DAILY RIDDLES 71

Q. I am like a witch’s brew, I make people do what they don’t want to, At the sound of my voice, you have no choice, but to do what’s requested of you.
What am I?

A. The magic word – please. It makes people do things they otherwise wouldn’t be inclined to do. When parents are teaching children about manners, they call it the magic word and wait to fulfill a request until the child says please. Once the child says it, the parent feels bound to do it to show the child that it works.





Q. I see much but change little,
I am firm, irresolute,
Powerful but gentle,
I can rip apart mountains,
Yet be moved by gentle stirrings,
I am valued and wasted,
I am life itself,
And I give life to others.
What am I?

A. A tree. A tall one can see long distances but don’t change much. They are strong and powerful, and the roots of a tree can slowly tear apart a mountain. The gentle stirrings of the wind can blow their branches and leaves. Trees are valuable as they provide wood and paper, but they are also wasted. And lastly, trees, like all plants, provide us with life-giving oxygen.

 RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

Q. I’m easy to give yet few will take,
I’m shared with a bride and can be seen at a wake,
I have a monopoly on the young,
And at times, it’s true, I may have stung.

What am I?


Q. I can help you have some fun,
Sometimes I get stronger from the sun,
If you never give me a break,
You will find I never wake,
I am optimistic on one side,
I can be short, fat, tall or wide,
Rectangle and cylinder are two of my shapes,
And I can even help you make video tapes,
Sometimes you must wait for me to get ready,
Just hold on for a few hours and be steady,
I can help you get around the mall,
Or help you make a telephone call.

What am I?

DAILY RIDDLES 70

Q. I have an eye but cannot see.
I’m faster than any man alive and have no limbs.

What am I?

A.A tornado or a hurricane. The calm area in the middle of such a storm is called the eye and wind speeds can reach up to 300 mph in an extreme tornado. Neither one have any arms or legs, but that doesn’t stop them from moving, does it?

Q.I move quickly with hurried steps,
If my hand is forced I can sink ships,
I’ll cause you to shudder when driving your car,
And haul your fuel to where you are,
I’ll watch you bleed from a cut,
Add a rear and I’ll tell you what’s what.
What am I?

 A. Scuttle. To scuttle is to scurry or run hurriedly. Scuttling is the deliberate sinking of your own ship. Scuttle shake is felt in convertibles where the passengers feel a distinct shudder. A coal scuttle is a bucket-like container to haul coal. A shaving scuttle holds hot water when you’re shaving. And adding a “rear” forms scuttlebutt, or rumors and gossip.


RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

Q.I am like a witch’s brew, I make people do what they don’t want to, At the sound of my voice, you have no choice, but to do what’s requested of you.

What am I?


Q.I see much but change little,
I am firm, irresolute,
Powerful but gentle,
I can rip apart mountains,
Yet be moved by gentle stirrings,
I am valued and wasted,
I am life itself,
And I give life to others.

What am I?

DAILY RIDDLES 69

Q.On my own I’m 24th,
Two of us and I’m 20,
Three of us and I’m 18.
What am I?




A.The letter X. It is the 24th letter of the alphabet, two Xs in Roman numerals equals twenty and triple x represents adult content, and adulthood is eighteen by law in most countries.




Q. I always send you in the right direction,
I’m arrayed in black and white,
Ignore me and lose my protection,
No more than two words are in sight.
What am I?

A.

A one way street sign. It tells you the correct way to go, is black and white (in the United States), going the wrong way can get you a citation and the sign only has two words on it.

RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

Q. I have an eye but cannot see.
I’m faster than any man alive and have no limbs.

What am I?

Q.I move quickly with hurried steps,
If my hand is forced I can sink ships,
I’ll cause you to shudder when driving your car,
And haul your fuel to where you are,
I’ll watch you bleed from a cut,
Add a rear and I’ll tell you what’s what.

What am I?

DAILY RIDDLES 68

Q. My motor revs, but I’m no rocket,
I’ll hit you deep within your pocket,
I’m a little tart, don’t be afraid,
Unless life’s gift – then quick, seek aid!

