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
You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? "What is it?"
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?
There are 10 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?
I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?
Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour on the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
Sometimes I am born in silence, Other times, no. I am unseen, But I make my presence known. In time, I fade without a trace. I harm no one, but I am unpopular with all. What am I?
A time when they are green, a time when they're brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They're perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie, and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby, or Tilly?
Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house is in a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railroad track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?
Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.
I'm not clothes but I cover your body; The more I'm used, the thinner I grow. What am I?
A man was found dead next to a 13-story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor of the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this on each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?
π₯ Hard Riddles
A hundred brothers lie next to each other; Each white and fine - they've only one spine. I am the tongue that lies between two. Remove me to gather their wisdom to you.
For our ambrosia we were blessed, By Jupiter, with a sting of death. Though our might, to some is jest, We have quelled the dragon's breath. Who are we?
What must be in the oven yet cannot be baked? Grows in the heat yet shuns the light of day? What sinks in water but rises with air? Looks like skin, but is fine as hair?
I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
Slayer of regrets, old and new, sought by many, found by few.
I ate one and threw away two.
Kills the bad ones and the sad ones. Tightens to fit, so one size fits.
Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again.
An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive!
Two legs I have, and this will confound, only at rest do they touch the ground. What am I?
A deep well full of knives.
We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.
I cover what is real and hide what is true, But sometimes I bring out the courage in you. What am I?
I'm so simple I only point, Yet I guide people all over the world. What am I?
Goes over all the hills and hollows, Bites hard, but never swallows.
What is that which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it?
Thousands lay up gold within this house, But no man made it. Spears past counting guard this house, But no man wards it.
I cut through evil like a double edged sword, And chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, Through battles fought with heart and mind, Instead of with my gaze. What am I?
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?