RIDDLES 1
They have neither flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
What are gloves?
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long.
What is a breath?
This has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands.
What is a shirt?
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed for three days, and rode out again on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse's name is Friday.
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
A HOLE
How many months this year (2024) have 28 days?
12
If you don't keep me, I'll break. What am I?
A promise.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
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.
If there are three apples and I take away two, how many apples do I have?
Two
What goes up and NEVER comes down?
Your age
What can you see in the middle of April or March, but not at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R
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 is fire?
What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.
Your finger
There's one word in every dictionary that's spelled wrong. What is it?
W-R-O-N-G
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
What is a candle?
How well do you know the world?
This is where Christmas comes before Thanksgiving.
Where is in the dictionary?
What is orange, wears a green hat, and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
Despite being full of holes, this still holds water.
What is a sponge?
A mushroom.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
What is your name?
This is easy to lift, but hard to throw.
What is a feather? (or other similar idea)
I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?
The brain
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
Stand back-to-back
It has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?
What is a die?
I make two people out of one. What am I?
I make a loud sound when changing. After my change, I am bigger, but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn.
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
Samuel was bald, as all the best people are.
I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?
A coin
Four cars come to a four-way stop, arriving simultaneously from all different directions. The cars all go at exactly the same time, none stopping or slowing down, none swerving to avoid contact, and there are no crashes.
How is that possible?
All the cars made right turns.
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
This 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
What is "starting"?
Starting -> staring -> string -> sting -> sing -> sin -> in -> I
I am only useful when I am broken, though fragile enough that people worry about breaking me accidentally.
What is an egg?
What might you encounter in the morning that has no beginning, no middle, and no end?
A donut. (or bagel, if you're boring)
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean.
What is a chalkboard?
What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
A coat of paint.
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?
What are memories?
This is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away.
What is charcoal?
This is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat.
What is Chicago?
This has a bottom at the top.
What are your legs?