A. A lemon. It’s a citrus fruit whose juice is acidic and can be used to conduct electricity for motors. A car or other purchase that has problems is known as a lemon and can be expensive to repair. Lemons have a tart flavor but do little harm (unless you get it in a cut, then it hurts like the dickens). The old saying goes, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” (I know, it’s spelled aid not ade but it sounds the same and wouldn’t make any sense the other way. It all works out nicely when the riddle is told instead of read.)


Q.Ground not for thy daily bread,
Leave me in my scented bed,
Ignore me not, lest I doth wither,
My name I leave you to consider.

A. A flower. The soil they grow in is not used for food, like wheat to make bread, but for their smell. A neglected flower will wither.


RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

Q.On my own I’m 24th,
Two of us and I’m 20,
Three of us and I’m 18.

What am I?


Q. I always send you in the right direction,
I’m arrayed in black and white,
Ignore me and lose my protection,
No more than two words are in sight.

What am I?

DAILY RIDDLES 67

Q. I can turn into a car, building or even a robot. I'm manmade and my siblings and I outnumber you 62 to 1. My name means, "Play well" in my creator's native tongue. What am I?





A. Legos. They can be turned into all sorts of things, including cars, building and robots. If you divided up all the legos ever made, each person on the planet would get 62. Lego is based on the Danish phrase leg godt which means, "play well".




Q. First think of a person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next tell me what's the last to mend, the middle of middle and the end of end. Finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard to find word. Now string them together and answer me this, which creature are you unwilling to kiss? 

A. A spider. The person in disguise is a spy, the letter d is the last letter in mend, in the middle of middle and the last letter of end. When someone can't think of a word they often say, "Err". And lastly, I don't know about you, but I'm not keen to kiss a spider.



RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

1. Mouthless but I will tell you a name that is not mine,
I will show you the years I have seen but I have no eyes,
Memory I have but I have no mind.
What am I?

2.This mother comes from a family of eight,
Supports her children in spite of their weight,
Turns around without being called,
Has held you since the time you crawled. Who is she? 

DAILY RIDDLES 66

Q. I'm lighter than a feather but even the world's strongest man can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

A. Breath. Air is light, but even Stig Severinsen, the world record holder can only his breath for 22 minutes. The world's strongest man can't beat that, but you can tell him.


Q.Round and round and round it goes,
The source but not the birth of clothes,
Wench and warrior, child and crone,
Without it dressed near barer bone.

A. A spinning wheel. It goes around in circles and makes the thread that is used in clothing and anyone who isn't wearing clothes would be barer boned.



RIDDLES FOR TODAY , RESULT TOMORROW.

1. I can turn into a car, building or even a robot. I'm manmade and my siblings and I outnumber you 62 to 1. My name means, "Play well" in my creator's native tongue. What am I?

2. First think of a person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next tell me what's the last to mend, the middle of middle and the end of end. Finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard to find word. Now string them together and answer me this, which creature are you unwilling to kiss? 

DAILY RIDDLES 65

Q. What can be seen but never found that only hides in the unwound?

A. Relaxation. You can see when someone is relaxing, but no one can remain completely relaxed forever. You can relax more easily as you learn to unwind.

Q. I have three eyes but only one leg.
I still close one even if you beg.
What am I?

A. A traffic light. It has three "eyes" (the red, orange and green lights) and the leg is the pole holding it up. Many people beg the light to stay green as they're approaching.

DAILY RIDDLES 64

Q. I am a seven letter word, you read me daily. Letters 567 increase every year. The 3rd and 4th letters are the same and my 325 letters cover about 70% of the world. What am I?

A. Message. Letters 567 are your age, which goes up every year. Letters 3 and 4 (both s) are in fact the same, and letters 325 spell sea, and estimates say that the earth is covered by about 70% water.

Q. They are two sisters. One gives birth to the other, who in turn gives birth to the first. What are the two sisters?

A. Night and day. When night is over, the day breaks, and when the day ends, night is born anew.

DAILY RIDDLES 63

Q. What state is round on one side, high in the middle, and round on the other side?

A. Ohio. This one works a little better when spoken rather than read, but O is round, hi sounds like high and the last O is as round as the first.

