Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name. What is the ma...

What did the thief get for stealing the calendar?

A butcher has a 36 inch waist around, and he is 5 feet tall. What does he weigh?

My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing...

A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parro...

What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?

John bets Tom $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tom agrees, but loses the bet. Why did To...

Marble walls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk, in a fountain crystal clear, a golden apple will appear, there is...

What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?

What demands an answer, but asks no question?

Why didn't the monster eat the crazy person?

I fly when I am born, lie when I'm alive, and run when I am dead What am I?

If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am I?

Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule,...

What did Adam say the day before Christmas?

I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have...

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses....

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my...

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...

Which of Santa's reindeer can you see in outer space?

What does the big tomato say to the small tomato?

A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother. How could that be?

No matter how smart you are, there is one thing you will always overlook, what is it?

Which state can you live in without changing your address?