Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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

A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers an...

Fifteen decades by a tree Cryptically expresses me - A garment worn in times of old, Five letters long, I keep out cold.

Besides NME, which other three letters can be used to express "enemy"?

What gets tighter when stretched?

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 train pulls in alongside a crowded platform. It is precisely on schedule. The train is not full, and yet nobody boards it. All t...

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

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

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?

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

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...

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

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

A room has four corners. Each corner has one cat. Each cat sees 3 cats. how many cats are there in the room?

There is a house. A person enters this house blind but exits it seeing. What is it?

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

In a closely contested race, the judges call for a photo finish to determine the winner. It becomes clear that Alfonso crossed the...

I talk, but I do not speak my mind I hear words, but I do not listen to thoughts When I wake, all see me When I sleep, all hear me...

Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?

What three letters change a girl into a woman?

Who is silent in the parliament?