RIDDLES
What has many needles, but doesn't sew?
A Christmas tree
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What has one head, one foot and four legs?
A bed
What has words, but never speaks?
A book
I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty?
A chalkboard
What has hands, but can't clap?
A clock
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
What has many teeth, but can't bite?
A comb
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
A glove
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings.
A map
If you drop me I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror
What has one eye, but can't see?
A needle
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
A piano
What has lots of eyes, but can't see?
A potato
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
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What goes up and down but doesn't move?
A staircase
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
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 gets wet while drying?
A towel
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn't a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
Also the letter "e"
What can't talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What begins with an "e" and only contains one letter?
An envelope
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago
It stalks the countryside with ears that can't hear. What is it?
Corn
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day, and night
The day before yesterday I was 21 , and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31 ; today is January 1.
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
Few
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn't get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
I am a word that begins with the letter "i." If you add the letter "a" to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
Isle (add "a" to make "aisle")
What can't be put in a saucepan?
It's lid
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton.
If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five? Nine
Nine
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing
Where does one wall meet the other wall?
On the corner
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they're added or multiplied?
One, two and three
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
The future
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter "e"
What is the end of everything?
The letter "g"
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
The letter "o"
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
The letter "r"
What building has the most stories?
The library
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the painting?
The man's son
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word "not"
There's a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture.
There aren't any—it's a one-story house.
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
Three
A man describes his daughters, saying, "They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two." How many daughters does he have?
Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead
I'm found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens.
Yarn
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
You have two apples.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
