Section: «Riddles with Answers»
A riddle is a short description of an object or phenomenon, often in poetic form, containing an intricate task in the idea of an explicit (direct) or implied (hidden) question. The content of riddles reflects a person's life. The world around him: living and inanimate nature, phenomena of reality, objects of labor and everyday life, and more.
Riddle: My head and tail both equal are, My middle slender as a bee. Whether I stand on head or heel Is quite the same to you or me. But if my head..
Riddle: There is a bus full of people travelling to San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other..
Riddle: Why does a miller wear a white hat?Answer: To keep his head warm.
Riddle: Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man?Answer: Because it is in firm (infirm).
Riddle: Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his older twin brother, Paul, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?Answer:..
Riddle: Three cars had driven into a parking lot at the same time, and the three drivers left them all for the attendant to park. Unfortunately, he..
Riddle: I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her. How old are we now?Answer: I am 40 and my daughter is..
Riddle: When I am filled I can point the way, When I am empty nothing moves me, I have two skins, one without and one within. What am I?Answer: I am..
Riddle: An officer wishing to arrange his men in a solid square found by his first arrangement that he had 39 men left over. He then started..
Riddle: John was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock, and set it for noon the next day. Since John..
Riddle: Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are..
Riddle: What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?Answer: Silence.
Riddle: What kind of can never needs a can-opener?Answer: A pelican!
Riddle: Some say we are red, some say we are green. Some play us, some spray us. What are we?Answer: Pepper.
Riddle: Find the four digit number in which the first digit is one fourth of the last digit, the second digit is 6 times the first digit, and the..
Riddle: Here on Earth, it's always true, that a day follows a day. But there is a place where yesterday always follows today! Where?Answer: In a..
Riddle: I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a word; my first is an article in common use; my second, an animal of uncommon intelligence;..
Riddle: It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is..
Riddle: I can trap many different things and colors, ever-changing, not boring. Look closely and you may find yourself also caught in my trap. What..
Riddle: A certain number has three digits. The sum of the three digits equals 36 times this number. Seven times the left digit plus 9 is equal to 5..
Riddle: My first is a part of the day, My last a conductor of light, My whole to take measure of time, Is useful by day and by night. What am..
Riddle: A man buys a rope from a woman for $3.00 and hands the woman a $10 bill. The woman goes into the grocery store next door to get change. She..
Riddle: A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick..
Riddle: When I left, I didn't know where I was going; when I got there, I didn't know where I was; when I returned, I didn't know where I had been...
Riddle: Round as a button, Deep as a well. If you want me to talk, You must first pull my tail. What am I?Answer: A bell.