Easy Riddles
You cannot keep me until you have given me. What am I?
Your word!
I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?
Love!
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
I’m as hard as a rock, but I melt immediately in hot water. What am I?
An ice cube
What do you call a grandfather clock?
An old timer
I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A calendar
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
What belongs to you but is used most often by everyone else?
Your name!
What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
Trouble
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map
What goes up, but never comes down?
Age
What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?
A phone call/ doorbell
What room doesn’t have any windows?
A mushroom!
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Sponge
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
What gets broken without being held?
A promise
What building has the most stories?
A library
Tom’s father has three sons: Jim, John, and what’s the third one’s name?
TOM!
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?
Your pride
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery!
You have me today, Tomorrow you’ll have more; As your time passes, I’m not easy to store; I don’t take up space, But I’m only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?
Memories!
What do you get if you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover?
A rash of good luck!