Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

When do we say "ten" if we look at 2?

We hurt without moving. And poison without touching. We bear truth and lies, But are not judged by size. What are we?

Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying, Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.

What is the next letter in the series below, and why? B, C, D, E, G, P

A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought...

I am up when you are not. I am cold when you are hot. What am I?

I drape the hills in white. I do not swallow, but I sure do bite. What am I?

What kind of table can you eat?

An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in hig...

What is the first thing you see in an emergency that is also something you only see twice in a lifetime?

Pointing to a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the man?

A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?

I occur twice in eternity, and I'm always within sight. What am I?

Can you name the largest number that can be written with four 1's?

Which letter comes next in the series: S, M, H, D, W, M?

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...

Who is silent in the parliament?

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

What's brown and sounds like a bell?

A harp has four of something, whilst a guitar has six of them. What are we talking about?

What we caught, we threw away. We kept what we didn't catch. What was it that we kept?

Why is a raven like a writing desk? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter

An archaeologist unearths a coin bearing the inscription "57BC". How does he instantly know that it's a forgery?

I fall but I never get back up I'm unique but I'm not a fingerprint I'm sometimes part of a ball but I'm not leather If I get w...