346 riddles with hints and detailed explanations
I cannot be burned in fire nor drowned in water. What am I?
You use me from your head to toe. The more I work, the thinner I grow. What am I?
I can be the book one can never finish reading. What am I?
I drive men mad for love of me, easily beaten, never free. What am I?
A women and daughter walked into a restaurant. A man walked past and the women both said, "Hello, Father". How is this possible?
What has thousands of ears but can't hear anything?
Although glory but not at my best. Power will fall to me finally, when the man who made me is dead. What am I?
Although I may have eyes, I cannot see. I have a round brown face with lots of acne. What am I?
I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay, you may move toward me, yet distant I'll stay....
Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I am hurt. What am I?
What has everything inside it? Everything you can imagine. Even God, wind, world, sky, heaven, earth and everything that comes to...
Alone I am 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean. What am I?
I am as simple as a circle, worthless as a leader but when I follow a group, their strength increases tenfold. By myself I'm pract...
Take me with you and I'll lead you anywhere. Flip me around and I'll annoy you.
I can go through glass without breaking it. What am I?
Lucy had it first, Ethel had it last, Mary Lungel had it twice until she married Peter Stern and never had it again. What was it?
Red and orange, blue and green, touching brothers yellow and white. The final solution is always in sight. Yet only by minds sharp...
You have two dogs. How can you give one away, yet keep both?
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
I always follow my brother, although very different we are. You can see him, but not me. You can hear me, but not him. What am I?
I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can also find me in a calendar. What am I?
I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, and I love to play g...
I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep, for mystery most often lies beneath my sim...
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready....