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101 Riddles That Will Stump You Every Time (But Don’t Worry—We’ll Give You the Answers) 

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 – 1:56 PM  – 1 COMMENT

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By PARADE  @parademagazine

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Need a little break to unwind with some fun brain teasers? Check out our list of the best riddles of all time. They start off easy, and some are perfect riddles for kids. Others, however, are hard and may require you to be a math whiz. Many are plays on letters and words, so keep going if you’re undeterred. We even through in some funny riddles to keep you going. Now, if you make it toward the end, you can try the rest, but beware: The hard ones will put you to the test!

Easy Riddles

1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg

2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle

3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them

4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge

5. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?
Answer: Are you asleep yet?

6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future

7. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
Answer: There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.

8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
Answer: A promise

9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age

10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
Answer: He was bald.

11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
Answer: A towel

12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving to someone?
Answer: Your word

13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
Answer: A barber

14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Answer: All the people on the boat are married.

15. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
Answer: The match

16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
Answer: He was born on February 29.

17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank

18. Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Answer: An echo

19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Answer: Darkness

20. Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
Answer: David