Riddles
Test your wit and problem-solving skills with this collection of classic riddles and brain teasers that challenge you to think outside the box.
Questions
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
- A coin
- A snake
- A worm
- A key
What goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
- A broom
- An umbrella
- A bird
- A smoke
I am always hungry, the more you feed me the more I grow, but when I'm thirsty, I get smaller.
- A fire
- A plant
- A dog
- A computer
What has three feet, but can't walk?
- A yardstick
- A tripod
- A table
- A chair
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but there is not a single person on board. Why?
- They are all married
- They are all children
- They are all statues
- They are all ghosts
What has a neck without a head, a back without a spine, and four legs without feet?
- A shirt
- A table
- A chair
- A guitar
What can you catch but not throw?
- A cold
- A ball
- A fish
- A bird
What has a tongue but cannot speak, a bed but never sleeps, and a river but no water?
- A shoe
- A book
- A map
- A clock
What has many keys, but can't open a single door?
- A piano
- A typewriter
- A computer keyboard
- A guitar
What goes around and around, but always stays in place?
- A merry-go-round
- A Ferris wheel
- A clock
- A ceiling fan
What has a face, but no eyes, a mouth, but no tongue, and hands, but no arms?
- A clock
- A watch
- A mirror
- A doll
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
- A snake
- A worm
- A coin
- A key
What goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
- A broom
- An umbrella
- A bird
- A smoke
I am always hungry, the more you feed me the more I grow, but when I'm thirsty, I get smaller.
- A fire
- A plant
- A dog
- A computer
What has three feet, but can't walk?
- A yardstick
- A tripod
- A table
- A chair