Section: «Riddles with Answers»
A riddle is a short description of an object or phenomenon, often in poetic form, containing an intricate task in the idea of an explicit (direct) or implied (hidden) question. The content of riddles reflects a person's life. The world around him: living and inanimate nature, phenomena of reality, objects of labor and everyday life, and more.
Riddle: How can you make a needle float?Answer: Take a thin piece of tissue paper and place the tissue paper under the needle before putting the..
Riddle: What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world; the swiftest and yet the slowest; the most divisible and the most extended; the..
Riddle: Five baby boomer couples each have one child. Each child is a different age than any of the other children. Each child has a favorite toy..
Riddle: You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer, and a five-minute timer, how can..
Riddle: Lazy Larry agreed to work on a job for his brother-in-law for thirty hours at eight dollars an hour, on the condition that he would forfeit..
Riddle: A wealthy man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money. When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he..
Riddle: The names of three trees are hidden in the sentences below. The letters are in consecutive order. Can you find them? On this farm, we get ham..
Riddle: A wealthy wise old woman feared that her daughter was lazy and as a result rather stupid. When the old woman died, her will stipulated that..
Riddle: My first is a very uncomfortable state, In cold weather it mostly abounds. My second's an instrument formed of hard steel, That will cause..
Riddle: A man bumps into his mathematician friend on the street whom he hasn't seen in 5 years. The man asks the mathematician how old his children..
Riddle: In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?Answer: 14..
Riddle: There is a dead man in the center of a field. He carried with him an unopened package. As he neared the center of the field, he knew he was..
Riddle: An old parchment describes the location of buried treasure: "On the island there are only two trees, A and B, and the remains of a gallows...
Riddle: What word is that to which if you add a syllable, it will make it shorter?Answer: Short.
Riddle: Jordan is leaving from a small town in Wyoming and hiking through the wilderness to a post where he will spend the summer. The hike will take..
Riddle: Which of the following statements are true, and which are false? 1. Only one of the statements is false 2. Exactly two of the statements are..
Riddle: This object can be driven, but has no wheels, and can also be sliced and remain whole. What is it?Answer: A Golf Ball.
Riddle: Julie is going on an extended trip for three weeks. She lives in a remote area where there are frequent electrical power outages which can..
Riddle: How do you send Easter Cards?Answer: By hare mail!
Riddle: Three working women have different careers. If only one of statements 1, 2 and 3 are true, can you tell whether or not Mary is a nurse? 1...
Riddle: A certain large animal lives happily and thrives here on Earth. One day, every single one of these critters is wiped out by a mysterious..
Riddle: At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red, and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and..
Riddle: There is a lamp inside a photography darkroom. When the darkroom door is closed, it is impossible to tell from outside the room whether or..
Riddle: If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the..
Riddle: What is often returned but never borrowed?Answer: Thanks.