EASY RIDDLES
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
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 hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
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.
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter “e”
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.
what is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
A deck of cards
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
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?
Also the letter “e”
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
What has words, but never speaks?
A book
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31; today is January 1.
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON