176 Time, Money & Music Riddles With Answers - page 2 of 2
What has one hundred heads, and no legs?
One hundred pennies equal a dollar, and each penny has a "head" side but no legs.
What is the easiest way to double your money?
A mirror reflects an image, visually "doubling" the money without actually increasing its value.
People need me, but they always give me away. What am I?
People rely on money to live, yet constantly spend or give it away in transactions.
What do you get when you toss a copper penny and a quarter into the blue sea?
Throwing coins into the sea simply means you now have less money than before, a literal rather than clever answer.
What did the British man lose when he spent his money working out at the gym?
"Pounds" is a double pun: British currency is in pounds, and losing weight at the gym is measured in pounds too.
What did the dollar say to the four quarters?
"Changed" puns on receiving change (coins) and the phrase for someone acting different.
Why don't cows have money?
"Milks them dry" plays on draining a cow of milk and draining someone of money.
Is an old hundred-dollar bill better than a new one?
"Old" is read as "a hundred minus one dollar," leaving ninety-nine dollars, which is more than a plain "new" (one) dollar bill.
If you have two coins which total 35 cents and one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?
The wording only rules out one of the coins being a dime; the other coin can still be a dime, so a quarter and a dime work.
I have a head and a tail but no body... What am I?
A coin has a "heads" side and a "tails" side but no body in between, unlike a real animal.
A man goes to work at the same time each day and travels part of his journey facing forwards and the remainder facing backwards. When he returns at the end of his working day, he only faces forwards. How can this be?
Picture climbing down ladders backward for safety versus walking normally on a flat deck.
There were 5 men traveling down a road and it started to rain and 4 men sped up, the 5th did not, but they all arrived at the same place at the same time but all of them were wet besides the 5th. How?
The fifth man wasn't walking at all; he was being carried, sheltered from the rain.
Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his older twin brother, Paul, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?
Think about how crossing a time zone or a leap year date could reorder birth dates for twins.
How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass.
The hands overlap roughly every 65 minutes rather than exactly every hour, giving fewer than 24 passes.
When is the best time to have lunch?
Meals typically follow a set order throughout the day, and lunch always comes after breakfast.
I have two coins, one is marked George I and one is marked George IV. One is genuine but one is a forgery. Which is the forgery?
Numbering a king "the First" only makes sense retroactively once a second ruler of that name exists, so no coin from his own reign would call him "George I."
Two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time is it now?
Find the midpoint time that's equally spaced from 1am and 1pm, then add two hours.
I am not your boss but I guide your decisions, I am not your trainer, but I dictate your pace, I am not a Judge but I measure your success. Who Am I?
This riddle is open-ended, pointing to an inner force that shapes choices without formal authority.
I change color from time to time. Wear me, and I'll tell you your ____. What am I?
This jewelry changes color based on body temperature to reflect your mood.
A frog fell into a 12-foot-deep well. He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet. How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well?
Each jump nets only 1 foot of progress, except the final jump which clears the well.
Man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
10 cents plus 15 cents makes a quarter, hinting at 'a quarter to two'.
How can you measure nine minutes with have two hourglasses, one four minute and one seven minute?
Track the moments each timer runs out and flip the appropriate one to build up to nine minutes.
Now matter what, I come to you round, Floating up, floating down, A single pop, I'm on the ground, Then comes your unpleasant frown. What am I?
This fragile round object floats through the air before bursting.
Two people meet inside of a zoo and with some time a child was born. The child of two people had no clue, but the two people who meet they already knew. The child was the person who acted like glue. Who are the two people that met at the zoo?
The child bonds two people together who weren't related to begin with, hinting at adoption.
If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?
Scaling the rate proportionally for hens and days shows six hens laying one egg per day and a half each, totaling 24 eggs over six days.
If the only frying pan in the house is large enough to cook two pancakes at a time and pancakes take one minute to brown one side, how can you make three pancakes in three minutes?
Carefully swap which pancakes are in the pan each minute so none sits idle.
What time is it when the clock strikes 13?
A clock cannot correctly strike 13, so something must be broken.
A Smuggler with a bicycle carried to sack of sand with him every day. However every time he was checked at the border, the officer's let him through. Wait, what did the Smuggler smuggle?
