Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How m...

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?

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

What needs to be broken before it can be used?

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...

You start with 1000 then add 40 add another 1000 then add 30 add another 1000 then add 20 add one more 1000 then add 10 what is yo...

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?

There are two doors and there is one guard for each door. One door leads to life and the other leads to death. You have only one q...

What US state is surrounded by the most water?

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

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

I am three words, Two of them appear the same, Two are pronounced the same. One is the third person use of "capable" or "permit"....

With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short, I'm quite at ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can't lose...

Some cogs are tigs. All tigs are bons. Some bons are pabs. Some pabs are tigs. Therefore, cogs are definitely pabs. - True or Fal...

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solution...

Down below the shining moon Around the trees, a sacred gloom Running with the midnight sky Knowing that which makes you cry Night...

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house. 1 would cost $.25 12 would cost $.50 122 would cost $.75 When he left...

I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I'm...

We are five little objects of an everyday sort you will find us all in the ladies' court

A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a w...