130 Challenging Riddle Me This Riddles With Answers

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Riddles are not only fun to solve but great to stimulate your brain. These riddle me this riddles are sure to get your brain waves flowing as you try and solve them!

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Why did a man born in December celebrate his birthday in the summer? Because he lives in Australia
I have an eye but cannot see. You’ll head inside when you see me. What am I? A storm
Without being called, we came out at night. Without being stolen, we get lost in the day. Who are we? The stars
Look at me one way and I weigh a whole lot. Turn me around and you’ll see that I am not. What am I? A ton
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short
There are five people in a room. You go in that room and kill 4 of those 5 people. How many people actually remain in that room? There will be six people remaining in the room because the people killed will still remain people. You have also entered in the room. So including you there will be 5 + 1 persons in that room.
I am neither a guest or a trespasser be, to this place I belong, but it also belongs to me. What am I? A house
You go at red, but stop at green. What am I? A watermelon.
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I? The news
What word looks the same backwards and upside down? Swims
I once was full of thoughts but now I am white and empty. What am I? A skull.
When I point up it’s bright, but when I point down it’s dark. What am I? A light switch.
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of it’s five letters? Queue.
A doctor and a taxi driver are both in love with the same attractive woman, named Helen. The taxi driver had to go on a long trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Helen seven apples. Why? Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? A candle
What month of the year has 28 days? All of them
What is full of holes but still holds water? A sponge
What question can you never answer yes to? Are you asleep yet?

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? The future
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs? There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? A promise
What goes up but never comes down? Your age
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why? He was bald
What gets wet while drying? A towel
What can you keep after giving to someone? Your word
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I? A barber
I’m a god, a planet, and I measure heat. What am I? Mercury.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? All the people on the boat are married.
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible? He was born on February 29
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first? The match
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I? A bank
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to? An echo
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it? Darkness
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son? David
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I? Your shadow
People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I? Plates and cutlery.
I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four. Served small, white, and round. You’ll love some, and that’s part of the fun. What am I? A ping-pong ball.
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? A piano

A man rides into town on Friday. He stays two nights. How does he leave on Tuesday? His horse was called Friday
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? Your right elbow
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty? A chalkboard
What gets bigger when more is taken away? A hole
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I? Your breath
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I? A joke
I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I? Yarn
A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I? A pea
I’m an instrument through which sounds are made, and yet, not something that can be played. What am I? Your voice.
Where does today come before yesterday? The dictionary
What invention lets you look right through a wall? A window
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I? A secret
What can’t be put in a saucepan? It’s lid
What goes up and down but doesn’t move? A staircase
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in? Second place
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it? Your name
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see? A potato
What has one eye, but can’t see? A needle
What has many needles, but doesn’t sew? A Christmas tree
What has hands, but can’t clap? A clock

What has legs, but doesn’t walk? A table
What has one head, one foot and four legs? A bed
What can you catch, but not throw? A cold
I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. What am I? A coin.
I help you from your head to your toe. The more I work, the smaller I grow. What am I? A bar of soap
What kind of band never plays music? A rubber band
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I? Clouds
What has many teeth but can’t bite? A comb
What is cut on a table but is never eaten? A deck of cards
What has words, but never speaks? A book
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? A fence
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner? A stamp
What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand? A glove
What has a head and a tail but no body? A coin
Where does one wall meet the other wall? On the corner
What building has the most stories? The library
What tastes better than it smells? Your tongue
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? A deck of cards
It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it? Corn
What kind of coat is best put on wet? A coat of paint

What has a bottom at the top? Your legs
What has four wheels and flies? A garbage truck
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I? Seven
If two’s a company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? Nine
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have? Five—each daughter has the same brother.
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied? One, two and three
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? Neither—they both weigh a ton.
Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have? None. He has three sisters.
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How? They are a grandfather, father and son.
A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three breaks. How many eggs are left unbroken? Three
The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday? December 31; today is January 1
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have? Three: A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have? You have two apples.
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? Four sisters and three brothers
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter? An envelope
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it? Dozens
What would you find in the middle of Toronto? The letter “o.”
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I? The letter “e.”
I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out, I must break through the wall. What am I? A baby chick in an egg

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it? The letter “r.”
I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I? Also, the letter “e”
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? NOON
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? The word “not.”
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat? Chicago
I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I? Few
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed? Stone
What is the end of everything? The letter “g.”
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters? Queue
I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I? Isle (add “a” to make “aisle”)
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? Silence
What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word? Heroine
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? A river
Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How? The river was frozen
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack but give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back. What am I? A mirror
What can fill a room but takes up no space? Light
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Footsteps
I turn once; what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I? A key
I can wave my hands at you, but I never say goodbye. You are always cool when with me, even more so when I am high! What am I? An electric fan.
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I? Money

What can be heard and caught but never seen? A remark
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks? Day, and night
What goes through cities and fields, but never moves? A road
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I? Fire
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting? The man’s son
The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it? A coffin
With pointed fangs, I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I? A stapler
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I? A map
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves? Nothin
I’m so fast you can’t see me, though everyone else can see straight through me. I won’t stop until the day you die. What am I? The blink of an eye

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