Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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 taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I've been used by almost everybody....

When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?

It turns into a different story. What is it?

You have two dogs. How can you give one away, yet keep both?

What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth?

All roses are flowers. Some flowers fade quickly. Therefore some roses fade quickly. True of False?

I have no bed to sleep nor do I have a palace to live. I don't have a single penny with me, but still I am known to be a king. Who...

I ate one and threw away two. What is it?

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?

There is one in every corner and two in every room. What am I?

Red and orange, blue and green, touching brothers yellow and white. The final solution is always in sight. Yet only by minds sharp...

Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?

What is often returned but never borrowed?

I can go through glass without breaking it. What am I?

I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?

What can you share and still have all for yourself?

Take me with you and I'll lead you anywhere. Flip me around and I'll annoy you.

A sundial is the type of timepiece that has the fewest moving parts. What type of timepiece has the most moving parts?

I am constantly overlooked by everybody but everybody has me. What am I?

Samuel said, "I wish yesterday was tomorrow so that today would be Friday." What day did Samuel say this on?

First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the l...

"Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." (Judges 14:14)

What's brown and sounds like a bell?