but gets it bac+ at night?
A: A pillo#
Q. What is so"ething ou #ill never see again?
A. /esterda
Q: Dac+ rode into to#n on Erida and rode out 2 das later on Erida. *o# can
that be possible?
A: Erida is his horse$s na"e)
Q: 3an ou na"e the t#o das starting #ith - besides -uesda and -hursda?
A: -oda and to"orro#.
Q: What is round on both sides but high in the "iddle?
A: =hio.
Q: If t#o$s co"pan and three$s a cro#d( #hat are four and five?
A: !ine)
Q: What is the center of ;ravit?
A: -he letter F.
Q: What is the last thing ou ta+e off before bed?
A: /our feet off the floor.
Q: A la#er( a plu"ber and a hat "a+er #ere #al+ing do#n the street. Who had
the biggest hat?
A: -he one #ith the biggest head.
Q: What +ind of roo" has no doors or #indo#s?
A: A "ushroo".
Q: I have +es but no loc+s. I have space but no roo". /ou can enter but can$t go
outside. What a" I?
A: A Geboard
Q: What is ne7t in this se?uence: DE%A%DDA1=!H ?
A: -he letter I. -he se?uence contains the first letter of each "onth.
Q: A "an #as cleaning the #indo#s of a 2& stor building. *e slipped and fell off
the ladder( but #asn$t hurt. *o# did he do it?
A: *e fell off the 2nd step.
Q: *o# "an seconds are there in a ear?
A: 12. ADanuar 2nd( Eebruar 2nd( %arch 2ndJ.B
Q: =ne night( a butcher( a ba+er and a candlestic+ "a+er go to a hotel. When
the get their bill( ho#ever( it$s for four people. Who$s the fourth person?
A: =ne night can also "ean one +night. -hat "a+es four: one +night( a butcher( a
ba+er and a candlestic+ "a+er)
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Q: What instru"ent can ou hear but never see?
A: /our voice) /ou can sing #ith our voice li+e an instru"ent and hear it( but no
one can see it)