Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

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

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

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

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...

Which ring is square?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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?