RIDDLES
LOGIC PUZZLES
TRICK QUESTIONS
WORD PLAY
Lateral Thinking
100

I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?

What is a clock?

100

What comes next: 2, 4, 6, ___?

What is 8?

100

How many months have 28 days?

What is all of them?

100

What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

What is “incorrectly”?

100

Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?

Because a camera takes pictures, not legs

200

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is an egg?

200

If you have three apples and take away two, how many do you have?

What is 2?

200

What goes up but never comes down?

What is your age?

200

What has a ring but no finger?

What is a phone?

200

What runs but never walks?

Water / a river

300

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

What is a candle?

300

Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

They weigh the same.

300

What has one eye but cannot see?

What is a needle?

300

What word begins with “E,” ends with “E,” and has one letter?

What is an envelope?

300

Why did the math book look sad?

Because it had too many problems

400

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

What is a clock?

400

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?

What is 9?

400

If a plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada, where are the survivors buried?

Survivors aren’t buried.

400

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

What is “short”?

400

What can be broken without being held?

A promise

500

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

What are footprints?

500

If you drop a yellow hat into the Red Sea, what does it become?

What is wet?

500

What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?

What is a stamp?

500

What has many teeth but cannot bite?

Answer: A comb

500

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps