Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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

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

There is a boat with a ladder attached to it, the ladder is eight feet tall. If the water rises four feet how much of the ladder w...

On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with th...

A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?

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 am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

When you went into the woods you got me. You hated me yet you wanted to find me. You went home with me cause you couldn't find me...

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

What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

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

I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some mone...

Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon The oldest one is fat and short And trudges slowly on The middle brother'...

Every dawn begins with me At dusk I'll be the first you see And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about Daise...

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...

It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

Soft and fragile is my skin, I get my growth in mud I'm dangerous as much as pretty, for if not careful, I draw blood.

I drift forever with the current down these long canals they've made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Befo...

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up...

There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what ha...

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...

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

Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it's cold In warmth I wear an emerald glove And in between I dress in gold