Easy Riddles
What gets wet when drying?
A towel
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
A girl was born in 1976, and is today is her seventh birthday. How is it possible?
The girl was born in hospital room 1976.
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
What goes all the way around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp
You cannot keep me until you have given me. What am I?
Your word
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
How do you make Lady Gaga mad?
Poke her face
I’m the rare case when today comes before yesterday. What am I?
The dictionary
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
A coin
If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?
A secret.
It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Corn
I have cities but no houses. Mountains but no trees. I have water, but with no fish. What am I?
A map
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What two words, added together, contain the most letters?
A post office
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
A barber
The man who invented it doesn’t need it. The man who bought it doesn’t want it. The man who needs it doesn’t know. What is it?
A coffin
A pair of tomatoes were crossing the road when a car squashed one of them. What was the squashed tomato reborn as?
ketchup
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch or catch me. What am I?
Your shadow.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
What always ends everything?
The letter G
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Everyone is married.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.