Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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?

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?

What language does a billboard speak?

What do you call a 100-year-old ant?

What always goes up when it rains?

A man murders his wife with a knife in their car. Nobody is around to see this. He throws her out of the car being careful not to...

If 3 cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes, how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats?

Dean Sam and Castiel are three brothers. Interestingly their current age is prime. What's more interesting that difference betwee...

A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If...

At your wedding, you are introduced to your new partner's mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. What do you call this w...

Jodie's mother has 3 children, April, May and what is the third child's name?

A six foot tall magician holds a water glass atop his head, He brings it forward then let's it fall to the ground, When it hits...

An interesting formula for generating a good many (but not all) primes is n2 + n + 41. If we plug in consecutive integers 1, 2, 3,...

A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his de...

Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she t...

What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 numbers - just 2 numbers, no other mathematical symbols?

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the followi...

You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a carrot, a pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana.Which animal in the room is t...

An old lady forgets her drivers licence at home. She travels down a one way street the wrong way. She does not stop at stop signs,...

You want to hire a temporary employee for one month. You offer him reasonable wages, but the employee suggests an alternative. For...