Riddles have been a popular form of entertainment and mental exercise for centuries. They can be found in many different cultures and are often used to challenge one’s thinking and problem-solving skills.
While some riddles may seem easy to solve, others can be quite challenging and require a creative approach. In this article, we’ll explore 26 riddles that kids love but even most adults cannot solve!
- The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps - What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Age - What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human – crawling as a baby, walking on two legs as an adult, and using a cane in old age. - I am not alive, but I can die. What am I? Answer: A battery
- 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 every person. What am I?
Answer: Pencil lead - What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?
Answer: A bottle - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future - What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold - The more you leave behind, the more you take with you. What am I?
Answer: Memories - I am light as a feather, yet the strongest man cannot hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
Answer: Breath - What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name - I have a heart that doesn’t beat, a mouth that doesn’t eat, but I can still live without air. What am I?
Answer: A painting - What has a head and a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin - I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Answer: A map - I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven (take away the “s” and it becomes “even”) - I have a heart that doesn’t beat, a mouth that doesn’t speak, and a soul that doesn’t live. What am I?
Answer: A robot - What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge - What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters in it?
Answer: A postal service (referring to the thousands of letters that are delivered by the postal service) - What has a heart that doesn’t beat, a mouth that doesn’t speak, and a back that doesn’t break?
Answer: A deck of cards - I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?
Answer: The future - I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?
Answer: A coin - What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence - I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. What am I?
Answer: The letter “E” - What is always in front of you but can’t be seen until you pass it?
Answer: The horizon