Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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...

The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?

What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?

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...

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I...

To unravel me You need a simple key, No key that was made By locksmith's hand, But a key that only I Will understand.

The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. W...

I look flat, but I am deep, Hidden realms I shelter. Lives I take, but food I offer. At times I am beautiful. I can be calm, angry...

The world's tallest skyscraper took seven years to build. Each year the workmen were able to double its height. How many years did...

A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $600 for it and he is very content with this strong animal. After a year the value of t...

You have a 5 gallon bucket, a 3 gallon bucket, and a hose to fill them up. You need to get 4 gallons. You have no means of measuri...

Jack is a farmer and owns some chickens. One day, he took a basket of fresh eggs to the market to sell. The first person bought h...

I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much t...

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"....

A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the...

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

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

Carol is traveling by ship from south of the equator to the north. She has a nice little second class cabin which has a bathroom,...

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

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...

Before any changes I'm a garlic or spice. My first is altered and I'm a hand-warming device. My second is changed and I'm trees in...