Easy Riddles
I have to be broken before you can use me.
What is an egg?
I'm always in front of you but I can't be seen.
What is the future?
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old and have been burned. What am I?
What is a candle
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 keep after giving to someone?
Your word
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
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?
Darkness
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
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 of the people on the boat are married.
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
I'm full of holes but I still hold water
What is a sponge?
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?
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase