Riddles 1
: What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren't any it's a one story house
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A Staircase
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
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
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty
A chalkboard
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second Place
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th
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
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON