Easy Riddles
What can’t be put in a saucepan?
It's lid
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
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?
The river was frozen
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you Asleep yet?
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.
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
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 kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
A chalkboard
What building has the most stories?
The library
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?
The letter "e"
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
Use eight 8s to make the number 1,000 using only addition.
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word "not"
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing