Riddles
1 Hour
A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
Daughter
A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?
Song
At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep.
Wisdom
Born of sorrow, grows with age, you need a lot to be a sage.
My son
Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?
Time
Devours birds beasts trees flowers. Knaws iron. Bites steel. Grinds hard stones to meal. Slays kings. Ruins town. Beats high mountain down.
Eraser
Even though I'm far from the point, I don't make mistakes. I fix yours.
All of them
How many months have 28 days?
2
How many sides does a circle have?
Eye
I am a window, I am a lamp. I am clouded, I am shining. I am coloured, set in white. I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but have no words.
Net
I am only useful when I am full, yet I am always full of holes.
Stranger
I am some one you don't know. Who am I?
Balloon
I am something that floats. But after time I fall.
Coin
I am two-faced but bear only one face. I have no legs but travel widely. Men spill much blood over me. Kings leave their imprint upon me. I have greatest power when given away, yet lust for me keeps me locked away.
Eyelash
I am used to bat with, yet i never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet never thrown.
Hole
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter.
Joke
I can be cracked. I can be made. I can be told. I can be played.
Music
I can be fun and sad. I can be fast and slow. I get louder and I get softer. And I am created by great geniuses.
Lie
I can be told and can make you crazy. Most people don't like me and think I'm harmful.
Metronome
I count time, but have no end. Tick, tick, but I am not a clock.
Kite
I fly in the air without engines and am controlled by a person on the ground.
Ditch
I grow longer when cut at both ends.
Glasses
I have a frame but no picture. I have poles but not standing up.
Pastor/priest
I have married many women but I am not married.
Blood
I run cold and hot, I look blue but am red.
Funeral
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?
Photographer
I shoot people, then blow them up.
Breath
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute.
Mirror
If you drop me, I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back.
Secret
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me.
Bullet
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back.
Death
It alleviates all pain. The final end of all tomorrows. That to which we all must go. Rich, or poor, high or low.
Lie
It can be sweet on the tongue, or vile as a curse. To hear it is evil. To believe it is worse.
Darkness
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first, and follows after, ends life, kills laughter.
Forgiveness
It may only be given, not taken or bought. What the sinner desires, but the saint does not.
Bridge
Man walks over, man walks under. In times of war he burns asunder.
Comb
Metal or bone I may be. Many teeth I have and always bared. Yet my bite harms no one, and ladies delight in my touch.
Frisbee
Most people love to use me. You make me glide through the air. Even your dog loves me.
Candle
My life is measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, i am quick; I am slow. Wind is my foe.
Tongue
Often held but not touched. Always wet, never rust. Often bites, seldom bit. Use me well you must have wit.
Birthday
One time every year, there is a very special day. Few people celebrate on the same day. Everyone celebrates in a different way.
Iron
Ripped from my mother's womb. Beaten and burned, I become a blood thirsty killer.
Death
Some try to hide from me, some try to cheat me, but time will show that we always will meet.
Their nose
Something that everybody tends to overlook no matter how careful he is.
History
Sometimes I am liked. Sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old. Usually I am dated.
Match
Tear one off and scratch my head. What once was red is black instead.
Mercury
The higher I climb, the hotter I engage. I cannot escape from my crystal cage.
Darkness
The more you have of it, the less you see.
Footsteps
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
3
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
Teeth
Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.
Bridge
To cross the water I'm the way, for water I'm above; I touch it not, and truth to say, I neither swim.
Riddle/Code
To unravel me, you need a simple key. No key made by locksmith's hand, but a key that only I will understand.
Today
Tomorrow's yesterday. Yesterday's tomorrow.
Hourglass
Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more I stand still the faster I run.
Time
Until I am measured, I am not known, yet how you miss me when I have flown.
Gloves
We have no flesh, feather and bone, yet we still have fingers and thumbs of our own.
Boat
Weight in my belly. Trees on my back. Nails in my ribs. Feet do I lack.
Needle
What always works with something in its eye?
A cold
What can you catch but not throw?
Temper
What can you lose that will cause other people to lose theirs too?
Shoe
What comes in many different sizes but is always only 1 foot long?
Noise
What do people make that you can't see?
Anchor
What do you throw out to use and take in when you're done?
Parents
What does a child have that God does not?
Their name
What does every man have, some longer or shorter than others and they give it to their wife when they get married?
Nothing
What doesn't exist, but has name?
Towel
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Blackboard
What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?
Stamp
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Mankind
What goes on four feet, two feet, and three, but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it be?
Roads
What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
Age
What goes up but never comes down?
Umbrellas
What goes up when rain comes down?
Coin
What has a head and a tail, but can never see its tail?
Table
What has four legs, but can't walk?
Piano
What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?
Doughnut
What has no beginning, end or middle?
Clock
What has two hands but no arms?
Wedding ring
What holds two people together but touches only one?
Voice
What instrument can you hear but never see?
Window
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Trouble
What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
Nothing
What is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you will die.
Teeth
What is in your body for free the first and the second time, but the third time you have to buy yourself?
Your name
What is it that was given to you, that still belongs to you, that you have never lent to anyone, but is used by all people you know.
Red paint
What is red but it smells like a blue paint?
Silence
What is that you will break every time you name it?
Death
What is unwanted and eternal, though for some people, an escape?
Doughnut
What kind of a nut has a hole?
Fence
What runs around a house but doesn't move?
Charcoal
What's black when get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?
Glove
When I'm full, I point the way. When I'm empty, nothing moves me. I have two skins, one without, and one within.
Hope
When light is dim and courage fails. When heart against adversity rails. When it seems you'll never see the dawn, this alone can drive you on.
Barber
Who can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard?
Beard
Women don't have and don't want it. Men get it but sometimes they try to get rid of it.
Mirror
You can see nothing else when you look in my face. I will look you in the eye, and I will never lie.
Lawsuit
You do not want to have me, but when you have me, you do not want to lose me.
Eyelid
You see me a lot, especially at night. I protect something special. Many shut me in fright.
Soap
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.
