Riddles 1
Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is lying?
No one, the three doctors are all sisters of Paul.
I eat to live and drink to die. What could I be?
Fire
When I am needed by you, you throw me away, but when I’m of no use, you take me back. What am I?
An anchor
What has ten letters and starts with gas?
Automobile
The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great person, while the entire word signifies a great woman.
Heroine
People in poverty have this. If you eat this you will die. What is it?
Nothing
Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month, and in the same year, however, they’re not twins. How is this possible?
The two girls are a part of a set of triplets.
The person who makes it and the person who buys it have no use for it and the person who uses it never sees it or feels it. What is it?
A coffin
A man is found hanging dead from his ceiling where the room’s dimensions measure 15 x 15 x 15. However, the man is only 6 feet tall and the rope was only 2 feet long. If there are no windows, the only door was bolted shut from the inside, and there is a puddle of water beneath him, how did he kill himself?
He stood on a block of ice, and waited for it to melt
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can only to have it come back to you without it bouncing off of anything?
Throw it into the air
Steve was murdered on Saturday afternoon. His wife said she was reading. The doorman said he was in the shower. The chef said he was making breakfast. The gardener was pruning hedges. From the information given, who committed the murder?
The chef because Steve was murdered in the afternoon yet the chef’s alibi was that he was making breakfast.
Which English word is the odd one out: Stun, Ton, Evil, Letter, Mood, Bad, Strap, Snap, and Straw?
Letter as it is the only one that does not spell another word when it’s written backward.
I fly without wings and cry without eyes. Wherever I lead, darkness follows. What could I be?
A cloud
I am a five-letter word and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last three letters and I am a drink. What word am I?
Wheat (heat, eat, tea)
What has 13 hearts, but no lungs or a stomach
A deck of cards
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. How is D related to A?
A is D's Uncle
A man is trapped in a room that contains only two exits. The first exit is constructed of magnifying glasses that fry anything that walks through when the sun is out and blazing hot. The second exit includes a fire breathing dragon that is bound and determined to kill. How does the man escape?
He waits until nighttime and then runs through the first exit.
A man is looking at a photo of a man on the wall and states, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” How are the men related?
The man in the picture is his son.
What is beautiful when calm, scary when enraged, useful to all species. What am I?
Water
What can run but never walk, have a mouth but never talk, have a head that never weeps, and a bed that never sleeps?
A River
What jumps when walking and sits when standing?
If an electric train is moving north at 55 mph and the winds blowing east at 70 mph, which way does the smoke blow?
The electric train did not emit smoke.
A man runs away from home, turns left three times, and ends up back at home facing a man in a mask. Who is wearing the mask?
A woman is sitting in her hotel room when someone knocks at the door. She opened the door to find a man she’s never seen before. He says, “Oh I’m sorry, I made a mistake and thought this was my room.” He then ran away and got into an elevator so the woman shut her door and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious?
You don't knock on your own hotel room.
A woman shoots her husband and then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him but right after, they enjoy a nice dinner together. How is this possible?
She took a photo of her husband and then developed it in her darkroom before dinner.