RIDDLE COLUMN ONE
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’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
100 points
100 points
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
silence
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
200 points
200
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
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
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow
300
300
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
400
400
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
light
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
They are all married
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
500
500
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror