Riddles
What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never talks?
What is a river?
I'm thinking of a number. If I multiply it by 3 and subtract 7, I get 20. What's the number?
What is 9?
Rearrange the letters in "NEW DOOR" to make one word.
What is "ONE WORD"?
A man is lying dead in a field next to an unopened package. How did he die?
What common English word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is "short"?
You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy.
What is a candle?
I am a 3- digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tends digit. What number am I?
What is 194?
A man was born in 1995 and died in 1953. How is this possible?
What is he was born in Room 1995 and died in Room 1953?
(room numbers, not years)
There are 6 eggs in a basket. Six people each take one egg. How is one egg left in the basket?
If two's a company and three's a crown, what are four and five?
What is nine?
It's a riddle disguised as a saying.
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they're using it.
What is a coffin?
A cube has a volume of 216 cm3. What is the surface area of the cube?
What is 216 cm3?
Each side is 6 cm, so 62 = 36 x 6 faces
What 4 letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and still be read from left to right?
What is "NOON"?
A girl has as many brother as sisters, but her brothers have half as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are in the family?
What is 4 girls and 3 boys?
Which U.S. state's name can be typed on one row of a keyboard?
What is Alaska?
I can be cracked, make, told, and played. What am I?
What is a joke?
You roll two 6-sided dice. What is the probability that the sum is 9?
What is 4/36 or 1/9?
Combinations: 3+6, 4+5, 5+4, 6+3
Which letter comes next?
J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, _____?
What is D?
December
A man is found dead in his cabin in the mountains. The cabin is on the side of a cliff and there's no one else around. What happened?
What is he was in an airplane crash?
The cabin = airplane cabin
I am a word. If you take away my first letter, I still sound the same. If you take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even if you take away the middle letter, I still sound the same. What word am I?
What is empty?
You see a house with all four walls facing south.
A bear walks past the house.
What color is the bear?
What is white?
The only place on Earth where a house could have all four walls facing south is the North Pole. The only bears there are polar bears, which are white.
If x + y = 20 and x - y = 2, what is the value of x?
What is 6?
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But later that evening, they both enjoy dinner together. How?
What is she’s a photographer?
She shot a photo, developed it, and hung it to dry.
A man is found murdered on a Sunday. The wife says she was sleeping, the gardener was planting, the maid was getting the mail, the cook was cooking, and the butler was cleaning. Who did it?
Who is the maid?
No mail is delivered on Sundays.
What is unusual about this sentence:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"?
What is it uses every letter of the alphabet?