Riddles
What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?
Pride.
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is six more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
193.
What do the letter T and an island have in common?
They are both in the middle of water.
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
A candle.
What has 18 legs and catches flies?
A baseball team.
No matter how little or how much you use me, you still change me once a month. What am I?
A calendar.
You are given three positive numbers. You can add these numbers and multiply them together. The result you get will be the same. What are the numbers?
1,2, and 3.
When does today come before yesterday?
In the dictionary.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
The poor have me; the rich need me. Eat me and you will die. What am I?
Nothing.
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
When Miguel was 6 years old, his little sister, Leila, was half his age. If Miguel is 40 years old today, how old is Leila?
She is 37.
What goes all the way around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo.
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
Turn me on my side and I am everything, cut me in half and I am nothing, What am I?
The number 8.
Eggs are 12 cents a dozen. How many eggs can you get for a dollar?
100 eggs for a penny each.
You cannot keep me until you have given me. What am I?
Your word.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
Everyone on the boat is married.
What word contains all of the twenty-six letters?
Alphabet.
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen.
If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?
12.
If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?
A secret.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper.
I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank.