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"What’s long, hard, and full of seamen? A submarine!"
"What has keys but no locks, space but no room, you can enter but can't go outside?"
"What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?"
"He has married many women but has never been married. Who is he?"
"With pointed fangs I sit and wait, with piercing force I dole out fate, grabbing victims, proclaiming might, physically joining with a single bite."
"Roses are large, the sky is big. Mix them together and you'll know where to dig."
"If current's not flowing, where is it flowing?"
"Toothless bites it's wind, oh. He's angry, a box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside his head."
"Keep this little riddle at the back of your mind."
"I don't have eyes but once I did see, once I had thoughts but now I'm white and empty. What am I?"
"Once inside it's two, when leaving it's one."
"If two witches would watch two watches which witch would watch which watch?"
"Two fathers and two sons found three oranges and shared them, everyone got a whole orange. How is it possible?"
"The more there is, the less you see. What could I be?"
"How do you make the number seven even without addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division? You drop the S."
"What goes up but never comes down? A person's age."
"A man leaves home, turns left three times, only to come home finding two men in masks. Who are they? A catcher and an umpire."
"In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be? The person was born in 2005 BC."
"Can a match box? No, but a tin can."
"I'm forged without a smith. I break without a blow. When I'm revealed to be a myth, you'll be the last to know. What am I?"
"I'm not a toy, but I can be played with."
"Amongst the colors bright and bold, which one's different, young and old?"
"What can run but can't walk? A river."
"What has 21 eyes but can't see? A dice."
"What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?"
"What has one eye but cannot see? A needle."
"Time is a riddle that we may never fully solve."
"I got secrets, I'm the teacher. My teacher tells me, who's your teacher, I can't see you can't see, no why is a secret secret things."
"One always tells the truth, and the other one only lies. One tells the truth, and the other eats chili."
"How many holes does a straw have it's just one hole all the way through you sure about that all the way through."
"What comes down but never goes up? My self-esteem."
"Life's a riddle, they feel like they're the riddle."
"What turns everything around but does not move? A mirror. Good job, you are correct."
"Can you tell me how many seconds there are in a year?"
"The answer to the riddle is love."
"If diamond equals F, what is battery equal? The answer is I, and not W."
"What's heavy, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? Feathers, 'cause they heavier than bricks."
"Why did the children drop the hammer when it was too late? Well, they didn't. That was a long night causing moon meteor."
"Who's the person everyone takes their hat off in front of?"
"It flies without wings and cries without eyes. What is it?"
"Who was the criminal and how did she understand it? The second man paid with a $25 bill, such a bill doesn't exist which means he'd been printing money."
"I genuinely thought that was going to be a riddle, that's all these quests suck."
"How does a penguin build its house?"
"Consider this riddle: A man travels a thousand kilometers north, a thousand kilometers east, a thousand kilometers south, and ends up at the same location. How is this possible?"
"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid."
"What's something that the more you take, the more you leave behind?"
"I'm not alive but I can grow; I don't have lungs but I need air; I don't have a mouth but water kills me."
"How many holes are there in a straw? For the people who think there's two holes, I would say imagine this straw getting shorter and shorter."
"The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours," said the Duchess.
"I'm perfect. Wa, do you know the Green Glass Door?"
"If n o t spells not and i c e spells ice, then what does n o t i c e spell? No ties."
"No, you're not saying it, you can add a letter to the end to get a U.S. state capital."
"The rich need it, but if you drink it, you die."
"What goes real good with raking seesaw Margery doll Jack shall have a new master he shall make but a penny a day because he can't work any faster."
"If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five? Nine."
"What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck."
"What has to be broken before you can use it? Batman's back!"
"May remind you of the Saint Ives riddle: 'As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives...'"
"Three doctors said Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who's lying? The doctors might be sisters."
"What is black and blue and dead all over? Batman."
"Enigma, stumper, challenge, puzzle."
"How many times does the letter L appear in the following phrase: 'awfully full'?"
"How many sets of double letters are in the word 'bookkeeper'?"
"I'm not anything, but Shakespeare made much ado about me. What word am I? Nothing."
"At your racetrack I'm underfoot, on your doorway I'm overhead. What object am I? Horseshoe."
"I'm the no-no that turns into a photo. What word am I? Negative."
"Here's your riddle for this room: 'Which bride is marrying this groom?' The third bride's shadow is holding hands with the groom's shadow. They're in love, so she must be his chosen one."
"Find someone with the name that rhymes with 'drum'."
"When is the fish not a fish? When it has legs."
"You can find me in darkness but never in light."
"Who was the betrayer? That's the riddle."
"Which painter is hidden here? If you're learning about impressionism, one thing you need to remember is that this water lilies painter was a key exponent of it. Jenny?"
"I ask you why did the Scarecrow get an award?"
"I have lakes but no water, mountains but no stones, cities but no buildings, kingdoms but no thrones."
"How can you lift an elephant with one hand? You can never lift an elephant that has one hand."
"What is the end of time and space the beginning of every end and the end of every place."
"There was an airplane crash. Every single person on board died, but somehow two people survived. How is this possible?"
"What tastes better than it smells? Your tongue."
"What is always in front of you but can't be seen? The future."
"What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg, of course."
"Riddle me this... The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you die. And it is the only thing that can stop me... What is it?"
"What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea."
"Poor people have it, rich people need it, if you eat it you die. What is it? Nothing."
"What's so fragile just by saying its name you can break it?"
"What always begins with a 'w' and ends with a 't'? What."
"What do you call a white-tailed deer with no eyes? No idea."
"What word has an 'e' at the beginning and an 'e' at the end and only has one letter?... Envelope."
"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening? People."
"For the man who finds the true solution to the riddle of Life, the Sphinx of death has ceased to exist."
"This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays kings, ruins towns; And beats high mountains down."
"Maybe the real answer to the riddle was the friends we made along the way."
"What have a head, a tail, but no legs? What am I?"
"What starts with a T, ends with an E, and has hundreds of letters in it? It's the post office."
"Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters."
"What's the difference between a stone and a boat?"
"You see a boat filled with people, it has not sunk, but when you look again, you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?"
"The more you take out of me, the bigger I get. What am I? A hole."
"Love, the answer to the riddle is love."
"A couple who had five sons went on a picnic... How many people went on the picnic? Two."
"If the squirrel eats acorns but never a steak, how much water fills up the lake?"
"I can bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, or even a thought to your mind, but I can't be seen."
"A conundrum is a difficult problem to solve."
"I am not a heart, club, or a spade. I'm put on a ring when it's made."
"I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, water but no fish. What am I?"
"Pierre shaves every day but still he has a long beard. How is that possible? Pierre is a barber."
"What question can you never answer 'yes' to? Is everything you say a lie?"
"Life is a game in which the world is constantly setting its inhabitants the same riddle."
"I am the beginning of the end and the end of before."
"I can fly but not in the sky. I bid adieu at night and say hello in the morning."
"What is it that you will break even when you name it?"
"What breathes, consumes, and grows, what was never and will never be alive?"
"What do you call a man without a body and a nose? Nobody knows."
"How much wood would a driftwood drift if a driftwood could drift wood?"
"What is full of holes but still holds water?"
"What runs all around a backyard yet never moves?"
"What would you find in the middle of Toronto?"
"Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people. How?"
"You're almost there, no need to sigh, why not check a place that's high."
"All you have to do is add the letter 'G' to one and then it's gone."
"What do you call a man with no nose and no body? Nobody knows."
"Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Take away my middle letter, and I will still sound the same. I am a five-letter word. What am I?"
"I'm a bean but I'm not magic, I can be roasted but I'm not a turkey, I can be ground but I'm not pepper, I can be pressed but I'm not a button. What am I?"
"I am the beginning of eternity, I am the end of time and space."
"There is a house one enters it blind and leaves it seeing."
"I sometimes cause pain when I go in. I'll fill your holes if you ask me to. What am I? Give up? A dentist."
"The more places I go, the less you can see. Who am I? Darkness."
"I'm made up of two words joined together. I'm a dish; my first half is a famous genre, my second part is a grain. What am I?"
"Spelled forward were those rodents that terrify you, but what you need is spelled backward. You can't touch it, but you can see it at night."
"I am red but I smell like blue paint. What am I?"
"I know a word of letters three, add two and there will be fewer."
"I have a beard without being a man, I'm green but I'm not a lizard, I'm white but I'm not snow. Who am I?"
