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  What has holes and holds water?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  What kind of ship never sinks?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Funny
 
  What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  What stays in the corner and travels all around the world?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  What goes up and down but never moves?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  What question can you never answer yes to?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  What sort of ring is always square?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Easy
 
  There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Difficult
 
  A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Difficult
 
  Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
ANSWER | 5 stars | Difficult
 
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  What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
ANSWER | 4 stars | Easy
 
  What question can you never answer yes to?
ANSWER | 3 stars | Hard
 
  What has eyes but cannot see?
ANSWER | 3 stars | Easy
 
  What english word means burning wood when you take away the first letter of the word?
ANSWER | 3 stars | Word
 
  Feed me and I Live. Give me Drink and I Die. What Am I?
ANSWER | 4 stars | What am I?
 
  What is there more of the less you see?
ANSWER | 3 stars | Easy
 
  What has eyes that cannot see, a tongue that cannot taste, and a soul that cannot die?
ANSWER | 2 stars | Easy
 
  What's grey and can't see well from either end?
ANSWER | 3 stars | Funny
 
  What can you hear but not see and only speaks when it is spoken to?
ANSWER | 4 stars | Easy
 
  What invention allows you to see through walls?
ANSWER | 4 stars | Funny
 
• 100 POPULAR RIDDLES
  What has holes and holds water?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What kind of ship never sinks?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What stays in the corner and travels all around the world?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What goes up and down but never moves?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What question can you never answer yes to?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What sort of ring is always square?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Word  
     
  The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solutions).  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Math  
     
  On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbour. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Logic  
     
  A time when they're green, a time when they're brown, But both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They're perfect and yellow, and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland. Every day a tractor and wagon gives hay rides around the island. Puzzled as to how the tractor had gotten onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island. Explain how the tractor got there?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end and the end of every place.  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Word  
     
  A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till break of day. They played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it came time to square accounts, they all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not one has lost and all have gained - Tell me now, this can you explain?  
  ANSWER | 5 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  Feed me and I Live. Give me Drink and I Die. What Am I?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  What can you hear but not see and only speaks when it is spoken to?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What invention allows you to see through walls?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What bet can never be won?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What can you hold without touching?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What do you put in a barrel to make it lighter?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  How many apples can you put in an empty box?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  Which cheese is made backwards?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What can you serve but never eat?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  Three men were in a boat. It capsized but only two got their hair wet. Why?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What goes through water but doesn't get wet?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What can't walk but can run?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What did the buffalo say to his son, when he went away on a long trip?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What belongs to you but is used more by other people?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What's taken before you get it?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What's easy to get into but hard to get out of?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What does every winner lose in a race?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What runs but doesn't get anywhere?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What has a bottom at the top?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  Why should you always carry a watch when crossing a desert?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What is the longest word in the dictionary?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Word  
     
  What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?  
  ANSWER | 4 stars | Type: Word  
     
  What question can you never answer yes to?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Hard  
     
  What has eyes but cannot see?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What english word means burning wood when you take away the first letter of the word?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Word  
     
  What is there more of the less you see?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What's grey and can't see well from either end?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  Which is the longest rope?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What part of a fish weighs the most?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What jam can't you eat?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What are two things you cannot have for breakfast?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What side of an apple is the left side?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  On what nuts can pictures hang?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  Why did the Invisible Man's wife understand him so well?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What runs across the floor without legs?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What has two hands, no fingers, stands still and goes?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What is always behind the times?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  Where does Friday come before Wednesday?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What is always coming but never arrives?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  Why can't it rain for two days in a row?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What can you give away but also keep?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What breaks when you say it?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What goes all around a pasture but never moves?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What goes up and does not come down?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What starts working only when it's fired?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!' The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What animal keeps the best time?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  You are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides, including the ceiling and floor. You have nothing but a mirror and a wooden table in the room with you. How do you get out?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Logic  
     
  Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunnelling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Logic  
     
  No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die, And yet I do all three. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. However, Mr. Grumper's watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so he adjusted his watch by putting it forward 3 minutes. His watch kept time during the day, and on the return journey in the evening the train started on time, according to his watch, and arrived on time, according to the station clock. If the train traveled 25 percent faster on the  
  ANSWER | 3 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What has eyes that cannot see, a tongue that cannot taste, and a soul that cannot die?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  Why did the boy sit on the clock?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What gets bigger and bigger as you take more away from it?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What has teeth but cannot eat?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What do you call a man who stands around and makes faces all day?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  The word 'FACETIOUSLY' contains the six vowels, A-E-I-O-U and Y, in their alphabetical order. Can you find another English word that does the same?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Word  
     
  I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Word  
     
  After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX = 9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Logic  
     
  How can you clasp someone's hands together in such a manner that they cannot leave the room without unclasping them?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What tree is most warmly clad?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  I'm a word that's hardly there. Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 2 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  What is bigger when it's upside down?  
  ANSWER | 1 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  What did the egg say to the whisk?  
  ANSWER | 1 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What do you draw without a pencil or paper?  
  ANSWER | 1 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?  
  ANSWER | 1 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  What's easier to give than receive?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. 'This barrel of wine is more than half full,' said Curly. 'No it's not,' says Mo. 'It's less than half full.' Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Difficult  
     
  I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many. How many cages and canaries do I have?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Numbers  
     
  What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Funny  
     
  What is the noblest musical instrument?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: Easy  
     
  I come in different shapes and sizes. Part of me are curves, others are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
  With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I?  
  ANSWER | 0 stars | Type: What am I?  
     
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