Classic Riddles
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Question: What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: Piano
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: What has cities but no houses, forests, or rivers?
Answer: Map
Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: Globe
Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Logic Puzzles
Question: A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
Answer: Time to go to bed (sons are given "cents" to indicate it's bedtime)
Question: You see a house with two doors. One door leads to certain death and the other door leads to freedom. There are two guards, one in front of each door. One guard always tells the truth and the other always lies. You don't know which guard is in front of which door. You can ask one guard one question to determine which door leads to freedom. What question do you ask?
Answer: If I were to ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say? (Then choose the opposite door)
Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Question: A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
Answer: An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Question: A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?
Answer: He was playing Monopoly
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Question: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
Question: A plane crashes on the border of the United States and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
Answer: You don't bury survivors
Question: What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: Piano
Question: What can be swallowed but can also swallow you?
Answer: Pride
Math Riddles
Question: I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (take away the 's', it becomes 'even')
Question: If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
Answer: Two (you took two apples, so you have them)
Question: I am an even number. Take away one letter, and I become odd. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (take away the 's', it becomes 'even')
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
Answer: 194
Question: I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is half of my tens digit, and my tens digit is two more than my ones digit. What number am I?
Answer: 486
Question: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
Question: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: Map
Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Question: A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
Answer: Time to go to bed (sons are given "cents" to indicate it's bedtime)
Brain Teasers
Question: What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: Piano
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Question: I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
Answer: Cloud
Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: Globe
Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Wordplay Riddles
Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
Answer: Map
Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: Globe
Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Mystery Riddles
Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter 'M'
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead
Question: What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: Piano
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: Map
Tricky Riddles
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Question: What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: Piano
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
Answer: Globe
Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: Echo
Animal Riddles
Question: I have a long neck, a name of a bird, but I'm not alive. What am I?
Answer: A bottle
Question: What has a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
Question: What has a heart that doesn't beat?
Answer: Artichoke
Question: I have wings but I'm not a bird. I can swim but I'm not a fish. I can soar through the sky or dive into the sea. What am I?
Answer: A seagull