Riddles
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
What type of dress can never be worn?
What has 4 eyes but can't see?
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
What always goes to bed with its shoes on?
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Which side of a cat has the most fur?
I have eight to spare and am covered with hair.
What building has the most stories?
What starts with an 'e' but only has a single letter in it?
What ship has no captain but two mates?
The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
What is bought by the yard but is worn by the foot?
What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?
There is a kind of fish that can never swim. What is that?
What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?
What can you catch but not throw?
What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?
What lies in bed, and stands in bed? First white then red. The plumper it gets the better the old women like it?
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?
π§ Brain Riddles
If there are four sheep, two dogs, and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
Five apples are in a basket. How do you divide them among five girls so that each girl gets an apple, but one apple remains in the basket?
An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?
When will water stop running downhill?
What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?
What can run, but never walks; has a mouth, but never talks; has a head, but never weeps; has a bed, but never sleeps?
Which of the following words doesn't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS
I am strong enough to smash ships, but I fear the Sun. What am I?
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
While on my way to St. Ives, I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives. How many were going to St. Ives?
Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she accomplish this?
I always follow you around, everywhere you go at night. I look very bright to people, but I can make the sun dark. I can be in many different forms and shapes. What am I?
A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man. Who Am I?
If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?
You have 5 kids and you have to get them all into a car. Tommy and Timmy are twins but they fight so they can't sit together. Sarah and Sally fight too, so they can't sit together. Max fights with his sisters so he can only sit by his brothers. There are 5 seats side by side and you have to put them in order. How would you seat the kids, so that everyone is happy?
A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
The rungs of a 10-foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers the ladder?
Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in the state of California?
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
π₯ Hard Riddles
The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
What is bought by the yard but is worn by the foot?
With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force it doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What is it?
What has a foot but no leg?
What stinks when living and smells good when dead?
What takes hours to pull off, Is most satisfying when it's done, And requires consent from the person you're doing it to?
What has a big mouth, yet never speaks?
The more you take the more you leave behind.
The virgin gave birth to a child and threw away the blanket.
There is a creature of God whose body is hard; it does not wish to eat unless you strike its head.
I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord.
What do you have when you're sitting down that you don't have when you're standing up?
First you see me in the grass dressed in yellow gay; next I am in dainty white, then I fly away. What am I?
Born of sorrow, grows with age. You need a lot to be a sage. What is it?
Patch upon patch, without any stitches, if you tell me this riddle, I'll give you my breeches.
Some are quick to take it. Others must be coaxed. Those who choose to take it gain and lose the most.
I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I?
No thicker than your finger when it folds. As thick as what it's holding when it holds.
I work hard most every day, Not much time to dance and play, If I could reach what I desire, all like me would now retire. What am I?
Begotten, and born, and dying with noise, The terror of women, and pleasure of boys, Like the fiction of poets concerning the wind, I'm chiefly unruly, when strongest confined.
π‘ Logic Puzzles
If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
What is the last thing you take off before bed?
You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
Once I'm 24. Twice I'm 20. Three times I'm inappropriate. What am I?
I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?
What has a mouth but can't talk?
What month do people sleep the least?
What lives when it eats and dies when it drinks?
You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get on and another 1 get off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off again. How old is the bus driver?
During what month do people sleep the least?
What is heavy forward but not backward?
I am heavy forward but backwards I'm not. What am I?
What can you not eat for breakfast?
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am i?
If you say my name i no longer exist. What am i?
From the beginning of eternity To the end of time and space To the beginning of every end And the end of every place. What am I?