Riddles 1
It goes up and down the stairs without moving.
Carpet
What is the end of everything?
Letter "G"
When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?
Clock
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
What has one eye, but can’t see?
a needle
What has hands, but is not flesh, bone or blood?
Clock
If you have me you want to share me, if you share me you won't have me. What am I?
A SECRET
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Coin
A word I know, Six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
Dozens
This has lots of eyes but cannot see
What is a Potato?
The more there is the less you see.
Darkness
If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?
FIRE
What can be quick and deadly and gathers by the ocean?
Sand
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Five
What kind of room has no windows or doors?
Mushroom
You hear me once, you heard me again, and then I die until I am called again.
Echo
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
Candle
What has a mouth but cannot chew?
River
If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
Zero
What can you catch but not throw?
Cold
Creeping on its belly, curled into a ring.
Eyes forever open, beware its lethal sting.
Snake
White and thin, red within, with a nail at the end. What am I?
Finger
The Pearls of night, stolen in clearest light of day.
Dew
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
What has words, but never speaks?
a book
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
an evelope
If there are 3 apples and you take away 2 how many apples do you have?
2 apples
I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts off my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead.
Onion
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
foot steps
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
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day, and night?
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31; today is January 1.
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
Letter "E"
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
Map
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word “ton”