200+ Fun & Difficult Riddles for Adults (With Answers)

Want to show off your smarts and stump your friends at the same time? You’ve come to the right place! Whether you want to test yourself or others, you can do all that (and more) with these clever, tricky, and witty riddles. This ultimate list of brainteasers includes math riddles, wordplay riddles, impossible riddles, and famous riddles from history and pop culture. What’re you waiting for? Your greatest challenge awaits!

The Smartest & Wittiest Riddles

What has a head but no brain? Lettuce.
What is more useful when it is broken? An egg.
What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks? Day and night.
What goes up, but never comes down? Age.
What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it? Teapot.

Section 1 of 12:

Easy & Clever Riddles

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I start off dry but come out wet. I go in light and come out heavy. What am I?
- Answer: A teabag.
2
What gets smaller every time it takes a bath?
- Answer: Soap.
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I'm not a blanket, yet I cover the ground; a crystal from heaven that doesn't make a sound. What am I?
- Answer: A snowflake.
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What has a head but no brain?^{[1]
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- Answer: Lettuce.
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What begins but has no end and is the ending of all that begins?
- Answer: Death.
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I have a neck, but no head. I have two arms, but no hands. What am I?
- Answer: A shirt.
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I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
- Answer: A map.
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What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
- Answer: The letter “R.”
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I start with M, end with X, and have a never-ending amount of letters. What am I?
- Answer: Mailbox.
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I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest girl can hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
- Answer: Breath.
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What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
- Answer: Alphabet.
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The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- Answer: Footsteps.
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David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _____.
- Answer: David.
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What is more useful when it is broken?
- Answer: An egg.
15
How can a person go 25 days without sleep?
- Answer: They sleep during the nights.
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I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
- Answer: A feather.
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What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
- Answer: Your name.

Section 2 of 12:

Hard & Clever Riddles

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I have branches, yet I have no leaves, no trunk, and no fruit. What am I?
- Answer: A bank.
2
Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year, and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
- Answer: The two babies are two out of a set of triplets.
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What has a bottom at the top?^{[2]
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- Answer: Your legs.
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What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify someone great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?
- Answer: Heroine.
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You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy.
- Answer: A candle.
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What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?
- Answer: Day and night.
7
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
- Answer: They are a grandfather, a father, and a son.
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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?^{[3]
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- Answer: An echo.
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What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
- Answer: A river.
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You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again, you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
- Answer: All the people on the boat are married.
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Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
- Answer: Meat.
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I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
- Answer: Pencil lead.
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I’m often running yet I have no legs. You need me, but I don’t need you. What am I?
- Answer: Water.
14
In 1990, a person was 15 years old. In 1995, that same person was 10 years old. How can this be?
- Answer: Because it’s 1995-1990 B.C.!
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A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?
- Answer: His horse’s name is Friday.
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Four cars come to a four-way stop, each coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. All four cars go, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
- Answer: They all made right-hand turns.
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There was this competition where the contestants had to hold ‘something.’ At the end of the event, the winner was a person who had no hands or feet. What was the ‘something’ that that person held?
- Answer: Breath.

Section 3 of 12:

Impossible & Clever Riddles

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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?
- Answer: A shadow.
2
I never was but always will be. No one ever saw me, but everyone knows I exist. I give people the motivation to better themselves every day. What am I?
- Answer: Tomorrow.
3
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. How is this possible?
- Answer: She took a photo of him, then developed the image in her dark room.
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I am a seven-letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me, and you will get 8. Take away one letter and you will get 80. Who am I?
- Answer: Weighty.
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Slayer of regrets, old and new, sought by many, found by few. What am I?
- Answer: Redemption.
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What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you’ll die?
- Answer: Nothing.
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Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?^{[4]
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- Answer: A coffin.
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What English word has three consecutive double letters?
- Answer: Bookkeeper.
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A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
- Answer: Four sisters and three brothers.
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What disappears as soon as you say its name?
- Answer: Silence.
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Two twins were born in totally different years. How can this be?
- Answer: They were born on December 31st and January 1st.
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You’re in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. What do you light first?
- Answer: The match.
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Two men are in a desert. Both are wearing backpacks. One man is dead, and the other is alive. The man who’s alive has his backpack open. The man who’s dead has his backpack closed. What’s in the dead man’s backpack?
- Answer: A parachute.
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You can ask this question all day long, but you always get a different answer. Yet all the answers will be correct. What is the question?
- Answer: What time is it?
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You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
- Answer: Corn on the cob.
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A barrel of water weighs 60 pounds (27 kg). Someone puts something in the barrel. Now it weighs 40 pounds (18 kg). What did the person put?
- Answer: A hole.
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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after. It ends life, kills laughter. What is it?^{[5]
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- Answer: Darkness.

