Easy Riddles
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
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
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What has one head, one foot and four legs?
A bed
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
A deck of cards
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON
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
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29.
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
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.
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
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.
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing