What Am I
I‘m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
There’s a one-story house where 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 has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
What question can you never answer yes honestly to?
Are you asleep yet/are you dead
I am in front of you, but you can’t see me.
The future.
You’re freezing cold. You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. Your lighter only lets you light one thing. What would it be?
The match, then you can use the match to light other things.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
Anne’s parents have four daughters. Eenie, Meenie, Minie, and what’s the name of the third daughter?
Anne
A man who was outside in the rain without an umrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What am I?
Seven
A man dies of old age on his twenty-fifth birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word (eg. “I give you my word”).
****DAILY DOUBLE****
What is black when it’s clean and white when it gets dirty?
A chalkboard
What can fill a room but takes no space?
Light
If you drop me I will crack, but give me a smile and I’ll smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
Can you answer this hard riddle?
If you touch me, I bleed. If you wash me, I dry. If you pull me, I soar. If you ignore me, I move. I am not an airplane but travel all over the world. I am not the sun, but things revolve around me. What am I?
No.
(The question was “can you answer this hard riddle?”. You can’t. No.)
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
The government/A bank.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; All brunette but two; and all red headed but two.” How many daughters does he have?
Three; a blonde, brunette, and a redhead.