Q. Shoe, door, sticks, straight.
What word comes next?

A. Hen. The words are the last in each phrase from the children's nursery rhyme.

One, two, buckle my shoe;
Three, four, Shut the door;
Five, six, Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, Lay them straight:
Nine, ten, A big, fat hen;

DAILY RIDDLES 62

Q. What has a ring but no finger?

A. A telephone.


Q. I am located in the middle of nowhere. What am I?


A.The letter 'h'. It is the middle letter of the word 'nowhere'. 

DAILY RIDDLES 61

Q. I have no ears, but more than one eye,
Cut me in half, I won't cry,
Leave me alone and I will die.
What am I ?

A. A potato. The roots growing out of a potato are called eyes, when you cut a potato in half it doesn't produce any moisture and if you leave a poor potato to its own devices, it will die.


Q. I am a wonderful help to women,
The hope of something to come.
I harm no citizen except my slayer.
Rooted I stand on a high bed. I am shaggy below.
Sometimes the beautiful peasant's daughter, an eager-armed,
Proud woman grabs my body,
Rushes my red skin, holds me hard,
Claims my head. The curly-haired
Woman who catches me fast will feel
Our meeting. Her eye will be wet.
What am I ?

A. An onion. Onions help add flavor to meals, they make the person who cuts them cry and they grow hair downtown.

DAILY RIDDLES 60

Q. What is deep within you, never dies or gets worn out, and only needs some fire from time to time ?

A. Your soul. Your soul is deep inside of you, it never dies and at various points in our lives we all get fired up about something.


Q. A metal neither black nor red,
As heavy as man's golden greed.
What you do to stay ahead,
With friend or foe or arrow and steed.
What am I ?

A.

Lead. Lead is a metallic gray, is very heavy and in order to stay ahead of someone, you need to be in the lead.

DAILY RIDDLES 59

Q. I run cold and hot,
I look blue but am red.
What am I ?

A. Blood. People can be referred to as hot blooded, and certain animals are cold-blooded. Your veins look blue, but the blood is actually red.

Q. I have four letters in my name,
I am a fruit or a vegetable,
I look like a giant green onion,
I end with the letter k.
What am I ?

A. The leek. It has four letters, has been considered both a fruit and a vegetable, looks like a green onion and ends with the letter k.

DAILY RIDDLES 58

Q. I always run but never walk,
I sometimes sing but cannot talk,
No head on which a hat to place,
You always look me in the face. What am I ?

A. A clock. It runs all the time, it "sings" for hourly chimes, cuckoos or alarms, it doesn't have a head (but does have hands) and you look a clock in the face to tell the time.

Q. Who is silent in Parliament ?

A. The letter i, which is the only silent letter in the word Parliament.

DAILY RIDDLES 57

Q. Twenty one points divide and dance,
Twirling and leaping about,
Ladies, Romans and knights of France,
Craving a victor's rout,
Wrought of wood, ivory or bone,
An exciting yet vicious pursuit,
Ancient, forbidden and crooked,
All in search of the loot.

A. A die. The standard die has 21 pips (or points), divided up on the six sides of the die which dance around when rolled. Ladies, knights and Romans all played dice as a pastime (though not together). Dice can be made of wood, ivory and bone, among other materials. Dice have been used in Asia since before recorded history and many governments tried unsuccessfully to outlaw the game. Professional gamblers were common and often used loaded dice. Desperate German chaps even bet their own liberty on a single roll of the dice.


Q. I'm the start of whatever you might conceive.
Next I describe a Thanksgiving meal.
Last I transform to a state we all leave. What am I ?

A. begin, binge, being. Everything has a beginning, Thanksgiving dinner is known for being a meal of excessive consumption and the mortal state of being (or the state of a human being) is one which, for all our efforts to extend, will eventually end.

DAILY RIDDLES 56

Q. Lovely and round,
I shine with pale light,
Grown in the darkness,
A lady's delight.
What am I ?

A. A pearl. They're formed in clams, which are of course dark.


Q. What has a tongue that can't taste, a throat that can't swallow, eyes that can't see and a soul that will never die ?

A. A shoe. It has a tongue, a throat, eyes (or eyelets) and a sole. I used soul here or else it would have given the answer away, but this riddle works best when told rather than read. And as the joke goes, old shoes never die, they just lose their sole.

DAILY RIDDLES 55

Q. I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released. Yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I ?

