SHORT RIDDLES

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When you just have a few minutes to exercise your brain these short and sweet mind benders are for you! Short riddles are quick so get to it.

Riddle:

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Riddle:

If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
Answer:

Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.
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Riddle:

What kind of goose fights with snakes?
Answer:

A mongoose.
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Riddle:

You answer me, although I never ask you questions.

What am I?
Answer:

A telephone.
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Riddle:

I am wet when drying. What am I?
Answer:

A towel.
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Riddle:

What word is always pronounced wrong?
Answer:

Wrong!
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Riddle:

When is music like vegetables?
Answer:

When there are two beats (beets) to the measure.
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Riddle:

Which three letters can frighten a thief away?
Answer:

I C U.
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Riddle:

How did the pancake hurt itself?
Answer:

Doing backflips.
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Riddle:

If fish lived on land, where would they live?
Answer:

In Finland.
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Even though they are short, these riddles can tangle your brain. Some are funny and others will stump you.