Classic Riddles
what has hands but cannot clap?
what is a clock
If all bloops are razzies and all razzies are lazzies, then bloops are definitely these.
what are lazzies
What goes up and down but never moves?
what is a staircase
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
What is “incorrectly”?
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
What is neither—they weigh the same?
the more you take, the more you leave behind?
what are footsteps
a rooster lays an egg on the roof of a barn. Which way does it roll?
What is neither way, because roosters don’t lay eggs?
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses his fortune. Why?
What is he is playing Monopoly?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is “short”?
How many months have 28 days?
what are all of them
what has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?
what is a wine bottle?
There's a one story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour are the stairs?
The aren't any, its a one story house.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
what is a towel
What starts with “E,” ends with “E,” and contains one letter?
What is an envelope?
If you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
What is second place?
what can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
what is a stamp
what is something born in silence, is harmless yet unpopular, is invisible but makes its presence known, and will fade without a trace?
what is a fart
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Later, they go out to dinner together. Why isn’t she arrested?
What is she took his photo and developed it?
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
What is “bookkeeper”?
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
What are 9 sheep?
What has keys but no locks, space but no room?
what is a keyboard
what scared Snap, Crackle and Pop?
They heard about a cereal killer on the loose
Why can’t you give Elsa a balloon?
HINT: think the Disney movie
what is because she will let it go?
What word can be pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized?
What is “polish/Polish”?
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is this possible?
What is everyone on the boat is married?