Section 4 of 12:

Clever & Funny Riddles

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What do you call a bear with no teeth?
- Answer: A gummy bear.
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What has many rings but no fingers?
- Answer: A phone.
3
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
- Answer: Chicago.
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What can you break without touching it?
- Answer: A promise.
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I sometimes run, but I can’t walk. What am I?
- Answer: A nose.
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Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what i’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold. What am I?
- Answer: An alarm clock.
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It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
- Answer: A keyboard.
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I have pointed fangs, and I sit and wait. I have piercing force, and I crunch with weight. I grab my victims, but they do not fight. I join them each with a single, quick bite. What am I?
- Answer: A stapler.
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What do the letter "t" and an island have in common?
- Answer: They're both in the middle of water.
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Who has married many women but was never married?
- Answer: The priest.
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Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
- Answer: Ton.
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Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
- Answer: Incorrectly.
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What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
- Answer: Your left hand.
14
If two snakes marry, what will their towels say?
- Answer: Hiss and hers.
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What type of music do rabbits listen to?
- Answer: Hip hop!
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What rock group consists of four famous men, none of whom sing?
- Answer: Mount Rushmore.
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How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
- Answer: Concrete floors are very hard to crack.

Section 5 of 12:

Famous Clever Riddles

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Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?^{[6]
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- Answer: Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.
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I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee, and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I’ll pop but if you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you solve the riddle?^{[7]
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- Answer: No, I can’t solve the riddle.
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What we caught, we threw away; what we didn’t catch, we kept. What did we keep?^{[8]
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- Answer: Lice.
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There is a house that you enter blind but come out of with sight. What type of house is it?
- Answer: A schoolhouse.
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A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate—that boy is my son!” How is this possible?^{[9]
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- Answer: The surgeon is a woman, and the boy’s mother.
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Thirty white horses on a red hill: first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still. What are they?
- Answer: Teeth.
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My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,
Lords of the earth! Their luxury and ease.
Another view of man, my second brings,
Behold him there, the monarch of the seas!

But, ah! united, what reverse we have!
Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown;
Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave,
And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone.
- Answer: Courtship.
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Four hang, four sprang, two point the way, two to ward off dogs, one dangles after, always rather dirty. What am I?
- Answer: A cow.
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First, think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of the middle and the end of the end?
And finally…give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?^{[10]
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- Answer: A spider.
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Choose one of three caskets: One casket is gold, one is silver, and one is made of lead. One casket has a photo of your dream spouse inside it, and only if you choose that casket may you marry them. To choose the correct casket, use these clues:

The gold casket reads, “Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.”
On the silver casket: “Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.”
On the lead casket: “Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.”^{[11]
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- Answer: The lead casket contains the desired photo. The lead casket would be chosen by someone who’s willing to make sacrifices, work hard, and be a worthy partner in life. It’s assumed that someone who chooses gold would only be valuing its beauty and glittery appearance, while someone who chooses silver may believe that they “deserve” the person or thing that they want.
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As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
- Answer: One.
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This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
- Answer: Time.
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A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun, points it at the man, and the man says, “Thank you,” and leaves. What happened?
- Answer: The man had the hiccups. The bartender scared him with the gun to cure the hiccups.
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You’re in a mansion with a lightbulb in the attic and three switches in the basement. It’s late in the evening, and you’re tired, so you can only go from the basement to the attic once. How do you determine which switch controls the light bulb?
- Answer: Turn on the first switch and wait for 5 minutes. Then turn it off and turn on the second switch. Go to the attic. If the light is on, the second switch controls it. If the light is off, touch the bulb: if it’s warm, the first switch is the correct one; if it’s cold, the third switch controls the light.
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Two people ordered the same cocktail at a restaurant. They both drank it at different paces, but one person died while the other survived. How?
- Answer: The cocktail contained poison in the ice. One person drank quickly before the ice melted, while the other waited, allowing the poison to spread.
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You’re standing in front of two doors, one leading to hell and the other to heaven. There are two guards: one always lies, and the other always tells the truth (but you don’t know which is which). What single question can you ask to determine which door leads to heaven?
- Answer: Ask one of the guards which door the other guard would say leads to heaven. Whether you’re speaking to the liar or the truthful guard, their answer will always be false. Then, choose the opposite door.
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You have 12 red socks, 12 white socks, and 12 black socks in your drawer. Without looking, how many socks do you need to remove to ensure that you have at least one matching pair?
- Answer: You need to remove 4 socks. Since there are only 3 different colors, the 4th sock will definitely match at least one of the previously removed socks.

Section 6 of 12:

Long Clever Riddles

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A farmer buys a fox, chicken, and bag of corn at the market. On his way home, he comes to a river bank and rents a boat. However, he can only fit himself and one of his purchases on the boat at a time: the fox, the chicken, or the corn. If left unattended, the fox would eat the chicken, or the chicken would eat the corn. The farmer must get everything to the river's far bank with each purchase intact. How does he do it?
- Answer: He takes seven trips: (1) He takes the chicken across, (2) he returns, (3) he brings the fox or corn over, (4) he returns with the chicken, (5) he brings the corn or fox over, (6) he returns, (7) he brings the chicken across.
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This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what’s so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you’d think nothing was wrong with it, and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It’s unusual, though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit, it’ll dawn on you. Jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck!
- Answer: The letter “E” is the most common letter in the English language, but it’s not in the paragraph at all.
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A father needed to decide which of his kids would inherit his property. To test them, he said, “Go to the market and buy something large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket.” The first child laid some cloth across the room, but it barely covered the floor. The second child laid hay on the floor, but there was only enough for half. When the third came in and showed his father what he brought, he got the property. What did he show his father?
- Answer: A box of matches.
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One night, a man runs away from home. He turns left and keeps running. After some time he turns left again and keeps running. Later, he turns left one more time and runs back home—but when he gets home, he finds a man in a mask. Who was the man in the mask?
- Answer: A baseball catcher.
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A girl says this to her best friend: “I was born in 1962, and I celebrated my 18th birthday last weekend.” Her best friend thinks she must be lying, but the girl is actually correct. How is that possible?
- Answer: She was born in hospital room 1962.
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A man named Gerald was at his father's funeral. He met a young woman he'd never seen before, and after the service, they spent a bit of time together. Then he got busy and didn’t get her name or phone number before she left. He tried to find her, but no one knew who she was or how to contact her. A few weeks later, Gerald’s older brother dies, and the police suspect murder. Who killed the brother?
- Answer: Gerald, because he hoped the woman would attend his brother's funeral like she had for his father's.
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A thief enters a store and demands that the clerk open up the store's safe. The clerk says, “The code for the safe is different every day, and if you hurt me, you’ll never get the code.” But the thief manages to guess the code on his own. How did he do it?
- Answer: The code is “different,” so the clerk actually told him the code directly.
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You're standing aboard a ship whose captain poses a question to you. “I have traveled the oceans far and wide. Once, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west, and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly. Can you tell me how that was possible?”
- Answer: The sailors were standing at opposite ends of the ship while facing one another.
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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?^{[12]
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- Answer: There’s no color because there are no stairs—it’s a one-story house!
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Jorge 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 got soaked in the rain, yet somehow, not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
- Answer: Jorge is bald and, therefore, has no hair to get wet.
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Isabella lives in a place where six months of the year are mild summer, but the temperature drops significantly the other six months. She owns a lake where there is a small island. She wants to build a house on the island and needs to get materials there. She has no boat, plane, or anything to transport them to the island. How does Isabella solve this problem?
- Answer: She waits for the six colder months when the lake will freeze over so she can walk across the ice with her materials.
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A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "This parrot repeats everything it hears". Susannah bought the parrot, and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word—so he complained to the shop owner, who said he didn’t lie. How is this possible?
- Answer: The parrot is deaf and doesn’t hear anything.
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A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper, you have to give me $50, but if I can’t, I’ll pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale, so he agreed, thinking no matter what the man wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less. However, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
- Answer: He wrote “your exact weight.”
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It spends most of its day eating white, but when it’s quick enough, it gets to eat fruit and sometimes some blue things. It’s in a dark room, where the walls are blue, it runs from a ghost that roams the halls and haunts it all the time. What is it?
- Answer: Pac-Man.
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A student asked his teacher, "Miss, is it fair if I get in trouble for something I did not do?" The teacher replied, "Of course not! Tell me who got you in trouble for something you didn't do?" So, what did the student reply with?
- Answer: “I forgot to do my homework again.”
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In marble walls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk, within a fountain crystal clear, a golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold—yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What is it?
- Answer: An egg.
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A man wants to get into an exclusive club but doesn’t know the password. A woman approaches the door, and the doorman says 12, so the woman says 6, and is let in. Another woman walks u,p and the doorman says 6, so the woman says 3, and is let in. Thinking he’s figured it out, the man walks up to the door, and the doorman says 10, so he says 5 but isn’t let in. What should he have said?
- Answer: 3.