A. Pencil lead. While modern pencils don't contain lead, that's still what we call the graphite compound. When real lead was used in pencils it was mined and nearly everyone has used a pencil at some point in their life.


Q. I am only useful when I'm full,
Yet I am always full of holes.
What am I ?

A. A sieve, used for straining food like pasta.

DAILY RIDDLES 54

Q. This is a place. The first letter is after A and before Z but nowhere in between. You can bring as many people as you want, as long as they're all dead. Where is it?

A. The cemetery. The letter C is after A and before Z, and it's not found in the word "between". The cemetery won't take live ones. Fortunately I don't speak from experience on that.


Q. I'm a medication with three parts. The first part is the surname of someone who has been a Mary and a Maria. The second part is a vital organ and the last is plentiful in the ocean. What am I?

A. Andrews Liver Salts, an antacid. Julie Andrews played the role of Mary Poppins in the movie of the same name, and Maria in the Sound of Music. It's tough to live without a liver and a taste of the ocean always includes a touch of salt.

DAILY RIDDLES 53

Q. Some form a parliament,
Others a company, congregation or convocation,
The mob can see a murder, or clamor and wake,
A bouquet is presented when flushed. What are we ?

A. Birds. These are collective nouns for groups of birds.
parliament - owls
company - parrots
congregation - plovers
convocation - eagles
mob - emus
murder - crows clamor - rooks
wake - buzzards
bouquet - pheasants (when flushed)


Q. My first is in alphabet, my third is in Guinness, my sixth is in donut and my eighth is in elephant. My fifth doesn't appear in walrus, my second isn't in stealth, but my seventh is in tremendous and my fourth is in horse. I can create peace. What am I ?

A. Everyone. Several words match the letter requirements, but only everyone satisfies the last statement. The other words are:
absentee
aperture
housetop
evermore

DAILY RIDDLES 52

Q. I can be told and can make you crazy,
Most people don't like me and think I'm harmful. What am I ?

A. A lie. Lies are told, can make people crazy with rage, and most people don't like to have lies told to them. Lies can't be harmful though (just kidding :)


Q.I'm a five letter word. Remove my last two letters and I'm a synonym of drag. My second and third letters form an exclamation and my first and second letters are a homophone with a number. What am I ?

 A. Towel. Tow is a synonym of drag, ow is an exclamation when you're hurt (and far more appropriate in mixed company than the four-letter alternatives) and to is a homophone of two.

DAILY RIDDLES 51

Q. I am a king but also a common device of measure. What am I ?

A. A ruler. A king is a ruler of people, a ruler is a device to measure distance.


Q. I cannot hear or even see,
But sense light and sounds there may be,
Sometimes I end up on a hook,
I can be combined with a book.
What am I ?

A. A worm. Worms don't have eyes or ears, but they can sense light and their bodies can detect vibrations in the ground. Fishers use worms as bait and the term bookwork is used for someone who loves to read.

DAILY RIDDLES 50

Q. I'm in an elevator with two other people. When it reaches the first floor, one person gets out and six get in. When it reaches the second floor, three people get out and twelve get in. At the third floor, five leave and nine enter. Suddenly, the elevator cable snaps and the car smashes to the ground. No one survives the fall, yet I'm alive. How is this possible ?

A. I got off at the first floor. I'm a security guard and knew how many people got on and off the elevator by watching the surveillance footage.


Q. A three-letter word I'm sure you know,
I can be on a boat or a sleigh in the snow,
I'm pals with the rain and honor a king,
But my favorite use is attached to a string.
What am I ?

A. A bow. It has three letters, the bow of a boat is the front, bows are found on the presents on Santa's sleigh, rainbows come with the rain, one bows before a king and a bow and arrow requires a string.

DAILY RIDDLES 49

Q. We are not flesh, feather, scales nor bone;
Yet we still have fingers and thumbs of our own.
What are we ?

A. Gloves. They're not made of flesh, feather, scales or bone, but have fingers and thumbs.


Q. Ten white men standing on a dirt road.
Killed by three eyes as black as night.
What happened ?

A. Someone bowled a strike. The ten white men are the pins, the dirt road is the bowling alley (it's not dirt, but it's the color of dirt, and if it said a smooth wooden alley it wouldn't be much of a riddle). Three eyes as black as night are the finger holes in the bowling ball.

