Riddles
What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up
An umbrella
What can you catch, but not throw?
Cold
What kind of band never plays music
A rubber band
What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest, it just wasn’t discovered yet.
What is red and smells like blue paint?
Red paint
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter “R.”
A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?
They weren’t. Survivors don’t need to be buried.
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
River
Spelled forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backward I’m something you hate. What am I?
Live
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
If your uncle’s sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?
Your mother
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
A teapot
Sara has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Sara have?
Five—each daughter has the same brother.
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?
A match
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are grandfather, father, and son
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?
Time
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
An envelope
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
An anchor
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence