Riddles
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, and I can drown. What am I?
FIRE
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they're using it. What is it?
A coffin
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A Keyboard
I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
A cloud
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What has a neck but no head ?
A bottle
Who has married many women but was never married?
The priest
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. But never Neptune, or Venus. What am I?
The letter “R”.
I love to dance, and twist. I shake my tail as I sail away. When I fly wingless into the sky. What am I?
A kite.
What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner.
What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
What has words, but never speaks?
A book
What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
An umbrella
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
Your name.
How many letters are in the alphabet?
There are 11 letters in the words “the alphabet.”
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom.
What word in the English language does the following:
The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
This is hard because it gets you thinking about gender and the ways they’re different. You have to think of one word that holds the others. It’s easy when you think about it!
Heroine.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter “R.”