Riddles 1
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future.
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
What gets wet while drying?
A towel.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t catch me. What am I?
Your shadow.
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow.
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
A hole.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary.
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window.
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret.
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It’s lid.
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase.