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: If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?Answer: The same three cats..
Riddle: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie..
Riddle: How can you physically stand behind your friend as he physically stands behind you?Answer: By standing back to back.
Riddle: I dig out tiny caves and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you..
Riddle: What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?Answer: Eat and Ate.
Riddle: What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000?Answer: One hundred - work backwards and you will..
Riddle: What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?Answer: Carpet.
Riddle: A beggar's brother died, but the man who died had no brother. How could this be?Answer: The beggar was a woman.
Riddle: When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to..
Riddle: How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?Answer: A dozen, although you probably said four.
Riddle: There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first..
Riddle: There is a green house. Inside the green house, there is a white house Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red house..
Riddle: I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial..
Riddle: At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?Answer: The stars.
Riddle: Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?Answer: The..
Riddle: What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?Answer: A yardstick.
Riddle: What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth?Answer: A Mirror.
Riddle: What is the difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?Answer: One is stocking his mind, while the other is..
Riddle: What stays where it is when it goes off?Answer: A Gun.
Riddle: Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?Answer: A Turtle.
Riddle: What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?Answer: Salt.
Riddle: What always goes to bed with shoes on?Answer: A Horse.
Riddle: Different lights do make me strange, thus into different sizes, I will change. What am I?Answer: I am the pupil of an eye.
Riddle: A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to..
Riddle: When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?Answer: Fleas.