Riddle: There are 3 apples in a basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
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Two – the two you took. The other apple is in the basket.
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Riddle: There are 3 apples in a basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
Two – the two you took. The other apple is in the basket.
Riddle: What type of cheese is made backwards?
Edam.
Riddle: I cover you though you lose me every day and you’d die without me. What am I?
Skin.
Riddle: I fly around all day but I never go anywhere. What am I?
A flag.
Riddle: What word can go after star, town and hard?
Ship.
Riddle: I touch the Earth and I touch the sky but if I touch you you’ll likely die. What am I?
Lightning.
Riddle: I am deaf and dumb and blind but always tell the truth. What am I?
A mirror.
Riddle: What word can go before watch, motion and gap?
Stop.
Riddle: What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue.
Riddle: Forwards I’m what you do every day but backwards I’m wicked. What am I?
Live.
Riddle: Poor people have it and rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing.
Riddle: I am a seed with three letters in my name but take away the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?
A pea.
Riddle: I have branches but no fruit or trunk or leaves. What am I?
A bank.
Riddle: How many times does the number 9 occur between 1 and 100?
20 times.
Riddle: What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
Riddle: What two fruits are anagrams of each other?
Melon and lemon.
Riddle: I give milk and have a horn but I’m not a cow. Who am I?
A milk truck.
Riddle: You’re in a cell with no windows, vents, or door. How do you escape?
If there is no door, you can just walk out.
Riddle: Imagine you’re in a room that is filling with water and there are no windows or doors. How do you get out?
Stop imagining.
Riddle: A cell phone and phone case cost $110 in total. The cell phone costs $100 more than the phone case. How much was the cell phone?
$105.
Riddle: What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
Alphabet.
Riddle: What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
An anchor.
Riddle: What word can go before vest, beans and quartet?
String.
Riddle: If you multiplied all of the numbers on the dial pad of a smartphone what would the total be?
Zero. All the numbers from 0 – 9 are there and if you multiply anything by zero, the result is zero.
Riddle: What word can go after gun, pin and mid?
Point.
Riddle: If you have three you have three and if you have two you have two. But if you have one you have none. What am I?
Choices.
Riddle: The last man on Earth received a phone call. Who was the caller?
A woman.
Riddle: Three men were in a boat when it capsized but only two got their hair wet. Why?
One of the men was bald.
Riddle: What is always in front of you but cannot be seen?
The future.
Riddle: What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
A coat of paint.
Riddle: During what month do people sleep the least?
February – it’s the shortest month.
Riddle: Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.
Riddle: What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom.
Riddle: A girl who was born in 1962 just had her 18th birthday. How?
She was born in room 1962.
Riddle: I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
The lead in a pencil.
Riddle: What comes once in a minute and twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?
The letter ‘M’.
Riddle: What follows a river while standing still?
A riverbank.
Riddle: A cowboy rides into town on Friday and stays for three days but then leaves on Friday. How does he do it?
He leaves on his horse who is called ‘Friday’.
Riddle: What word can go before room, less and band?
Head.
Riddle: What has four eyes but cannot see?
Mississippi.
Riddle: I have married many women but have never been married. Who am I?
A priest.
Riddle: What grows up while growing down?
A goose or duck.
Riddle: If the right one is the wrong one then which one is the right one?
The left one.
Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
Your right elbow.
Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
Riddle: When my neighbor makes mistakes I get rid of them. Who am I?
An eraser on a pencil.
Riddle: What can be seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
Riddle: Give me food and I will live but give me water and I will die. What am I?
Fire.
Riddle: Come up and we go but go down and we stay. What am I?
An anchor.
Riddle: You go at red but stop at green. What am I?
A watermelon.
Riddle: What becomes white when it is dirty?
A blackboard.
Riddle: What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.
Riddle: With one you’re wounded and with two you’re blind. Cut me in half and I mend things you’ll find. What am I?
An eyepatch.
Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo.
Riddle: 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.