535 easy riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
Kings and queens may cling to power and the jester's got his call, But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?
What does man love more than life Fear more than death or mortal strife What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented m...
There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what ha...
It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?
You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?
I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, Will soon turn red
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be!
You heard me before, yet you hear me again, Then I die, untill you call me again.
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?
There is a boat with a ladder attached to it, the ladder is eight feet tall. If the water rises four feet how much of the ladder w...
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with th...
A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.
I live in water If you cut my head I'm at your door, If you cut my tail I'm fruit, If you cut both I'm with you What am I?
Every dawn begins with me At dusk I'll be the first you see And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about Daise...
I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some mone...
What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?