49 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
Why does an Elephant drink more water in January than February?
Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fea...
What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?
Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
2 men and a boy started a never ending race. One of the men can run super fast while the other man can run way faster than the boy...
A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
What is always slow to come, but never actually happens?
Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more still I stand, the quicker I run. What am I?
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon The oldest one is fat and short And trudges slowly on The middle brother'...
Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.
What falls, but never breaks? What Breaks, but never falls?
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this ter...
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet, try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll...
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
If you were standing directly on the south pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yest...
What kind of dog keeps the best time?
What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?
If two hours ago, it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would i...
I have a face, two arms, and two hands, yet I can not move. I count to twelve, yet I can not speak. I can still tell you something...
I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?