Riddles
Math stuff
Sin rumbo
Language
Humor
100
What is a seven letter word containing thousands of letters?
mailbox
100
In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there?
There were 6 contestants. The man came in 4th place
100
No matter how smart you are, there is always one thing you will overlook, what is it?
What is a nose?
100
Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?
What is the alphabet?
100
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
What is a carrot?
200
You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?
History
200
Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?
What is 0?
200
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
What is lunch and dinner?
200
I am the beginning of everything, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?
What is the letter "E"?
200
Why is the letter A the most like a flower?
Because the B is after it
300
Which word does not belong in the following list: Stop cop mop chop prop shop or crop?
or
300
What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?
What is "O" (when you multiply anything by "0" it is "0")?
300
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
There were no stairs (one story house!)
300
What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
What is "stone"?
300
I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?
What is the brain?
400
It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
What is a beetle
400
Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?
He has 5 children, all of the daughters have the same 1 brother.
400
What is big and yellow and comes in the morning, to brighten mom's day?
What is a school bus?
400
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
What is bookkeeper?
400
A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
He was only on the first step
500
Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth. What is it?
What is an echo?
500
I am as simple as a circle, worthless as a leader but when I follow a group, their strength increases tenfold. By myself I’m practically nothing. What am I?
What is Zero? When added to a number its quantity increases tenfold
500
Is it legal in New York for a man to marry his widow's sister ?
It doesn't matter, he is already dead
500
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
What is eat and ate?
500
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. what is it?
What is nothing?
M
e
n
u