Section 7 of 12:

Short Clever Riddles

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What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
- Answer: A coat of paint.
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What connects two people but touches only one?
- Answer: A wedding ring.
3
Where do you take a sick boat?
- Answer: To the dock-tor.
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Which fish costs the most?
- Answer: A goldfish.
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What goes up, but never comes down?
- Answer: Age.
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What is full of holes but still holds water?
- Answer: A sponge.
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Why is Europe like a frying pan?
- Answer: Because it has Greece at the bottom.
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What is at the end of a rainbow?
- Answer: The letter W.
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What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
- Answer: A palm.
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What is always in front of you, but can’t be seen?^{[13]
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- Answer: The future.
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How many months have 28 days?
- Answer: Every month has (at least) 28 days.
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I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
- Answer: A joke.
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What can be touched but can't be seen?
- Answer: Someone’s heart.
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What can go through glass without breaking it?
- Answer: Light.
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What gets bigger the more you take away?
- Answer: A hole.
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I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
- Answer: A battery.
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Take off my skin—I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
- Answer: An onion.

Section 8 of 12:

Clever Math Riddles

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During which month do people sleep the least?^{[14]
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- Answer: February.
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You have a basket that’s 1 foot (0.30 m) in diameter and 1 foot (0.30 m) deep. How many apples can you fit in the empty basket?
- Answer: Only one, because after that it’s not empty anymore.
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What did the triangle say to the circle?
- Answer: You’re pointless.
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A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
- Answer: Nine years.
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Why was six afraid of seven?
- Answer: Because seven, eight, nine.
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How many times can you subtract 10 from 25?
- Answer: Once, then it becomes 15
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Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
- Answer: Neither. They both weigh a ton!
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What comes before 11 and after 15?
- Answer: 10 and 16.
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What can you put between four and five so that the result is more than four, but less than five?
- Answer: A decimal point.
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What's a single-digit number with no value?
- Answer: Zero.
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What three numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
- Answer: 1, 2, and 3 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6).
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If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?
- Answer: Nine.
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I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
- Answer: Seven.
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I add 5 to 9 and get 2. The answer is correct, so what am I?
- Answer: A clock. When it is 9 a.m., adding 5 hours would make it 2 p.m.
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Thea goes to the supermarket and buys 10 tomatoes. Unfortunately, on the way back home, all but 9 get ruined. How many tomatoes are left in good condition?
- Answer:
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If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
- Answer: Zero.
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What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?
- Answer: They all read the same way when placed upside down.

