Book of Riddles

Book of Riddles

The Book of Riddles has all kinds of fun and tricky riddles that will keep you guessing!

published on April 21, 2015
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What dries as it gets wetter?

2/22

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

3/22

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

4/22

Mary's mom has four daughters. The oldest three are March, April, and May. What is the name of the youngest?

5/22

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

6/22

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

7/22

If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?

8/22

What has hands but can not clap?

9/22

What can you catch but not throw?

10/22

What is at the end of a rainbow?

11/22

What is as light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold it for more than a minute?

12/22

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

13/22

What has an eye but can't see?

14/22

What gets broken without being held?

15/22

What is always coming but never arrives?

16/22

What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?

17/22

What instrument can you hear but not touch or see?

18/22

What is something you will never see again?

19/22

What is the center of Gravity?

20/22

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?

21/22

How many seconds are there in a year?

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What appears when you sit down but disappears when you stand up?