Easy Riddles
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter r
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A Stamp
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
You can catch this, but you can't throw it.
What is a cold?
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
Forwards I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
Ton
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?
Time
I add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
Its 5 o'clock
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
A river
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
An envelope
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
If the Pilgrims were still alive today, what would they be famous for?
Their age
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Teapot
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
A man goes out in heavy rain with nothing to protect him from it. His hair doesn’t get wet. How does he do that?
He's bald
In reply to an inquiry about the animals on his farm, the farmer says: “I only ever keep sheep, goats, and horses. In fact, at the moment they are all sheep bar three, all goats bar four, and all horses bar five.” How many does he have of each animal?
Three sheep, two goats, one horse
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
They were the same man, Grover Cleveland.
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine