Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

You can tumble in it, Roll in it, Burn it, Animals eat it, Used to cover floors, Still used beyond stall doors. Freshens whatever...

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

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die

If you toss a coin 10 times and it lands heads up every time, what are the chances it will land heads up if you toss it again?

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the b...

You have two ropes. Each rope takes one hour to burn. These ropes are not identical, nor are they uniform; i.e. it does not necess...

I have a name, but it isn't my name. My face shows signs of age. I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say. I'm born in m...

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who am I?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in port. The bottom rung of the ladder touches the water. The distance between run...

Usain and Mo race one another over 100m. When Usain crosses the finish line, Mo is only at the 90m mark. They agree to have a seco...

There are three light switches outside a room. Inside is a single light bulb, controlled by one of the three switches. You need to...

What can you catch but not throw?

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

What you're looking for ... I'll hide it from you. However if you ask, I'll lead you right through. You're tempted to cross me, an...

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

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

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 gets broken without being held?

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...

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

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)?

The man who makes it doesn't use it; the man who buys it doesn't need it; the man who uses it doesn't know it. What is it?

Which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?