riddles
What gets wet while drying?
towel
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.