"When is the door not a door? When it's ajar."
"What do you swallow that can swallow you?"
"What is lower with a head on top than without?"
"You have three matches; can you make a six out of them without breaking them into pieces?"
"What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow."
"What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel."
"What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary in the world? Incorrectly."
"What goes up but never comes down? Your age."
"What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with? A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush."
"What color are the stairs? There aren't any; it's a one-story house."
"What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short."
"How many times can you subtract 10 from 100? Once."
"He had set out to solve a riddle and the Element Lords were seeking the same answer; it was still out there, tantalizing him, a question without an answer, but he would answer it somehow."
"What animal is green and walks slow and lives in a shell?"
"What's black and white and red all over? A newspaper, because they're black and white and read all over."
"What's more powerful than gods, more evil than the devil, the rich want it, and the poorest have it?"
"What starts with 'f' and ends with 'k'? Fire truck."
"What has four letters and sometimes has nine? No, it's 'what has'."
"For England's fairest town, ancient questions must you pose, that no man may resolve, is it Shrewsbury or Shros?"
"What has four letters, sometimes nine letters, but never has five letters."
"If you remove the first letter of 'Empty', it's pronounced the same way. Remove the last letter, it's still the same. And even if you remove the first, third, and last letters, you'll still be left with 'Mt'."
"What is a bell that does not ring, yet its knell makes the angels sing?"
"What coat is best put on wet? A raincoat."
"I start tall, the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I? A candle."
"The one who makes it sells it, the one who buys it never uses it, the one that uses it never knows that he's using it."
"What is one thing that often falls in winter but never gets hurt? Snow."
"What are two things you can't have for breakfast? Lunch and dinner."
"What kind of button can't be unbuttoned? A belly button."
"Where does a king keep his armies? Up his sleevies."
"Most bees produce honey; what kind of bees produce milk? Boobies."
"What's made of ivory and camel hair and weighs 13,000 pounds? An elephant with a paintbrush!"
"I pass from Sir to Air, and each Brother takes a share."
"What to do to die today at a minute or two till two."
"In a cold dark cell filled with solemn stones lies the bird that has no bones."
"What has 13 hearts but no organs? A deck of cards."
"Decoy is a riddle in its painting; a decoy is something that is supposed to lure you to something that it is not."
"I can be a poet named Robert or a cool character named Jack. What name am I? Frost."
"I'm the guy who took the throne when I took Excalibur from the Stone. Who am I? King Arthur."
"I'm the movie that sharked the world. What movie am I? Jaws."
"What has to be broken before you can use it? It's an egg."
"What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge."
"I am a vessel without hinges, lock, or lid, yet within my walls a golden treasure is hid."
"I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I? A candle."
"The more of this there is, the less you can see it. What is it? Darkness."
"How many horns does a unicorn have? One."
"What day of the week doesn't end in 'y'? The answer is tomorrow."
"Add me to myself and multiply by four, divide me by eight, you'll have me once more."
"Fine, you can go home if you solve this riddle: What's the one thing evil can never have but good can't go without?"
"What has four eyes and will never see? Mississippi."
"Dark is the hall beyond the pitch, oh where could there be light? Not up nor down, but three steps round, two doors down her torch shall steer you right."
"What's brown and sticky? A stick."
"What reflects light and shines down bright but only shows its face at night? The Moon."
"I make men dream, I make them weep, I make them laugh, and stomp their feet. What am I?"
"What does a cow have four of that I only have two of?"
"It's neither a road nor an island, discuss."
"I sleep by day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight."
"All of us in this house are cursed, answer this one last riddle for the curse to be reversed."
"What is yours that others use more than you? Your name."
"I always run but I never walk, I have a mouth but I never talk, I have a head but I never weep."
"Riddle me this: What has branches but no leaves? A bank."
"What goes up but never comes back down? Your age."
"The two things you can't ever eat for breakfast are lunch and dinner."
"Riddle me this, what animal never plays by the rules? A cheetah."
"What do you put in a toaster? Bread."
"What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening?"
"One camel is carrying some baggage; each clue contains an extra word that must be removed before solving."
"What is a king with no crown? That's a riddle, but one to which we all know the answer: no king at all."
"Something you might find on a wall."
"What do a typewriter, a guitar, and a chicken have in common?"