Short Riddles

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

Answer: Button

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I.

Answer: I'm their daughter

Rating: 80%

Riddle: Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen.

Answer: Iceberg

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out.

Answer: Gun

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Long and think, red within, with a nail at the end.

Answer: Finger

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Look into my face and I'm everybody. Scratch my back and I'm nobody.

Answer: Mirror

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What demands an answer, but asks no question?

Answer: Ring Ring A Telephone

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Hard to catch, easy to hold. Can't be seen, unless it's cold.

Answer: Breath

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How do surfers greet each other?

Answer: They wave.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Muchas lamparitas muy bien colgaditas, siempre encandiladas y nadie las atiza.

Answer: Las estrellas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp.

Answer: Hyphen. The first two lines yield high-fen. A hyphen is used by a writer to tie (or cramp) two words together

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many animals did Moses take on the arc with him?

Answer: None. Noah went on the arc, not Moses.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?

Answer: There are 11 letters in “THE ALPHABET.”Did you say 26?

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

Answer: grass

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Verde en el monte, negro en la plaza, colorado en la casa.

Answer: Carbón

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Verde me crié, rubio me cortaron, rojo me molieron, blanco me amasaron.

Answer: El trigo

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Verde soy, verde seré, no me toques que te picaré

Answer: La ortiga

Rating: 100%

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

Answer: A Minotaur

Rating: 100%

Riddle: De siete hermanos que vamos a cazar, uno se queda para contarlos ya

Answer: El viento

Rating: 67%

Riddle: Un ángel sube al cielo, pega un grito y baja al suelo.

Answer: El cohete

Rating: 100%

Riddle: A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within.

Answer: Egg

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Más fina que la hoja, Pasa el agua y no se moja.

Answer: La sombra

Rating: 100%

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

Answer: Hormigas

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Por dentro carbón, por fuera madera. En tu estuche voy a la escuela.

Answer: El lápiz

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What do you fill with empty hands?

Answer: Gloves

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I hide but my head is outside.

Answer: Nail

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

Answer: Cain (who killed Abel)

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I know a word with three letters. Add two, and fewer there will be.

Answer: The word “Few“

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left.

Answer: Mirror

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?

Answer: Salt

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What can you put in a barrel to make it lighter?

Answer: Hole

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What do you serve that you can't eat?

Answer: A tennis ball

Rating: 88%

Riddle: What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe?

Answer: Hands

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What does every birthday end with?

Answer: The letter Y

Rating: 100%

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

Answer: Advice

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes.

Answer: Drum

Rating: 100%

Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two more letters?

Answer: Short

Rating: 67%

Riddle: Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again.

Answer: Record

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Bright as diamonds, Loud as thunder, Never still, A thing of wonder.

Answer: Waterfall

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I pass before the sun, but make no shadow.

Answer: Wind

Rating: 100%

Riddle: I row with four paddles but never leave home. What am I?

Answer: A turtle.

Rating: 100%

Riddle: Tengo lecho Y no me acuesto; Tengo un curso Y no soy maestro.

Answer: El río

Rating: 67%

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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