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: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?Answer:..
Riddle: Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same..
Riddle: There is an ancient invention, still used in some parts of the world today, that allows people to see through walls. What is it?Answer: A..
Riddle: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not..
Riddle: If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the..
Riddle: What relation would your father's sister's sister-in-law be to you?Answer: This person would be your mother.
Riddle: We are little creatures; all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in jet. Another you may see in..
Riddle: How high would you have to count before you would use the letter A in the English language spelling of a whole number?Answer: One thousand.
Riddle: A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made..
Riddle: Why ought a fisherman to be very wealthy?Answer: Because his is all net profit.
Riddle: It speaks with a hard tongue, it cannot breathe, for it has no lungs. What is it?Answer: A Bell.
Riddle: Why are your nose and chin always at variance?Answer: Because words are passing between them.
Riddle: I killed one fourth of all mankind. Who am I?Answer: Cain (who killed Abel).
Riddle: No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?Answer: Silence.
Riddle: I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?Answer: The wind.
Riddle: What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?Answer: An umbrella.
Riddle: This old one runs forever but never moves at all. It has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?Answer: A..
Riddle: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?Answer: It is time.
Riddle: I was carried into a dark room and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?Answer: A Candle.
Riddle: A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?Answer: I am..
Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I ?Answer: Fire.
Riddle: I am as light as a feather, yet no man can hold me for long. What am I ?Answer: Your Breath.
Riddle: Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head, and take from me my resting bed. What am..
Riddle: Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened..
Riddle: They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?Answer: Gloves.