TEDx Riddles and Answers

What do you get if you milk a cow after an earthquake?

Milkshake

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

Mushroom

What is at the end of a rainbow?

The letter 'W'

My rings are not worth much, but they do tell my age. What am I?

Tree

I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall. What am I?

A balloon

What speaks without a mouth, has knowledge without a brain and teaches with no degree?

A book

What has a neck but no head?

A bottle

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

A candle

What's orange and sounds like a parrot?

A carrot

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

The person who buys me doesn't need me, the person who makes me doesn't want me, and the person who uses me can't appreciate me. What am I?

A coffin

What has two faces but only one head?

A coin

I only point in one direction, but I guide people around the world. What am I?

A compass

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

A deck of cards

What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?

A flag

What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not living?

A glove

What can be sliced but still remains whole?

A golf ball

What always goes to sleep with his shoes on?

A horse

What has a big mouth, yet never speaks?

A jar

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

A keyboard

I have seas without water, coast without sand, towns without people, mountains without land. What am I?

A map

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

A match

What has one eye but cannot see?

A needle

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

A palm

I have Eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door? What am I?

A piano

What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

A pillow

What has a head yet it never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but can not walks, and has a bank but not a cent to its name?

A river

What has a tongue but no mouth?

A shoe

I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?

A stamp

With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?

A stapler

What starts with the letter "t", is filled with "t" and ends in "t"?

A teapot

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

A wedding ring

What has three feet but cannot walk?

A yardstick (3 feet in a yard)

What do you break before you use it?

An egg

What starts with an e but only has a single letter in it?

An envelope

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

An onion

What goes up when rain comes down?

An umbrella

One strand dangles. Two strands twist. Three or more can fashion this. What is it?

Braids

No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?

Calendar

I have six faces but not even one body connected, 21 eyes in total but cannot see. What am I?

Dice

Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?

Fire

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 greenhouse made of?

Glass

What can honk without using a horn?

Goose

I'm the son of water but when I return to water, I die Who am I?

Ice

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

Mississippi

My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. Who am I?

Pencil eraser

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

Popcorn

What starts with a 'p', ends with an 'e' and has thousands of letters?

Post Office

What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?

Roads

I have holes, yet I am full of water. What am I?

Sponge

What goes up and down without moving?

Stairs

At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

Stars

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

Telephone

There is one in every corner and two in every room. What am I?

The letter 'O'

What is in the middle of the sky?

The letter 'k'

I am the biggest alphabet, as I contain the most water in the world. Who am I

The letter C

What does December have that other months don't have?

The letter D

What building has the most stories?

The library

What is the center of gravity?

V

The thunder comes before the lightning; the lightning comes before the clouds. The rain dries everything it touches.

Volcano

I travel the world and I am drunk constantly. Who am I?

Water

Which is the most curious letter?

Y ?

I have all the knowledge you have. But I am small as your fist that your hands can hold me. Who am I?

Your brain