Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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

There has just been a heavy snowfall, Jeff goes out side and finds that there is twice as much snow in his garden as his neighbor'...

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I?

A man who lived on the top floor of a twenty story building had to go up and down daily for work, and of course, for food and the...

I have existed for centuries, but last only a month. What am I?

You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?

Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?

The things I bite, they don't bleed, I don't bite until you push me; I bring my victims together each time I bite, But they'll com...

If a papa bull eats three bales of hay and a baby bull eats one bale, how much hay will a mama bull eat?

A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a beard. Who is this man?

Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?

A smooth dance, a ball sport, a place to stay, an Asian country, and a girl's name. What's her name?

No matter how much rain comes down on it it won't get any wetter. What is it?

What did Adam say the day before Christmas?

What four-legged animal can jump higher than a house

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

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 demands an answer, but asks no question?

Why didn't the monster eat the crazy person?

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

You can't see me, but I can see you; To be more specific, I see through. What am I?

What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs