Riddles Flashcards
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A Calendar.
If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow?
The 27th
A horse was tied to a rope 5 meters long and the horse’s food was 15 meters away from the horse. How did the horse reach the food?
The rope wasn’t tied to anything so he could reach the food.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. “What am I?”
Footsteps.
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?
The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I. Cool,huh?
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A Penny.
David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
David.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
Your name.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg.
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
A blackboard.
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!
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?
The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
You have me today, Tomorrow you’ll have more; As your time passes, I’m not easy to store; I don’t take up space, But I’m only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?
Memories.
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
11 o’clock plus 2 hours = 1 o’clock 9 o’clock plus 5 hours = 2 o’clock
What’s at least 6 inches long, goes in your mouth, and is more fun if it vibrates?
A toothbrush. Come on.
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.
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?
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote “your exact weight” on the paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see? “What is it?”
A die (dice).
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
A fence.
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?
There was the father, his son, and his son’s son. This equals 2 fathers and 2 sons for a total of 3!
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold.
