RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?

What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? What is it?

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

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?

What runs around the whole yard without moving?

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?

A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws.  Why not?

What can you catch but never throw?

Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?

I am something people love or hate. I change peoples appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of them self I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will Never go down. What am I?

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?  What is it?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?

What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?

What is more useful when it is broken?

I make two people out of one. What am I?

I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Why is Europe like a frying pan?

How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?

There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too?

A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot.

How can this be?

How do you make the number 7 even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

How many sides does a circle have?

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

A fake noodle played Among Us. Was he a Crewmate or an Impostor?

A teacher is yelling, she closes the door, the window, and a book. What did she forget to close?

What do you swallow that swallows you?

I am present on a winter's day, Surprise me and I am taken away. The faster you run, the harder I am to catch, Try all you can, I am not easy to snatch. I am always with you, somewhere in the background, You wouldn't know it though, for I hardly make a sound. Keep your head cool and you will finally see, That I am inside you. What could I be?

What has millions of ears but can't hear anything?