RIDDLES
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Egg
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Name
There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?
Wrong
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Shadow
What is the end of everything?
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
2nd place
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
Comb
What has hands, but can’t clap?
Clock
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
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 break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
Promise
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Coin
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Echo
What goes up but never comes down?
Age
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and Dinner
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
Secret
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
Deck of cards
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Future
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breath
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
Letter E
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing