Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

What can you share and still have all for yourself?

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...

What is often returned but never borrowed?

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

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

Which ring is square?

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

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?

Samuel said, "I wish yesterday was tomorrow so that today would be Friday." What day did Samuel say this on?

I ate one and threw away two. What is it?

I am the son of your grandmother and grandfather but not your uncle. Who am I?

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

I only point in one direction, but I guide people around the world. What am I?

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

Alone I am 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean. What am I?

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...

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

I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay, you may move toward me, yet distant I'll stay....

You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?

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....

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

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