Riddles 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 the months
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Your Shadow
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
: What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
a potato
What has one eye, but can’t see?
a needle
What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
A Christmas tree
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A Table
What has one head, one foot and four legs?
A bed
What is the end of everything?
The letter "g"
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
stone
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The Word "not"
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
light
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
a mirror