Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

There are two planes. One is going from New York to London at a speed of 600 MPH. The other is travelling from London to New York...

What can you catch but not throw?

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...

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

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

If you throw me out the window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but through the door, You'll see someone giving life....

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...

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

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

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

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

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

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

What disappears the moment you say its name?

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

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 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)?

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...

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

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

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