Riddles A
You’re running a race and, just before the finish line, you pass the person in second place. In what place did you finish the race?
Second Place
What goes up but never comes back down?
Your Age
What is full of holes but still holds water?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Shorter
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
An echo
What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
An umbrella
What has 13 hearts, but no lungs, feet or bellybuttons?
Deck of Cards
What runs all around the backyard but never moves?
A Fence
The one who makes me cannot use me. The one who buys me will always buy me for someone else. The one who uses me doesn't know it. What am I?
A coffin
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
The future
Give me a drink, and I will die. Feed me, and I'll get bigger. What am I?
Fire
Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?
Grandpa is bald
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
I have no wings, but I can fly. I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
A cloud
What goes in a birdbath but never gets wet?
A bird's shadow
If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Wet
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
A teapot
What kind of coat is better when it's put on wet?
A coat of paint
What's one thing that tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue
In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green, and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
There’s no color because there are no stairs — it’s a one-story house.
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter "R"
Two mothers and two daughters are riding in a car, yet there are only three people there. How?
A: They are a grandmother, a mother and a daughter.
What word begins with E and ends with E, but only has one letter?
Envelope
What's something that, the more you take, the more you leave behind?
Footsteps