Section 9 of 12:

Clever Love Riddles

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At the surface or within, it has the power to woo you and win. For Keats, it was joy forever. If you have it, it will get you favors.
- Answer: Beauty.
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What automatically causes the heart rate to fluctuate whenever it's nearby?
- Answer: You.
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I hurt the most when lost, yet also when not had at all. I’m sometimes the hardest to express, but the easiest to ignore. I can be given to many, or just one. What am I?
- Answer: Love.
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I’m a nine-letter word and rhyme with perfection; I am yet another name for love. What am I?
- Answer: Affection.
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This is something I offer to you. It will help our relationship survive if it remains true. It begins with an L and comes at no cost. Surely without it, our love would be lost.
- Answer: Loyalty.
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What do you call two birds in love?
- Answer: Tweethearts.
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They have the power to entice. The exploration of their depths never suffices. They are the subject of all romantic lines. They come in blue, black, and hazel shades. Name them!
- Answer: Eyes.
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A doctor and a truck driver are both in love with the same woman. The truck driver had to go on a long trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave the woman seven apples. Why?
- Answer: Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Why did the two lovers end up in prison?
- Answer: Because they stole each other's hearts.
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How do you spell your name with only two letters?^{[15]
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- Answer: QT!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s is really long. Michael J. Fox’s is short. Daffy Duck’s isn’t human. Madonna doesn’t have one, and I want yours. What is it?
- Answer: A surname.
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Eros is at its core, while a ring is its symbol. Though it can be seen as holy, often it is sealed by contact. What is it?
- Answer: Marriage.
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I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
- Answer: Isle/aisle.
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Why did the watermelon and the honeydew have a big wedding?
- Answer: Because they can't elope!
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Where does Valentine’s Day come after Easter?
- Answer: In the dictionary.
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Why do skunks celebrate Valentine’s Day?
- Answer: They are very scent-imental.
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You see him flying around, carrying bows and arrows. Once he hits you with it, all you feel is love, not sorrow. He must have hit us both. Who is he?
- Answer: Cupid.

Section 10 of 12:

Clever Word Riddles

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What five-letter word stays the same when you take away the first, third, and last letter?
- Answer: Empty.
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Spelled forwards, I’m what you do every day. Spelled backwards, I’m something you hate. What am I?
- Answer: Live.
3
What makes you young?
- Answer: Adding the letters “ng.”
4
What five-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
- Answer: SWIMS.
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How do you spell COW in thirteen letters?
- Answer: SEE O DOUBLE YOU.
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Pronounced as one letter and written with three, two letters there are, and two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
- Answer: Eye.
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What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
- Answer: Teapot.
8
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?^{[16]
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- Answer: Noon.
9
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
- Answer: Incorrectly.
10
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
- Answer: Smiles, because there is a mile between each “s.”
11
Where is the only place where today comes before yesterday?
- Answer: The dictionary.
12
What comes at the end of everything?
- Answer: The letter “g.”
13
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
- Answer: Envelope.
14
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
- Answer: The letter “n.”
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What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
- Answer: Queue.
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A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains, what is it?
- Answer: A dozen.
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How do you make the number one disappear?
- Answer: Add the letter “g” and it’s “gone.”

