535 easy riddles with progressive hints and detailed explanations
I am a strong as ten men Yet ten men cannot stand me up. What am I?
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, a lady's delight.
What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then exclaims rather cryptically: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but tha...
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Two sisters are we, one is dark and one is fair In twin towers dwelling we're quite the pair One from land and one from sea Tell u...
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What gets broken without being held?
If you toss a coin 10 times and it lands heads up every time, what are the chances it will land heads up if you toss it again?
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?
There are two planes. One is going from New York to London at a speed of 600 MPH. The other is travelling from London to New York...
What disappears the moment you say its name?
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in m...
He has married many women, but has never been married. Who am I?
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A boy and his father are involved in a traffic accident, and the father dies. The boy is rushed to hospital, suffering from injuri...
Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die
Which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
Why can't a man living in California be legally buried in New York (even if it's left as an instruction in his will)?
Mr. Smith has two children. If the older child is a boy, what are the odds that the other child is also a boy?
What walks on four legs in the morning; two legs at midday; and three legs in the evening?
What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?
A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the b...