Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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

Is an older one-hundred dollar bill worth more than a newer one?

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

What is at the end of a rainbow?

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...

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

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

If 1+9+8=1, what is 2+8+9?

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

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...

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of a...

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...

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?

What disappears the moment you say its name?

Two sisters are we, one is dark and one is fair In twin towers dwelling we're quite the pair One from land and one from sea Tell u...

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?

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000?

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

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...

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