Riddles 6
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A road
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
Money
There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
Nowhere, roosters don't lay eggs.
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
None. He has three sisters.
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day and Night
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Scilence
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five. Each daughter has the same single brother.
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
An envelope.
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
Speaking of rivers, 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 is frozen
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
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
What is black when you buy it red?
Charcoal