Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

In what year did Christmas and New Year fall on the same year?

A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep does he have left?

When the postman arrived at the Smith home to deliver mail through a slot in the front door, he was surprised to find the Smiths h...

What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, and THIRSTY have in common?

An intelligent trader travels from one place to another with 3 sacks having 30 coconuts each. No sack can hold more than 30 coconu...

There's a place in the world where the wind blows south then suddenly north. Where is it?

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

What word has 5 letters but is pronounced like only one letter?

If three men can chop down three trees in three hours, how many men will it take to chop down six trees in six hours?

An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents. How much is a pear?

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

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...

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall...

Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of them is dead. The other man has his pack open, and the man who is dead ha...

If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to gr...

What falls but never breaks?

Suppose there are twin brothers, one which always tells the truth and one which always lies. (So in this case they both know what...

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?

What has one head, one foot and four legs?

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

I am free the first time and second time, but the third time is going to cost you money. What am I?

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

I cannot be burned in fire nor drowned in water. What am I?

Where does success come before work?