Riddles
Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it?
'Just one word'.
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A Penny.
What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, But cannot see?
A die (dice).
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
A fence.
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
A hole.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?
A piano.
I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?
A sponge!
What goes up but never comes down?
Age.
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Because it has Greece at the bottom.
What do you call two witches who live together?
Broom mates!
What did the baseball glove say to the ball?
Catch you later.
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal.
David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
David
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Gloves
A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible?
His Horse was called Sunday!
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more; As your time passes, I'm not easy to store; I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?
Memories.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest.
What 7 letter word is spelled the same way backwards and forwards?
Race car.
Which part of a road do Ghost's love to travel the most?
The Dead End.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustard's in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
There was the father, his son, and his son's son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
This man is bald!
Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Water.
You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
What stairs? You live in a one story house.
When is a doctor most annoyed?
When he is out of patients.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
When you are a mouse.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?
Your Breath.
What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.
Your finger.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Your name.
