Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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?

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...

What US state is surrounded by the most water?

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...

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 has four wheels and flies?

I heard of an invading, vanquishing army sweeping across the land, liquid-quick; conquering everything, quelling resistance. With...

What word doesn't belong in this group? that, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, or chat.

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I ease the maid's life. What am I?

You are standing in front of a room with one light bulb inside of it. You cannot see if it is on or off. Outside the room there ar...

As beautiful as the setting sun, As delicate as the morning dew; An angel's dusting from the stars that can turn the Earth into A...

Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more still I stand, the quicker I run. What am I?

Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, Cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport cons...

Die without me, Never thank me. Walk right through me, never feel me. Always watching, never speaking. Always lurking, never seen.

Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still.

When there is fire in me then I am still cold. When I own your true love's face then you will not see me. To all things I give no...