Riddles
You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
You are now in 2nd place
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
A father, Grandfather and child
You are in a dark room with a box of matches. Nearby are three things: a candle, an oil lamp and a log of firewood. Which do you light first?
the match
This vehicle is spelled the same from the front as well as from the back. What is it?
a racecar
If there are three apples and you take two, how many do you have?
two
You throw away my outside, eat my inside, then throw away the inside. What am I?
What is an ear of corn on the cob
A man shaves many times during the day, but at the end of the day, he still has a beard. How is this possible?
The man is a barber
What has no beginning, end, or middle?
a doughnut
I call the trees my home, yet I never go inside, and if I ever fall off the tree I will surely be dead.
leaves
What can go through glass without breaking it?
light
An Uber driver is going the opposite way down a one-way street. He passes five policemen along the way, none of which stops him. Why not?
The Uber driver is walking
While a cat was outside, it started to downpour. The cat couldn’t find any shelter and got completely soaked by the rain, yet not a single hair was wet. How could this be?
It is a hairless cat
t has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive. What is it?
a glove
What is heavy going forward but not going backward?
a ton
I start in little but I end in full, you’ll find me in half and complete.
the letter L
What has 13 hearts, but no lungs or stomach?
What is a deck of cards
What comes up to let us go, or goes down to make us stay?
an anchor
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
seven
What word is always spelled wrong?
wrong
There is an electric train which is headed towards the east. So, where does the smoke go?
no smoke on an electric train
The person who makes it has no need of it, and neither does the person who buys it. But the person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
What is a casket/coffin
What has 18 legs and catches flies all day?
a baseball team
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible?
The horse's name is Friday
’m great to taste, but bad to smell. What am I?”
a tongue
You can drop me from the tallest building, and I’ll be fine. But if you drop me in the water, I die. What am I?
a piece of paper