Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?

Which letter of the alphabet can you add four letters to without changing its pronunciation?

I have an eye but cannot see. I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs. What am I?

There is a chain nailed to the wall. The chain is 10 feet long and the centre of the chain dips down 5 feet from where each side o...

Why are manholes round instead of square?

Whoever makes it, tells it not; whoever takes it, knows it not; and whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?

What gets broken without being held?

Mr. Smith has two children. If the older child is a boy, what are the odds that the other child is also a boy?

In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?

How can you make the following true by changing a single line? 5+5+5=550

In the fathers will, he states that his sons must race their horse, and the son with the slowest horse will receive the fathers en...

Two fathers and their two sons go fishing together. They each catch one fish to take home with them. They do not lose any fish, an...

A man rides into an inn on Friday, stays for three nights and rides out again on Saturday. How can this be?

We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking wes...

A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?

What is at the end of a rainbow?

I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

What can you catch but not throw?

A boy and his father are involved in a traffic accident, and the father dies. The boy is rushed to hospital, suffering from injuri...

What walks on four legs in the morning; two legs at midday; and three legs in the evening?

Why can't a man living in California be legally buried in New York (even if it's left as an instruction in his will)?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?