Riddles Flashcards
Riddles
You can run but cannot walk. You have a mouth but cannot talk. You have a head but never weep. You have a bed but never sleep. What are you?
Answer: a river.
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What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: an egg
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What question can you never answer yes to?
Answer: Are you dead?
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There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
Answer: There are no stairs. It’s a one story house.
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A man in the rain had no umbrella, no hat, and no coat, yet he somehow managed to not get a single hair on his head wet. How can this be?
Answer: The man was bald.
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What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Answer: An echo.
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I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
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Simon’s mom had three kids. Two of the kids are named Summer, and Winter. What is the name of the third child.
Answer: Simon.
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What has one head, one foot and four legs?
Answer: A bed
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If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
Answer: A secret.
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What can break when it is said?
Answer: Silence.