Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?

Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?

There was once a soldier who had a brother that was wounded in battle. But the wounded man did not have a brother. How could that...

You have lost me a million times, yet you still have me. I am always at your side. What am I?

Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

No matter how hard you try, I can open what you can't. If it wasn't for me, on your front porch you would stand. What am I?

There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls tha...

It takes one word to separate them; otherwise they are inseparable. What are they?

What is it that you should keep after giving it to someone else?

What has no content, yet you can see it?

Two dogs are sitting on a porch -- a fat dog and a thin dog. The little dog is the son of the fat dog, but the fat dog is not the...

I am what most people fear, I can strike without warning for I cannot be stopped. Everyday I do things to people that rip apart th...

Mr. Mark went to the market with his dog. He rode on a horse to the market, Yet walked. The horse's name was Victory and the dog w...

In British Columbia you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

A monkey, a squirrel and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel o...

Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?

What makes my left hand, my right hand?

When was the latest year that is the same upside down?

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?

What can be opened but cannot be closed?

There are 12 kids in a classroom. 6 kids are wearing socks and 4 are wearing shoes. 3 kids are wearing both. How many are bare fee...

I can be the book one can never finish reading. What am I?

What is drawn by everyone without a pen or pencil?

I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by tool, but built by hearts and minds. What am I?