riddles 1
What has hands but doesn’t clap?
a clock
What begins with an E but only has one letter?
An envelope
What’s black and white and blue?
A sad zebra
’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What building has the most stories?
A library
If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
Glass, all greenhouses are made of glass.
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and…?
David!
What can come once in a minute twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old, what am I?
A candle
What has four eyes but can’t see?
Mississippi
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.
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
2nd place
What has a head and a tail but no body?
coin
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
What answer can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep?
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A Barber
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton.
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong!
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
A deck of cards