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 the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow?
One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number. What is the pattern?
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
A group of campers have been on vacation so long, that they've forgotten the day of the week. The following conversation ensues. Darryl: What's the day? I don't think it is Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Tracy: Well that doesn't narrow it down much. Yesterday was Sunday. Melissa: Yesterday wasn't Sunday, tomorrow is Sunday. Ben: The day after tomorrow is Saturday. Adrienne: The day before yesterday was Thursday. Susie: Tomorrow is Saturday. David: I know that the day after tomorrow is not Friday. If only one person's statement is true, what day of the week is it?
When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?
A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of green grass. What am I?
A horse is tied to a five-meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible?
What day would yesterday be if Thursday was four days before the day after tomorrow?
Which word is the odd one out: Seventy, Brawl, Clover, Proper, Carrot, Swing, Change, Travel, Sacred, Stone?
I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?
Some try to hide, some try to cheat; but time will show, we always will meet. What am I?
What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you?
All of Mrs. Smith's pets are dogs except one, and all her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does she have?
If a chicken says, "All chickens are liars". Is the chicken telling the truth?
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?