Section 11 of 12:

Clever Halloween Riddles

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1
How do you know that a vampire loves baseball?
- Answer: Because he turns into a bat every night.
2
It doesn’t hurt when you carve my face. In fact, you bring me to life. What am I?
- Answer: A jack-o’-lantern.
3
I’m blue on the inside and red on the outside. Donate me, but never drink me. What am I?
- Answer: Blood.
4
You use me to clean, but the powerful take me for a ride. What am I?
- Answer: A broom.
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What is a cereal's worst fear?
- Answer: A cereal killer.
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In this place, people lie, people cry, and people ask why. In this place, people sleep, people weep, and people's solitude, they keep. What is it?
- Answer: A graveyard.
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I’m soft, delicate, and silky. But, if you’re wrapped in me, you’ll scream—if you can. What am I?
- Answer: Cobwebs.
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I’m the scariest thing you’ll ever write, direct, and produce all by yourself. What am I?
- Answer: Your worst nightmare.
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What’s the best way to eat a devil’s food cake?
- Answer: With a pitchfork.
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I have no eyes, yet once I did see. I once had thoughts, but now I’m empty. What am I?
- Answer: A skull.
11
I begin with fear and end in silence. What am I?
- Answer: A scream.
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Where do skeletons walk their dogs?
- Answer: The boneyard.
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Why don’t skeletons fight each other?^{[17]
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- Answer: They don’t have the guts.
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Every month, someone dies, and there are five suspects. The suspects are Jason, Lily, Nathan, Elizabeth, and Erin, and the months of the murders are July, August, September, October, and November. Who's the murderer?
- Answer: Jason. The months of the murders spell out his name: J, July. A, August. S, September. O, October. N, November.
15
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grows cold. I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
- Answer: Your fears.
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What room do ghosts avoid?
- Answer: The living room.
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How do you fix a broken jack-o-lantern?
- Answer: With a pumpkin patch.

Section 12 of 12:

Clever Christmas Riddles

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1
Where do elves go to vote?
- Answer: The north poll
2
I'm a bank, but I don't have any money. What am I?
- Answer: A snowbank.
3
Why is a foot a good Christmas gift?
- Answer: It fits right inside a stocking.
4
I'm a plant seen at Christmas that people hang above. And then they stand beneath me, and kiss someone they love. What am I?
- Answer: Mistletoe.
5
What kind of motorcycle does Santa like to ride?
- Answer: A Holly Davidson.
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I'm a Christmas treat that can be made into many things. I can be a cake, a cookie, or an edible cottage with icing. What am I?
- Answer: Gingerbread.
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Making everything white is my aim. No two pieces of me are ever the same. Playing with me is everyone's favorite winter game. Do you know, what is my name?^{[18]
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- Answer: Snow.
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The inns were full in this little town, so in a manger he was born. Where was this location?
- Answer: Bethlehem.
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All day I sit on a shelf but come alive and move during the nights. I tell Santa who's been naughty and who's been nice. Who am I?
- Answer: Elf on the Shelf.
10
I have needles all over me but cannot sew a thing. What am I?
- Answer: A Christmas tree.
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Buddy and Hermey were both born on Christmas Eve. When Buddy was 6 years old, Hermey was half his age. If Buddy turns 100 years old this Christmas Eve, how old is Hermey going to be?^{[19]
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- Answer: 97.
12
At a holiday market, the total cost for a cup of hot cocoa and a cookie is $1.80. If a cup of hot cocoa costs one dollar more than a cookie, how much does a cup of hot cocoa cost?
- Answer: $1.40.
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I come with many colors so beautiful and bright, I turn so many houses into a beautiful sight. What am I?^{[20]
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- Answer: Christmas lights.
14
This gift can't be bought, but can be exchanged. It's something you can give to yourself, but it's better when given to someone else. What is it?
- Answer: Love.
15
This follows Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer everywhere he goes, but he can't touch it. What is it?
- Answer: His shadow.
16
You're driving a bus that picks up elves. On the first stop, you pick up four elves with blue eyes. The second, you pick up six elves with brown eyes. On the third, you pick up ten elves with green eyes. What color are the bus driver's eyes?
- Answer: Whatever color your eyes are. You're the bus driver!
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Reindeer is spelled R-E-I-N-D-E-E-R. Can you spell that without using an "r"?
- Answer: T-H-A-T.