Riddles
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
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 two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and Dinner
How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?
Drop the "S".
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her.
How old are we now?
I am 40 and my daughter is 10.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
What did one math book say to the other math book?
Do you want to hear my problems?
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.
Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I?
An iceberg.
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.
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.
During what month do people sleep the least?
February, it's the shortest month.
How many sides does a circle have?
Two. The inside and the outside.