Riddles
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
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.
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
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
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
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
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 gets wet while drying?
A towel
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
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
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place