Classic Riddles!
Say my name and I disappear. What am I?
Silence.
What is full of holes, but can still hold a lot of water?
A sponge.
What kind of table can you eat?
A centipede on its back.
Who rows quickly with four oars, but never comes out from under their own roof?
A turtle
What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?
Your shadow.
What has no beginning, end, or middle?
A donut.
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
How do you make the number one disappear by adding to it?
Add a G and its gone.
What has a forest but no trees, cities but no people and rivers but no water?
A map.
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Dinosaurs laid eggs before there were any chickens.
What can never be placed in a saucepan?
Its lid.
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
I am an English word that has six letters, remove one letter, and twelve remains. What am I?
Dozens.
Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb. What am I?
Water.
How much dirt is there in a hole 3 ft. deep, 6 ft. long, and 4 ft. wide?
None. Its a hole.
During what month do people sleep the least?
February. (it is the shortest month)
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
A teapot.
There are 50 crows on a wire. A hunter shoots and kills 3. How many crows are left on the wire?
Zero. They all flew away in fear of being shot.
I am an insect, and the first part of my name is another insect. What am I?
A beetle.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
Why are manholes round instead of square?
If they are square its possible for the cover to slip down the hole diagonally.
Why was the baby strawberry crying?
Its parents were in a jam.
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What has a mouth but cant chew?
A river.