Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I'm teary-eyed but never cry. Silver-tongued, but never lie. Double-winged, but never fly. Air-cooled, but never dry. What am I?

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,...

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

One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy. What is the weight of one brick?

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...

What has four eyes but can't see?

Question: If you randomly choose one of the following answers to this question, what is your chance of getting it right? A) 50% B...

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 is in an area where blue-backed frogs are quite common. He finds one and it then begins to rain quite hard, to which he bec...

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

A natural state, I'm sought by all. Go without me, and you shall fall. In times past you'd me when you spend, and use me when you...

If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at t...

A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?

There were two men walking around on a deserted island with no food or water. One of the men got so hungry that he killed and ate...

What needs to be broken before it can be used?

What is always slow to come, but never actually happens?

Simon Simpleton was born in London, England. His mother was Welsh and his father Scottish. When Simon was eight his mother died. W...

Which word in the English language is most frequently spelled wrong?

A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed.

Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the poin...

A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?

Where can one stand up straight, but still be considered sideways?

Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), o...

There are nine metal dice. 1 die is slightly lighter than the other 8. If you had a balance scale and only two attempts, how could...