Short Riddles

Riddle: I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?

Answer: A candle.

Rating: 75%

Riddle: Una viejita, Con um diente, Llama toda la gente.

Answer: La campana

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Van cien damas en un camino, que no levantan polvo, ni remolino.

Answer: Hormigas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?

Answer: A chalkboard

Rating: 67%

Riddle: A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done.

Answer: Potato

Rating: 100%

Riddle: En medio del cielo estoy, Ni soy luna ni soy sol. Adivíname quién soy.

Answer: La letra "E"

Rating: 60%

Riddle: What goes into the water black and comes out red?

Answer: A lobster

Rating: 75%

Riddle: Están a tu lado Y no las ves.

Answer: Las orejas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Es un árbol muy alto de estrecha copa, en el cementerio es donde mora

Answer: El ciprés

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die.

Answer: Fire

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.

Answer: Advice

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A tiny bead, like fragile glass, strung along a cord of grass.

Answer: Dew

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Hold the tail, while I fish for you.

Answer: Net

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Soy de madera, tengo un arco y no flecha.

Answer: El violín

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Flat as a leaf, round as a ring. Has two eyes, can't see a thing.

Answer: Button

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What asks but never answers?

Answer: Owl

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Who works when he plays and plays when he works?

Answer: Musician

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Why can’t you trust an atom?

Answer: They make up everything.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Fuí a la plaza, Traje de ellas, Vine a mi casa Y lloré con ellas.

Answer: Las cebollas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

Answer: Pillow

Rating: 50%

Riddle: Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.

Answer: Fire

Rating: 100%

Riddle: He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?

Answer: A preacher

Rating: 100%

Riddle: how do you make 30p with 2 coins? one of them is not a 20p..

Answer: a 20p and a 10p . one of them isnt a 20p, but the other one is!

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How do you make “one” disappear?

Answer: Add a “g” to make it “gone” or an “n” to make it “none“!

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How far can a dog run into the woods?

Answer: Halfway, any further and he would be running out of the woods

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How Far Can You Walk into the woods?

Answer: HalfWay

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How is it possible to shave three times a day and still grow a beard?

Answer: If you were a barber, you could shave other men three times a day and still grow your own beard

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many of each type of animal did Moses take on the Ark?

Answer: None, it was Noah

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?

Answer: A dozen, although you probably said four

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

Answer: Only one time. After that, you would be subtracting from 20

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?

Answer: A Joke!

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind.

Answer: Nose

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A man but an animal, a horn with two hands. What am I?

Answer: A Minotaur

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.

Answer: Fire

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I give milk and have a horn but I'm not a cow? What am I?

Answer: A milk truck

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I hide but my head is outside.

Answer: Nail

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say.

Answer: Flag

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I am an animal named after the animal that I eat. What am I?

Answer: An anteater.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I am a tree, but I am very small... Who am I?

Answer: grass

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I am the red tongue of the earth, that buries cities.

Answer: Lava

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I am the yellow hem of the sea's blue skirt. What am I?

Answer: Beach.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it stops.

Answer: Sandal

Rating: 100%

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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