Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

If half of five was two what would a third of ten be?

What would you father's only sister's sister-in-law be to you?

What grows in grass and shrinks in water.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

What is as light as a feather but impossible to hold for 20 minutes?

What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

A man is writing a letter. The power goes off and he dies. Why?

You see a boat filled with people. You look again, but this time you don't see a single person on the boat. Why? Hint: The boat h...

If an electric train was going north at 100 miles/per hour which way would the smoke blow?

A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters bac...

As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives Each wife had seven sacks Each sack had seven cats Each cat had seven kits...

First tell me who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, give me the sound often heard during t...

A man leaves home. He goes a little ways and turns a corner. He goes a while and turns another corner. Soon, he turns one more cor...

What row of numbers comes next? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221

What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?

A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

In the land of the green glass door there are riddles but no answers, sheets but no blankets, and books but no words. Name somethi...

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...

You came to a fork in the road. One path leads to your destination, the other to a cliff 200 km away. There are two people there s...

Four people come to an old bridge in the middle of the night. The bridge is rickety and can only support 2 people at a time. The p...

What needs to be broken before it can be used?

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

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

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