Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then exclaims rather cryptically: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but tha...

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

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

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

Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?

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...

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

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

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...

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?

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...

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

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...

What disappears the moment you say its name?

What is at the end of a rainbow?

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?