Browsing Posts in Riddles

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I? A shadow. I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I’m rarely still, but I never wander. What am I? A tree. I went into the woods and got [...]

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? Silence. A secret. A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it? Suicide. Coup d’etat. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I? An onion.

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I? A shoe. Throw it off the highest building, and I’ll not break. But put me in the ocean, and [...]

I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I? A sponge. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I? Fire. The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who [...]

What can you catch but not throw? A cold. I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I? A nose. What’s black and white and red all over? An embarrassed skunk. A zebra painted red. A sunburned penguin. A newspaper. What goes around the world but stays in [...]

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? A towel. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? An ear of corn. A chicken. What goes up and down the stairs without moving? A rug.