“Tricky” riddles
1.I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What
am I?
2.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.
3.I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no sh. What am I?
4.What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either
month?
5.You see a boat lled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single
person on the boat. Why?
6.What word in the English language does the following: the rst two letters signify a male, the rst
three letters signify a female, the rst four letters signify a great, while the entire world signies a
great woman. What is the word?
7.What English word has three consecutive double letters?
8.A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for ve minutes. Next, she hangs him.
Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
9.I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
10.A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters.
How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
11.What disappears as soon as you say its name?
12.How can the number four be half of ve?
13.I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
What am I?
14.What gets wet while drying?
15.How many letters are in the alphabet?
16.A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
17.What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
18.This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
19.First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a
bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
20.How is seven dierent from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
21.First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
22.What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
23.Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
24.What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
25.How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
26.What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up?
27.Three dierent doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is
lying?