Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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?

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...

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

A man is in a maze, suddenly the power shuts off. He walks on and it gets colder and colder. He comes to a set of doors numbered 1...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, Atop a tender strand, Rising from the land, 'Til killed by maiden's hand, Perhaps...

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

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...

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...

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

A flight from New York, carrying people from America, Canada and France was heading towards Glasgow Airport. Suddenly as the plane...

A man wants to enter an exclusive club, but he doesn't know the password. Another man walks to the door and the doorman says 12, t...

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