Easy Riddles
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
Seven.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What question do many ask that you can never say yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three.
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozen.
A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen.
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th.
What has many teeth but can't bite?
A comb.
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
2 apples.
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter "E".
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
What has a head and tail but no body?
A coin.
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
December 31st; Today is January 1st.
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank.
What has one eye and can't see?
A needle.
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago.
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.