EXAMPLE OF RIDDLES

1. Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze. The answer is traffic
light.
2. What animal walks on all fours in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the
evening? The answer is man, since he crawls as a child then walks and uses a cane when
he gets older.
3. What does Mill + Walk + Key= The answer is Milwaukee.
4. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? A towel of course.
5. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? It is silence.
6. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What
am I? A hole.

7. What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it? Silence.

8. I have a tail, and I have a head, but i have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I? A
coin.

9. What falls, but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall? Night falls and day
breaks.

10. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw
away the inside. What did you eat? An ear of corn.

EXAMPLE OF RIDDLES

I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water.
What am I? A sponge.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a
bed but never sleeps? A river.

I never was, am always to be,/No one ever saw me, nor ever will,/And yet I am the confidence of
all/To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball./What am I? Tomorrow.

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give
birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at
once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I? Smoke.

Pronounced as one letter,/And written with three,/Two letters there are,/And two only in me./I'm
double, I'm single,/I'm black, blue, and gray,/I'm read from both ends,/And the same either
way./What am I? An eye.
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? A towel
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am
I? A nose
The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need
it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it? A coffin
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? Silence
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet
remain dry. What am I? A Shadow

EXAMPLE OF RIDDLES
I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never
wander. What am I? A tree
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it
lighter. What am I? A hole
What do you fill with empty hands? Gloves.
You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I? A telephone.
If you speak my name, I vanish. What am I? Silence.
What has a foot on each side and one in the middle? A yardstick.
What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the
evening? Man. In the morning of his life, he crawls on all fours, as he grows to
adulthood he walks on 2 legs, and in old age he uses a cane (3 legs).
I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I? A map.
Brothers and sisters have I none but that man's father is my father's son. Who
am I? The father of "that man".
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place. The letter e.

EXAMPLE OF RIDDLES
What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a head but never weeps,
Has a bed but never sleeps? A river.
Ques. Lucy had it first Ethel had it last Mary Lungel had it twice until she
married Peter Stupid and never had it again. What is it?
Ans. The Letter L
Ques. Five men went to church. It started to rain. Four men ran for cover, but
got wet on the way. The one man who stayed behind stayed dry. How?
Ans. The dry man was a body in a coffin. The other four were pall bearers.
Ques. What is full of holes, but can still hold a lot of water?
Ans. A sponge
Ques. Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Ans. Racecar
Ques. Pauls height is six feet, hes an assistant at a butchers shop, and wears
size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Ans. Meat
Ques. What do the letter T and an island have in common?
Ans. Both are in water - WaTer.
Ques. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Ans. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband,
developed it, and hung it up to dry.
Ques. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Ans. A stamp
Ques. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and
yet remain dry. What am I?
Ans. Shadow

EXAMPLE OF RIDDLES
Ques. What doesnt exist, but has a name?
Ans. Nothing
Ques. There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white
house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house
there were lots of babies. What is it?
Ans. Watermelon
Ques. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got
me. What am I?
Ans. Secret
Ques. I arrive once in every second, once in every minute and once in every
year. What am I?
Ans. The letter E
Ques. Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.
Ans. Fire
Ques. What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Ans. Bookkeeper
Ques. Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word BSAINXLEATNTEARS.
Ans. Bananas
Ques. All about, but cannot be seen. Can be captured, cannot be held. No
throat, but can be heard.
And. Wind
Ques. After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so
on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX
into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be
lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
Ans. Draw an S in front of IX and it spells SIX. The teacher did not mention
that the line had to be straight.
Ques. There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you
remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right
down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that
it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
Ans. The base word is Startling, continuing to starting - staring - string - sting
- sing - sin - in - I.