Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

A blue house has blue bricks; a yellow house has a yellow bricks. What is a green house made of?

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

I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?

What can you catch but not throw?

What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

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...

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?

Why are manholes round instead of square?

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

What is at the end of a rainbow?

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

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...

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