Top Rated Riddles of All Time
What king can you make if you take
the head of a lamb
the middle of a pig
the hind of a buffalo
and the tail of a dragon?
How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number
I’m pleasing to the eye
A tool for many absent of mind
A tapestry of fickle lies
Blind to even the most pensive spies
I’m often the breeder of fervent lust
But I am by far one you shouldn’t trust
A red cap on my head,
a stone in my throat,
if you tell me the answer,
I’ll give you a Groat.
What am I?
Within, I clean all that is bad and is old.
I make juice that’s the colour of gold.
Should I die, a filter machine would you need assembled to replace me
… and beans I resemble.
A golden treasure that never stays;
The coin whose face gives wealth to all.
Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold
are all bought with its shining grace...
And all are more precious than any gleaming metal.
What am I?
A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers and I stick close together until one faces me, and then is pushed away.
An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription “57BC”. How does he instantly know that it’s a forgery?
An archaeologist wishes to send a valuable artifact to a museum. However, he has doubts as to the integrity of the couriers, and fears they will keep the artifact for themselves if they get a chance to see it. He has a box, and a selection of locks and their keys, but he knows that the museum curator will not be able to open any of them. If he sends a key along with the box, the courier is sure to look inside.
What plan do he and the curator devise to ensure that the artifact is safely transported?
Fifteen decades by a tree
Cryptically expresses me
— A garment worn in times of old,
Five letters long, I keep out cold.
A train pulls in alongside a crowded platform. It is precisely on schedule. The train is not full, and yet nobody boards it. All trains that stop at the platform travel to the same destinations. Why then did nobody board the train?
In a closely contested race, the judges call for a photo finish to determine the winner. It becomes clear that Alfonso crossed the line in first place, just ahead of Samuel. None of the judges dispute this, and yet they award the trophy to Frankie, who crossed the line in third place. Alfonso and Samuel have not broken the rules or done anything that might prejudice the judges against them.
So why does Frankie receive the trophy?
Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying,
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last.