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I have hands and a face, but no arms or legs. What am I?
A clock
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
I can travel around the world while staying in the same corner. What am I?
A stamp
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
A echo
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
What has a neck but no head, and two arms but no hands?
A shirt
What is more powerful than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I will make the bucket lighter. What am I?
A bucket
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
A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door, there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door, there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does he escape?
He waits until night
I am the only thing that always tells the truth, yet I have no mouth. I have no eyes, but I see everything. I can show you the world, but I cannot move an inch. What am I?
A mirror
I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make men have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop. What am I?
no
(This is a famous "unsolvable" riddle. The answer is hidden in the final line of the prompt itself: the answer is "No." Many people overthink the biological and chemical clues, but the prompt is a logic trap where the answer is "No.")
What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
A Snowflake.
(It flies through the air as it falls, lies on the ground once it lands, and "runs" as meltwater when it dies/melts.)
A man is found dead in a room with only a pile of sand and a puddle of water. There is no weapon, and the doors are locked from the inside. How did he die?
He was a goldfish.
(The "sand" was the gravel from his bowl, and the "water" was the contents of the bowl after it broke.)
I have a thousand needles but cannot sew. I have no eyes but can see everything. I have no feet but travel across the world. I have no mouth but tell a thousand stories. What am I?
A Pine Tree.
(The "needles" are its leaves; "eyes" refer to knots in the wood; "traveling" refers to its seeds being blown; "stories" refers to its wood being used for paper or books.)
I build bridges of silver and silk. I have no hands and no tools. I live in a house I built myself, and I catch my dinner without moving a muscle. What am I?
A Spider.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner together. How is this possible?
She was a photographer. She shot a photo of him, developed it in a darkroom (holding it underwater), and hung it up to dry.
Two friends go out for lunch and both order iced tea. Friend A is very thirsty and drinks five teas in the time it takes Friend B to drink just one. Later that day, Friend B dies from poison, but Friend A survives, despite both drinking from the same batch of tea. How is this possible?
The poison was in the ice cubes. Friend A drank his five teas so quickly that the ice didn't have time to melt and release the poison. Friend B drank slowly, allowing the ice in his single glass to melt completely.
A girl has as many brothers as she has sisters. However, each of her brothers has only half as many brothers as they have sisters. How many brothers and sisters are in the family?
There are four sisters and three brothers.For any sister, she has 3 sisters and 3 brothers (equal numbers).For any brother, he has 2 brothers and 4 sisters (half as many brothers as sisters).
A blind man is stranded on an island with four pills: two red and two blue. They are identical in size, shape, and weight. To survive, he must take exactly one red pill and one blue pill. Taking any other combination will result in immediate death. How can he guarantee he takes the correct dose?
The man should break each of the four pills in half. He then creates two piles, putting one half of each pill into Pile A and the other half into Pile B. By eating all the halves in Pile A, he is guaranteed to consume exactly one full red pill and one full blue pill (four halves in total).
A prisoner is sentenced to death but given a choice of three rooms for his execution.
Room 3. Lions that haven't eaten in three years would be dead.