Discover a timeless collection of classic riddles that have challenged and entertained people for generations. These well-known brain teasers test your logic, wit, and creativity. From ancient puzzles to traditional favorites, see if you can solve these enduring riddles that never go out of style!
Riddle: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Riddle: If a plane crashed on the border of Country A and Country B, where would you bury the survivors?
You don't! They are still alive.
Riddle: A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
A ton ("not" spelled backward).
Riddle: I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. What am I?
A cloud.
Riddle: What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot.
Riddle: 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.
Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin.
Riddle: What has an eye but can’t see?
A needle.
Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not alive?
A glove.
Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
Riddle: What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
A map.
Riddle: What has 88 keys, but can't even open a single door?
A piano.
Riddle: A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible?
His Horse was called Sunday!
Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire.
Riddle: What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
Riddle: What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Incorrectly.
Riddle: You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
What stairs? You live in a one-story house.
Riddle: You see a house with two doors. One leads to certain death, and the other leads to freedom. Two guards stand in front of the doors—one always tells the truth, and one always lies. You can ask only one question to determine the correct door. What do you ask?
Ask either guard, "Which door would the other guard say leads to freedom?" Then take the opposite door.
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