Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I always follow my brother, although very different we are. You can see him, but not me. You can hear me, but not him. What am I?

I am constantly overlooked by everybody but everybody has me. What am I?

It turns into a different story. What is it?

An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The longer the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?

At noon and at midnight, the long and short hands of a clock are together. Between noon and midnight, how many times does the long...

I appear once in summer and twice in autumn, but never in winter. What am I?

Lucy had it first, Ethel had it last, Mary Lungel had it twice until she married Peter Stern and never had it again. What was it?

I am found in the sea and on land but I do not walk or swim. I travel by foot but I am toeless. No matter where I go, I'm never fa...

There are several different kinds but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What is it?

What is often returned but never borrowed?

You have two dogs. How can you give one away, yet keep both?

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

All roses are flowers. Some flowers fade quickly. Therefore some roses fade quickly. True of False?

What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

I am as simple as a circle, worthless as a leader but when I follow a group, their strength increases tenfold. By myself I'm pract...

Of the king I am blue and of the peasant I am red. Of the frog I am cold and of the dog I am hot instead. What am I?

What has everything inside it? Everything you can imagine. Even God, wind, world, sky, heaven, earth and everything that comes to...

Red and orange, blue and green, touching brothers yellow and white. The final solution is always in sight. Yet only by minds sharp...

Under pressure is the only way I work, and by myself is the only way I am hurt. What am I?

What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth?

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I've been used by almost everybody....

I'm an old relative who's hands can't hold anything and eyes can't see anything. What am I?

The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?