Easy riddles
It goes up and down the stairs without moving.
Staircase
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
You hear me once, you heard me again, and then I die until I am called again.
Echo
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
What has hands, but is not flesh, bone or blood?
Clock
Two fathers and two sons are in a car. How many people are there in the car?
Three. They are a grandfather, father and son.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking
Fish
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Future
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
You have two.
I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts off my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead.
Onion
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
A comb
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two, three
What has a mouth but cannot chew?
River
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day, and night
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
The more there is the less you see.
Darkness
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters
The pearls of night, stolen in clearest light of day.
Dew
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?
A coffin
What has a bottom at the top?
Legs