Riddle - Think fast!

Very Easy

100

I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

200

I have four legs but cannot walk. What am I?

A chair

300

I go up but never come down. What am I?

Your age

400

can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

A joke

500

I’m round and shiny, but I’m not the sun. People keep me in their pockets. What am I?

A coin

Easy

100

I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?

An artichoke

200

I’m not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

Fire

300

I’m always running, but I never walk. I have a bed but never sleep. What am I?

A river

400

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?

A keyboard

500

I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

Clouds

Moderate

100

The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

A hole

200

I can be long or short; I can be grown or bought; I can be painted or left natural. What am I?

Hair

300

I’m always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?

The future

400

I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?

A bank

500

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man cannot hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

Breath

Hard

100

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

Pencil lead (graphite)

200

The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness

300

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind.

An echo

400

I’m something. I have no life, but I can die. I can break without being touched. What am I?

Silence

500

I am always moving, but I never leave my place. I tell stories without words. What am I?

A clock

Very Hard

100

I’m always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?

Fire

200

I go up and down the stairs without moving. What am I?

Carpet

300

I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees. What am I?

A map

400

I am full of holes but can hold liquid. What am I?

A sponge

500

The more you take from me, the more I grow. What am I?

A shadow