Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?

What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and t...

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

You heard me before, yet you hear me again, Then I die, untill you call me again.

Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust.

What does man love more than life Fear more than death or mortal strife What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented m...

How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?

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...

If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.

There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once...

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Kings and queens may cling to power and the jester's got his call, But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.

Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.

Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

It's true I bring serenity, And hang around the stars But yet I live in misery; You'll find me behind bars With thieves and villai...

What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothi...

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, Will soon turn red

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be!

An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave e...

A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?