Easy Riddles
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
What is "Darkness"
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
What is "A potato"
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
What is "Seven"
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What is "Short"
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
What is "Silence."
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
What is "An echo"
What has one eye, but can’t see?
What is "A needle"
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
What is "Nine"
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
What is "An envelope"
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
What is "A river"
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
What is "A bank"
What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
What is "A Christmas tree"
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
What is "One, two and three"
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
What is "Dozens"
Speaking of rivers, 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?
What is "The river was frozen."
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
What is "He was born on February 29."
What has hands, but can’t clap?
What is "A clock"
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
What is "Five—each daughter has the same brother."
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
What is "The letter “o”
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
What is "Light"
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
What is "The match"
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
What is "A table"
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
What is "Neither—they both weigh a ton"
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
What is "The letter “e”
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
What is "A mirror"