DAILY RIDDLES 48

Q. What is in your body for free the first and the second time but the third time you have to buy yourself ?

A. Your teeth. You get baby teeth and adult teeth as part of the life package, but once you lose those you get to pay for dentures (or scare small children with your sunken face).


Q. I am two-faced, but bear one head.
Men spill their blood for me.
I have no legs but travel widely.
I make kings immortal.
I am potent when shared,
Yet lust for my power keeps me locked away.
What am I ?

A. Money (coins specifically). Coins have two faces, heads and tails. People fight for money, and money travels far and wide. Kings live on when they're depticted on a coin. Sharing money with others is a meaningful experience yet many people keep their money locked up.

DAILY RIDDLES 47

Q. A 9-letter word with but one vowel,
After I'm used you may need a towel,
Tests can be used to learn what I am,
Once I am known you can hit a grand slam.

A. Strengths. It has 9 letters with only one vowel, when you use your strengths the exertion can cause you to sweat, requiring a towel, tests can identify ones strengths and once you know what they are, you can hit a metaphorical grand slam by employing them in an area of your choosing.


Q. What always works with something in its eye ?

A. A needle. Thread goes in the eye of the needle when you sew. If you sew nowadays... 

DAILY RIDDLES 46

Q. What is made of wood but can't be sawed ?

A. Sawdust. It's still made up of wood, but a saw will be of no use.


Q. I am a five-letter word and am feared by most but experienced by all. If you remove my first and last letters I bring life. If you add an 'r' between the third and fourth letters I am almost nothing and if you remove the first letter from this new word, I am your home. What am I ?

A. Death (eat, dearth, earth). No one can escape death, but many fear it. Removing the first and last letters leaves eat, and we must eat to stay alive. Adding the 'r' turns death into dearth, which is scarcity and removing the first letter of dearth leaves earth, where you live, assuming this riddle hasn't reached extraterrestrials.

DAILY RIDDLES 45

Q. Sometimes you'll find me hard and cold,
Other times I'm hard to hold,
Always present in the air,
If I'm ever gone, beware.
What am I ?

A. Water. As ice I'm hard and cold, as water vapor I'm hard to hold and I'm always present in the air as humidity (aka water vapor). If the earth ever runs out of water, we're toast.


Q. I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things down. Removing my first 3 letters is an adjective and removing my first 4 letters leaves a measure of time. What am I ?

A. Sausage. You eat sausage, assuage is the only single-word anagram and provides relief from pain. Usage wears things down, sage is an adjective and age is a measure of time.

DAILY RIDDLES 44

Q. More precious than gold, but cannot be bought,
Can never be sold, only earned if it's sought,
If it is broken it can still can be mended,
At birth it can't start nor by death is it ended.

A. Friendship. It is more precious than gold to have a genuine friend, and true friendship cannot be bought or sold, only earned. When a friendship is broken it can be fixed and infants aren't able to make friends until they're older, but death can't end it. Love doesn't work as an answer because a friendship requires two people to interact, while parents love their children as soon as they're born.


Q. What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed ?

A. Any 5-letter word with the word 'one' somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, or onery. Note it doesn't say there is only one letter left, but only 'one' left. Tricky tricky ;) 

DAILY RIDDLES 43

Q. What 5-letter word sounds like 6 letters when pronounced ?

A. Cello. The pronunciation of c is 'ch', making it sound like the word has 6 letters.


Q. What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty ?

A. A chalkboard. It's solid black when clean, and as you write on it with white chalk it becomes dirty.

DAILY RIDDLES 42

Q. If I can, I can,
If I can't, I freeze.
What am I ?

A. Someone preserving food. The two most common ways of preserving food are canning and freezing. So when you preserve food, if you can can it, you do, otherwise you freeze it.


Q. This word starts with the same letter it ends with and there are two of the same along the way. There is another pair and one each of two more, just to make you smile. What is the word ?

A. Giggling. It starts and ends with 'g' and there are two more 'g's in the middle. It also has a pair of 'i's and one 'l' and 'n'. Plus, giggling makes you smile ;)

DAILY RIDDLES 41

Q. I am one of very few, perhaps the only one, to look like what I represent. What am I ?

A. The word 'bed', which looks like an actual bed. The 'b' is the headboard, the 'e' is the mattress and the 'd' is the footboard. If you know of another word that looks like the object it represents, let me know.


Q. First I am one, then I seem none,
In death I birth new life.
What's raised exceeds me,
For on bent knee,
I add to a world that's rife.
What am I ?

A. A seed. One seed turns into a plant or tree and seemingly disappears. When a plant dies, the seeds can be harvested to create new plants. From a single seed, hundreds more are created, vastly exceeding the original. Gardeners care for plants on bent knee and each new plant helps make the air fresher.

RIDDLES 40

Q. A tiny thing, that you exist,
Sweet and valuable, but lightning fast,
Combined minds and a member of royalty,
Without me you would die.
What am I ?

A. The letter 'b', the verb to be or a bee. The letter b and a bee are both small and to be means you exist. Bees make honey, which is sweet, and their wings are going at around 230 beats per second. Bees are valuable because they pollinate flowers. They live in hives and the queen bee runs the show. If it weren't for bees, we would probably starve to death.


Q.A descending nudge,
Or a marvelous jibe,
An abode on excursion,
And a bashing immersion,
We all live in this tribe.
What am I ?

A. Sports. A descending nudge is a touchdown (nudge = touch, descending = down), a marvelous jibe is a grand slam, an abode on excursion is a home run and a bashing immersion is a slam dunk. All of these phrases are found in sports, more specifically American football, baseball and basketball.

RIDDLES 39

Q. People speak through me, yet I do not make a sound.
People can sell me, yet I have many clones.
I can bring you laughter between breakfast and tea,
Yet I can also break your heart easily.
I cover the earth like trees of old,
Whose leaves can blind and yet enfold.

A. A book. Authors can speak to you through a book, yet the book makes no sound. Books are sold and have many duplicate copies. A book can bring the reader to tears and laughter, they span the globe and the leaves of a book (a single sheet in a book is called a leaf) can get you wrapped up in the story that you're unaware of what's going on around you.


Q. After the tenth one it didn't matter that he came from an ethnic minority. Who was it ?

A. Moses from the Bible. The Pharaoh wouldn't release the ill-treated Israelites (an ethnic minority) from slavery until being visited by ten plagues.

RIDDLES 38

Q. I work hard most every day,
Not much time to dance and play,
If I could reach what I desire,
All like me would now retire.
What am I ?

A. A doctor. They work hard to eradicate illness, but if they ever succeeded, they would no longer be needed. Hey, that rhymed and I didn't even intend it to.


Q. I am eight letters long and am kept a secret from everyone. Letters two through four spell an animal, letters four to the end make a weapon, letters one, two and eight make what you use in an exam and my third and fourth letters are the same. What am I ?

A. A password. You should keep your password a secret from everyone, letters two through four spell ass, an animal also known as a donkey. Letters four to the end spell sword, which is a deadly weapon and the letters one, two and eight make pad, which is used for writing during an exam. Lastly, the third and fourth letters are both 's'.

RIDDLES 37

Q. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it ?

A. An egg.


Q. Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I ?

A. Ton.

RIDDLES 36

Q. Say my name and I disappear. What am I ?

A. SILENCE


Q. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains ?

A.Wholesome

RIDDLES 35

Q. You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I ?

A. A reflection.


Q. I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle ?

A. The answer to this admittedly lame riddle is, "No." The reason is that the question at the very end asks if you can guess the riddle and there is nothing that satisfies the requirements above. Some say that pressure is the answer, but they can't explain how it turns polar bears white or pancakes brown. Nothing turns polar bears white, any more than something turns a white person white, and heat makes pancakes brown, not pressure.

RIDDLES 34

Q. Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not

A. Counterfeit money


Q. I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.

A. Lightning

RIDDLES 33

Q. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has "T" in it ?

A. A teapot


Q. As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left her standing empty.

A. A bottle of gin

RIDDLES 32

Q. It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it ?

A. A HOLE


Q. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest ?

A. Halfway. After he gets halfway, he's walking out of the forest.


Q. What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream ?

A. It makes a splash.

RIDDLES 31

Q. Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

A. DAVID (Roman numerals)


Q. Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I ?

A. The letter r.

RIDDLES 30

Q. What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?

A. NOTHGING


Q. I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?

A. SAND

RIDDLES 29

Q. Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.

A. WATER


Q. At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep

A.MUSIC

RIDDLES 28

Q. I am seen in the water
If seen in the sky,
I am in the rainbow,
A jay's feather,
And lapis lazuli.

A. BLUE


Q. Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.

A. Icicle


Q. You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again.

A. An echo

RIDDLES 27

Q. I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.

A. FEW


Q. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

A.  Stove, fire, smoke


Q. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I ?

A.  A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.

RIDDLES 26

Q.What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it ?

A.Charcoal.


Q.You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat ?

A.An ear of corn.

RIDDLES 25

Q.What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

A.  A PENNY


Q.What English word has three consecutive double letters?

A.Bookkeeper. An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a "double u")

RIDDLES 24

Q.The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?

A. A coffin


Q.The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

A. Darkness

RIDDLES 23

Q. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days ?

A.The letter 'n'.


Q. Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

A.It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language." Don't get angry at me, I didn't make it up :)

RIDDLES 22

Q.At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

A.The Star


Q.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?

A. A watermelon.

RIDDLES 21

Q.It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

A.Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.


Q.I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

A.The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE

RIDDLES 20

Q.If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.

A.YOUR HEART


Q.All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.

A.THE WIND

RIDDLES 19

Q.I drive men mad
For love of me,
Easily beaten,
Never free.

A.GOLD


Q.Lighter than what
I am made of,
More of me is hidden
Than is seen.

A. ICEBERG

RIDDLES 18

Q. When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I make you gay.
When old, I am valued more than ever.


A.WINE

RIDDLES 17

Q: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?

A: A Keyboard
 


Q: What is next in this sequence: JFMAMJJASON_ ?

A: The letter D. The sequence contains the first letter of each month.





Q: A man was cleaning the windows of a 25 story building. He slipped and fell off the ladder, but wasn’t hurt. How did he do it?

A: He fell off the 2nd step.


Q: How many seconds are there in a year?

A: 12. (January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd….)


Q: One night, a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker go to a hotel. When they get their bill, however, it’s for four people. Who’s the fourth person?

A: One night can also mean one knight. That makes four: one knight, a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker!


Q: What instrument can you hear but never see?

A: Your voice! You can sing with your voice like an instrument and hear it, but no one can see it!

RIDDLES 16

Q: What is the center of Gravity?

A: The letter V.



Q: What is the last thing you take off before bed?

A: Your feet off the floor.





Q: A lawyer, a plumber and a hat maker were walking down the street. Who had the biggest hat?

A: The one with the biggest head.


Q: What kind of room has no doors or windows?

A: A mushroom.

RIDDLES 15

Q: Jack rode into town on Friday and rode out 2 days later on Friday. How can that be possible?

A: Friday is his horse’s name!
 


Q: Can you name the two days starting with T besides Tuesday and Thursday?

A: Today and tomorrow.
 


Q: What is round on both sides but high in the middle?

A: Ohio.
 


 Q: If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

A: Nine!

RIDDLES 14

Q: What can you hear but not touch or see?

A: Your voice.


Q: What starts with “P” and ends with “E” and has more than 1000 letters?

A: A post office!


Q: What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?

A: A pillow


Q. What is something you will never see again?

A. Yesterday

RIDDLES 13

The Smith family is a very wealthy family that lives in a big, circular home. One morning, Mr. Smith woke up and saw a strawberry jam stain on his new carpet. He figured out that everyone who was there that morning had a jam sandwich. By reading the following excuses, figure out who spilled the jam.
Billy Smith: “I was outside playing basketball.”
The Maid: “I was dusting the corners of the house.”
Chef: “I was starting to make lunch for later.”
Who is lying?

A: It was the maid. The house is circular, it has no corners.


Two fathers and two sons go on a fishing trip. They each catch a fish and bring it home. Why do they only bring 3 home?

A: The fishing trip consists of a grandfather, a father and a son.


Q: What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs at night?

A: A person! As a baby you crawl (4 legs), as an adult you walk (2 legs), then when you are older you use a cane (3 legs)


Q: The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. What is it?

