riddles 1
I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
what is A map.
I have keys but no locks, space but no room.
A keyboard.
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not.
The word “ton.”
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old.
A candle.
What belongs to you but is used by others?
Your name
What has hands but can’t clap?
What is A clock.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence.
What runs out when you push it?
A wheelbarrow
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
I am lighter than a feather, yet the strongest man cannot hold me long.
Breath.
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps.
I’m not alive, but I grow; water kills me.
Fire.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
To girls are born at the same time, same hospital, same father, but they’re not twins. How?
They have different mothers.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears.
An echo.
A man looks at a painting and says: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
His son
What building has the most stories
A library.
What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.
What has no mouth but eats everything, no lungs but needs air, and dies with water?
Fire
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.
What is seen in the middle of March and April but not at the beginning or end?
The letter R
What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
The letter “O.”
Poor people have it, rich people need it, and if you eat it you die
Nothing.
A man jumps from a 30‑story building and survives without injury. How?
He jumped from the ground floor.