Riddles
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
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 can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
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.
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
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 have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
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
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day, and night
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money