riddles
The More You Take, the More You Leave Behind. What Am I?
FOOTSTEP
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A TOWEL
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
A LIGHT
The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?
DARKNESS
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
MAP
A man is looking at a photograph. His friend asks, “Who is it?” The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the photo?
HIS SON
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
MOUNT EVEREST
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?
COFFIN
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for long. What am I?
BREATH
I have no beginning, end, or middle, and I’m often used to measure things. What am I?
CIRCLE
You enter a dark room with only one match. Inside is an oil lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
THE MATCH
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, and a bed but never sleeps?
RIVER
What flies without wings, cries without eyes, and runs without legs?
CLOUDS
I’m always in front of you, but can’t be seen. What am I?
THE FUTURE
I am always coming but never arrive.
TOMORROW
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
AN ECHO
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
M
I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I don’t have a mouth, and water kills me. What am I?
fire
The more you touch me, the smaller I get. What am I?
SOAP
What has teeth but cannot bite?
COMB
What has hands but can’t clap?
A CLOCK
What has an eye but cannot see?
needle
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What am I?
KEYBOARD
A father and son are in a car crash. The father dies at the scene, and the son is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon says, “I can’t operate on him—he’s my son!” How?
The surgeon is the boy’s mother.
A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, he will be twice as old. How old are they now?
Son = 10 years old
Father = 40 years old