Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

You will find 206 inside adult human bodies. Together they're a skeleton. Ligaments connect all of these. What are they?

A family had a chicken coop for their one dozen egg-producing hens. A terrible storm killed all but eight chickens. How many chick...

I have five little workers, busy all day. They help you grab and hold things your way. What am I?

What can be measured, but has no length, width, or height?

A man hijacks a plane with 8 passengers and valuable cargo. He takes the cargo and demands nine parachutes. He puts on one and jum...

What two periodic elements, when combined, heal?

No legs have I to dance, no lungs have I to breathe, no life have I to live or die, and yet I do all three. What am I?

A dead body is found outside a multistory building. The detective goes to the first floor, walks to the window facing the body, op...

A man died and went to heaven where there were millions of people. Everyone was naked and looked as they did at age 21. He saw a c...

Two friends ordered the same drink. One drank hers fast, finishing five drinks in the time it took the other to finish one. The dr...

Alexander is stranded on an island covered in forest. Lightning strikes the west end and starts a fire. The wind blows east, drivi...

A man lived on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he took the elevator down to the ground floor. When he returned, he took t...

A woman on trial for killing her husband claims she's innocent. Her lawyer announces that the husband will walk through the courtr...

An evening there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of th...

A man who lives in a fifty-story building decides to jump out of his window. He survives with no injuries. How?

A detective finds a coded message at a crime scene: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718. There are 3 suspects: Bill, John, and Todd. Who is...

Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. What is it?

What has a Heart but no other organs?

These are a part of your body. Sometimes they're large, sometimes they're little. They're white and they can be broken, and in som...

A serial killer gave each of five victims two pills and a glass of water. He told each to take one pill, warning that one was pois...

When the son of the water returns to the parent, it dies. What is it?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always...

I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night. What am I?