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: Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take! What is it?Answer: Haste!
Riddle: Some try to hide, and some try to cheat, but time will show, and we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll..
Riddle: What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?Answer: A deck of cards.
Riddle: I was born in the 18th century, yet still live on today. Appearing on TV when I have something to say. Called everything from "honest" to a..
Riddle: My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say...
Riddle: I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?Answer: The castle's shadow.
Riddle: What never gets any wetter, no matter how much it rains?Answer: The sea.
Riddle: While on my way to St. Ives, I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats..
Riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast?Answer: Lunch and dinner.
Riddle: What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?Answer: Pride.
Riddle: If a train was on its way to Florida and it tipped over, where would they bury the survivors?Answer: They wouldn't need to, the survivors are..
Riddle: What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?Answer: The letter M.
Riddle: What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?Answer: A computer keyboard.
Riddle: What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?Answer: A coat of paint.
Riddle: A hundred feet in the air, but it's back is on the ground. What is it?Answer: A centipede flipped over.
Riddle: What is harder to catch the faster you run?Answer: Your breath!
Riddle: David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?Answer: David.
Riddle: Who can shave three times a day and still grow a beard?Answer: A barber. He could shave other men three times a day and still grow his own..
Riddle: In a certain city, 5% of all the people in town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from that city's phone..
Riddle: What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?Answer: "What..
Riddle: You can't keep this until you have given it. What is it?Answer: Your word.
Riddle: Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white," or "The yolk of the egg is white?"Answer: Neither, because egg yolks are yellow.
Riddle: What starts with a T, ends with a T and has T in it?Answer: A teapot.
Riddle: What do you serve that you can't eat?Answer: A tennis ball.
Riddle: What can go up and come down without moving?Answer: The temperature.