A: A towel!

RIDDLES 12

Q: What has Eighty-eight keys but can’t open a single door?

A: A piano
 

Q: A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

A: None of them, because you can’t get a banana from a coconut tree!
 

Q: Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?

A: Starting-Staring-String-Sting-Sing-Sin-In-I.
 

Q: What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?

A: A river!

RIDDLES 11

Q:Tuesday, Sam and Peter went to a restaurant to eat lunch. After eating lunch, they paid the bill. But Sam and Peter did not pay the bill, so who did?

A:Their friend, Tuesday.
 

Q: What gets broken without being held?

A: A promise.


Q: What is always coming but never arrives?

A: Tomorrow
 

Q: What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?

A: A Road

RIDDLES 10

Q: What goes up a chimney down but can’t come down a chimney up?

A: an umberella
 

Q: We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it?

A: The letter “E”
 

Q: Mr. Blue lives in the blue house, Mr. Pink lives in the pink house, and Mr. Brown lives in the brown house. Who lives in the white house?

A: The president!
 

Q: They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

A: Stars!
 

Q: How do you make the number one disappear?

A: Add the letter G and it’s “GONE”
 

Q; What goes up but never comes down?

A: Your age!

RIDDLES 9

Q: How many months have 28 days?

A: All 12 months!
 

Q: A frog jumped into a pot of cream and started treading. He soon felt something solid under his feet and was able to hop out of the pot. What did the frog feel under his feet?

A: The frog felt butter under his feet, because he churned the cream and made butter.
 

Q: A horse is on a 24 foot chain and wants an apple that is 26 feet away. How can the horse get to the apple?

A: The chain is not attached to anything.
 

Q: If a blue house is made out of blue bricks, a yellow house is made out of yellow bricks and a pink house is made out of pink bricks, what is a green house made of?

A: Glass

RIDDLES 8

Q: You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?

A: You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer line.


Q: What has one eye but cannot see?

A: A needle



Q: A man leaves home and turns left three times, only to return home facing two men wearing masks. Who are those two men?

A: A Catcher and Umpire.


Q: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

A: Neither, they both weigh one pound!

RIDDLES 7

Q: You walk into a room with a match, a karosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

A: The match.




Q: A man was driving his truck. His lights were not on. The moon was not out. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. How did he see her?

A: It was a bright and sunny day!




Q: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

A: A palm!




Q: If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?

A: There is no smoke, it’s an electric train!

RIDDLES 6

Q: A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?

A: The house is on the north pole, so the bear is white.
 
 
Q: What is at the end of a rainbow?

A: The letter W!


Q: What is as light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold it for more than a minute?

A: His breath!


Q: What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?

A: A teapot!


Q: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

A: Silence.

RIDDLES 5

Q: If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A: A Secret.



Q: Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I?
A: EMPTY


Q: What has hands but can not clap?
A: A clock


Q: What can you catch but not throw?
A: A cold.

RIDDLES 4

Q: Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?

A: Corn on the cob, because you throw away the husk, cook and eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.





Q: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

A: Short
 

Q: What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

A: A stamp!


Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

A: The letter M


Q: What has 4 eyes but can’t see?

A: Mississippi

RIDDLES 3

A dad and his son were riding their bikes and crashed. Two ambulances came and took them to different hospitals. The man’s son was in the operating room and the doctor said, “I can’t operate on you. You’re my son.”  How is that possible?

A: The doctor is his mom!


Q: What goes up when rain comes down?

A: An umbrella!






Q: What is the longest word in the dictionary?

A: Smiles, because there is a mile between each ‘s’




Q: If I drink, I die. If i eat, I am fine. What am I?

A: A fire!

RIDDLES 2

Q: I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A: A candle




Q: Mary’s father has 5 daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughters name?
A: If you answered Nunu, you are wrong. It’s Mary!


Q: How can a pants pocket be empty and still have something in it?
A: It can have a hole in it.


Q: In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink!
What color were the stairs?
A: There weren’t any stairs, it was a one story house!

RIDDLES 1

Q: What has a foot but no legs?
A: A snail



Q: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
A: Nothing


Q: What comes down but never goes up?
A: Rain