Riddles
What two things can you never have for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner.
What is the capital in France?
The letter F is the only capital letter in France.
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day and night.
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map.
Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?
A shirt.
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.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
A shadow.
If 11 plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 o’clock plus two hours = one o’clock
Nine o’clock plus five hours = two o’clock
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
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.
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?
The man’s son.
I am something people love or hate. I change people’s appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself, I will go up even higher. Some people might want to try and hide me, but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will never go down. What am I?
Age.
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
Yes you can
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
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.
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.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
It can’t be seen, can’t be felt, can’t be heard, and can’t be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, and kills laughter. What is it?
The dark.
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.
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road.
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.
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.
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.