riddle 1
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 month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
There’s a one-floor house (bungalow) in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-floor house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What goes up but never comes down?
your age
What building has the most stories?
The library
What gets wet while drying?
A towel
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word (give your word = promise)
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a "single" person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
You walk into a room that contains a match, an oil lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th - we only have February 29th once every four years.
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 can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
The more of this thing that there is, the less you can see. What is it?
Darkness
Which five letter word sounds exactly the same if you take away four of its letters?
Queue
The more of these you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
Name three consecutive days without using Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
Which room in the house do ghosts always avoid?
The living room