EVERYDAY OBJECTS
TIME & MEMORY
WORD PLAY
CLASSIC RIDDLES
SMILE & THINK
100

I have hands but no arms, and I tell you things without speaking.

What is a clock?

100

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind.

What are footsteps?


100

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

What is “short”?

100

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears.

What is an echo?


100

What has many teeth but cannot bite?

What is a comb?

200

I go up and down but never move from my place.

What are stairs?

200

I fly without wings and cry without eyes.

What is time?

200

What has a ring but no finger?

What is a telephone?

200

I can travel around the world while staying in one corner.

What is a stamp?

200

What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?

What is a river?

300

I have keys but no locks, space but no room

What is a keyboard?

300

I’m full of holes but I can still hold water

What is a sponge?

300

What has a head and a tail but no body?

What is a coin?

300

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old

What is a candle?

300

What can be cracked, made, told, and played?

What is a joke?

400

I’m always hungry and must be fed, but water will kill me.

What is fire?

400

I come once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years

What is the letter “M”?

400

What has an eye but cannot see?

What is a needle?


400

I have a neck but no head, and wear a cap.

What is a bottle?

400

What belongs to you, but others use it more than you do?

What is your name?

500

The only person the king takes his hat off for

Who is a barber?

500

I measure life but have no ruler.

What is a calendar?

500

What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

What is “incorrectly”?

500

I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water.

What is a map?

500

When you need it you throw it away and when you don't you take it back

What is an anchor