100 Riddles to Make you Think

Riddles are a blast to read. Sometimes the answer is as plain as the nose on your face. Other times it’s as tricky as can be. Here are 100 Riddles to make you think! The one thing that riddles all have in common is that they make you think. I love riddles and sharing them with others so I’ve put together some fun riddles below. 

 

We all know riddles are fun but did you know they’re good for you? Keep reading to see the answer to this riddle. Before I give you the answer though, check out a couple of fun riddles.

Here are some riddles to warm you up!

No one has ever walked this way

AnsweR: The Milky Way

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 

Answer Echo

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. 

Answer: Candle

In a one story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was blue, the living room was orange, the garage was green, the entry hall was red and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?

There are no stairs in a one story house

People make me, keep me, change me, raise me, even though I can be very dirty. What am I?

Answer: Money

Rough and gray as rock,
I’m plain as plain can be.
But hidden deep inside there’s great beauty in me.
What am I?

Answer: An Oyster

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Classic Riddles

1. What has to be broken before you can use it?
   An egg.
2. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
   A candle.
3. What has hands but can’t clap?
   A clock.
4. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
   A stamp.
5. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
   Footsteps.

Animal Riddles

6. What has a tail and a head but no body?
   A coin.
7. Why did the chicken cross the road?
   To get to the other side.
8. What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
   A human (baby, adult, elder with a cane).
9. What’s black and white and read all over?
   A newspaper (also a zebra with a sunburn!).
10. What has an eye but can’t see?
    A needle.

Funny Riddles

11. What has many teeth but can’t bite?
    A comb.
12. Why did the bicycle fall over?
    It was two-tired.
13. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
    Nacho cheese.
14. Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
    Because then it would be a foot.
15. Why did the math book look sad?
    Because it had too many problems.

Holiday Riddles

16. What do you get if you cross a snowman with a vampire?
    Frostbite.
17. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
    A palm.
18. I’m found in December but not in any other month. What am I?
    The letter “D.”
19. What do elves learn in school?
    The elf-abet!
20. Why does Santa always come through the chimney?
    Because it “soots” him!

Brain Teasers

21. What has a face but no eyes, arms, or legs?
    A clock.
22. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
    A teapot.
23. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
    A map.
24. What gets wetter as it dries?
    A towel.
25. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
    An echo.

Quirky Riddles

26. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    The letter “M.”
27. What has a neck but no head?
    A bottle.
28. What has keys but can’t open locks?
    A piano.
29. What can you catch but not throw?
    A cold.
30. What has one eye but can’t see?
    A needle.

Food Riddles

31. What has no beginning, end, or middle, and tastes great?
    A donut.
32. What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
    A cupcake.
33. What has ears but cannot hear?
    Corn.
34. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
    A carrot.
35. What do you call a fast sandwich?
    A sub-marine.

Mystery Riddles

36. The more you take away, the bigger I get. What am I?
    A hole.
37. I’m full of keys but I can’t open any doors. What am I?
    A keyboard.
38. What has four wheels and flies?
    A garbage truck.
39. I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
    A bank.
40. What has a head, a bed, and a tail?
    A coin.

Animal Riddles

46. What kind of dog never bites?
    A hot dog.
47. What animal has no wings, no feet, and no arms but can fly?
    Time.
48. What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
    Its shadow.
49. Why do bees hum?
    Because they don’t know the words.
50. What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?
    A human (infant, adult, elder).

Funny Riddles

51. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog?
    Frostbite.
52. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
    In case he got a hole in one.
53. What’s brown and sticky?
    A stick.
54. Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
    They don’t have the guts.
55. Why was the math book sad?
    It had too many problems.

Holiday Riddles

56. What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
    Tinselitis.
57. What do snowmen do in their free time?
    Chill out.
58. Why does Santa have three gardens?
    So he can “ho ho ho.”
59. What did one Christmas tree say to another?
    Lighten up!
60. How much did Santa pay for his sleigh?
    Nothing. It was on the house!

Brain Teasers

61. What comes down but never goes up?
    Rain.
62. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
    Light.
63. What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
    An artichoke.
64. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
    Your right elbow.
65. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t leave. What am I?
    A keyboard.

Quirky Riddles

66. What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
    An echo.
67. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
    The future.
68. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
    A window.
69. What can’t be used until it’s broken?
    An egg.
70. What has one eye but still can’t see?
    A needle.

Food Riddles

71. What has a neck but no head?
    A bottle.
72. What kind of apple isn’t an apple?
    A pineapple.
73. What’s hot, red, and filled with beans?
    Chili.
74. What do you call a fake noodle?
    An impasta.
75. What’s sweet, sticky, and always falls for you?
    Honey.

Mystery Riddles

76. I’m not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
    Fire.
77. I’m taken from a mine and shut inside a wooden case, from which I’m never released. What am I?
    A pencil lead.
78. I’m an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
    Seven.
79. The person who makes me sells me. The person who buys me never uses me. The person who uses me never sees me. What am I?
    A coffin.
80. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
    A piano.

Classic Riddles

81. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
    An echo.
82. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
    Footsteps.
83. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
    A map.
84. What has hands but can’t clap?
    A clock.
85. I’m found in December, but not in any other month. What am I?
    The letter “D.”

Animal Riddles

86. What has four legs in the morning, six at lunch, and eight at night?
    A dog in a buggy (puppy in the morning, walked dog, then an old dog on wheels).
87. What animal jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
    A kangaroo.
88. Why do ducks have feathers?
    To cover their butt quacks!
89. What do you call a sleeping bull?
    A bulldozer.
90. What kind of lion never roars?
    A dandelion.

Funny Riddles

91. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
    Because he was outstanding in his field.
92. Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
    They’d crack each other up.
93. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
    A carrot.
94. Why did the tomato turn red?
    Because it saw the salad dressing!
95. Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
    Because then it would be a foot.

Holiday Riddles

96. What do you call an elf who sings?
    A wrapper.
97. What’s a snowman’s favorite snack?
    Ice Krispies Treats.
98. Why does everyone love Frosty the Snowman?
    Because he’s so cool.
99. What’s a Christmas tree’s favorite candy?
    Orna-mints.
100. What do gingerbread men use to make their beds?
     Cookie sheets.

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