49 Riddles and Brain Teasers
Posted August 30, 2023 by: Admin
List 4:
22. What has three feet but can’t walk?
23. What runs but never walks, often mumbles, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
24. If you are running in a race and you pass the person in second place, where are you?
25. What gets sharper the more you use it?
26. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
27. What can you catch but not throw?
28. How many months have 28 days?
Answers:
22. A criterion.
23. A river.
24. Second place.
25. Your brain.
26. A secret.
27. A cold.
28. Every 12 months!
List 5:
29. They go out at night without being called and get lost during the day without being robbed. What are they?
30. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
31. Two in front, two in back, and one in the middle. How many are there?
32. What word is misspelled in all dictionaries?
33. What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
34. The more you remove, the bigger it gets. What is it?
35. What word contains 26 letters, but only three syllables?
Answers:
29. Stars.
30. A sponge.
31. Three. (1 2) 3 1 (2 3) 1 (2) 3
32. The word “wrong!”
33. A problem!
34. A hole!
35. Alphabet!
List 6:
36. A girl fell from a long ladder. She was not injured. Because?
37. It follows you around and copies your every move. But you can’t touch it or catch it. What is it?
38. Which building has thousands of floors?
39. What has a neck but no head?
40. A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
41. What invention allows you to look through a wall?
42. What are two things you can NEVER eat for breakfast?
Answers:
36. She fell off the bottom step.
37. Your shadow.
38. A library!
39. A bottle!
40. 5 cents.
41. A window!
42. Lunch and dinner!
List 7:
43. What goes up and down but never moves?
44. The more you take, the more you leave behind? What are they?
45. I don’t have eyes, ears, or legs, and yet I help move the earth. It’s me?
46. If there are three cookies and you take two away, how many do you have left?
47. What do dogs have that no other animal has?
48. A man was walking in the middle of nowhere, and it started to rain. He didn’t have an umbrella or a hat, but he didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. How can this be?
49. Give me food and I will live. Give me water and I will die. It’s me?
Answers:
43. Temperature! (Alternate answer: a flight of stairs!)
44. Footprints!
45. An earthworm!
46. If you take two, of course, you have two!
47. Puppies!
48. The man was bald!
49. Fire!