The obvious item, the sand, is a decoy from what's actually valuable: the bicycle.
I kill people when you need me to, I am not accepted and illegal, I need to be refilled from time to time and i can harm my owner. What am I?
This weapon needs ammunition reloaded periodically and is dangerous even to the person carrying it.
What measures out time, Until in time all is smashed to it? A: Sand
Think of an hourglass, where falling sand marks the passing minutes.
Two jets take off at the same time, There is only one runway but there where no crashes and it was at the same airport. A Plane takes more than 1min to take off. How can this happen?
'The same time' doesn't have to mean the same day.
There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself. Why?
The 'light' he turns on nightly is a lighthouse beacon, not a bedroom lamp.
A timorous heart at no time succeeds in acquiring the beautiful damsel. What is the proverb?
This old saying means that a person too afraid to act will never win someone's heart.
Why can't you keep a clock in jail?
This is a pun on 'time running out', both meaning a countdown and an escape.
One day, Kathy was walking in the park when she stumbled upon two suspicious men. One of them was dressed like a werewolf, while the other one was not. Which of the two men was the real werewolf?
Werewolves only take their monstrous form under a full moon, so a costume gives away a fake.
I'm a day when truth takes a twist, and laughter is hard to resist. What am I?
This holiday is known for pranks and jokes on the first day of April.
My fruitfulness is sweet and full of taste; but now that my time has come, you should hurry or else you'll be late. What am I?
This word is both a sweet fruit and a scheduled point in time.
I never stop. Over me Metal will rust. I rot bodies. Without me we wouldn't move. What am I?
This force is constantly passing, ages metal and living things, but also makes progress possible.
A woman was born in 1975 and died in 1975. She was 22 years old at the time of her death. How?
The numbers refer to a room number, not a calendar year.
It is everywhere yet nowhere and time mars it not. All things are within it's grasp and it is within grasp of all things. It has no limits, for it does and does not exist. What is it?
Read the riddle literally: the answer is the absence of anything at all.
Between 3:55 and 4:05 store lurking I maintained I was shopping and searching for a time telling device I'd bought, My alibi was that I was shopping for WHAT and WHEN?
'Shopping around' plays on the phrase describing the exact time of 4 o'clock.
Four friends went out one night. During the trip back, they tried to squeeze under an umbrella, but it was too small for them to fit through. Still, everyone managed to stay dry by the time they arrived home. How can this be?
The riddle never states that rain was actually falling.
More haste less speed. What is the contradictory proverb?
This saying warns that time keeps moving forward regardless of how much you rush or delay.
What time does a shark get up?
This is a pun on 'eight' sounding like 'ate', fitting a shark's diet.
When is the only time that today and tomorrow come before yesterday?
Think about alphabetical order rather than the actual order of time.
It keeps something that cannot be kept, And wakes you when you have slept. It may go slow or stop at times, But even then it chimes. What is it?
This bedside device tracks something that always keeps moving forward.
To form me, time is the foundation, it's difficult to break me from the outside, but I'll break as long as you touch from the inside. What am I?
This quality is slow to build between people but easily destroyed by betrayal.
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
Think of sewing: a single 'eye' and a long thread trailing behind.
I leave every time you say my name. What am I?
Speaking the word itself breaks the very thing it describes.
What goes up, but at the same time goes down, up to the sky and down to the ground, my present tense and my past tense too, lets go for a ride just me and you... what am I?
This playground toy has two seats that move in opposite directions.
I'm on your phone. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry. I even flip you off from time to time. What am I?
These small digital faces express emotions in text messages.
I am between things; in teeth, in time, in fences; I can be wide or tiny. What am I?
Think of the small opening you'd find between two teeth or two fence posts.
Not a bird but I can fly through time; Hands moving, moments chime. What am I?
This object has 'hands' that move and it 'chimes' to mark the hour.
I fly in the air, But I am not always there. I cannot be touched, But I can be felt or held. Think very hard, But if you live near the equator, You may have a tough time seeing me. What am I?
On a cold day you can see this coming from your mouth, but not in warm climates.
I am an object. I move from left to right. Anytime I move, I bleed on what is below me. I can't move without you. I move only when you uses me. What am I?
This writing tool leaves ink behind as it's dragged across paper.
A man flipped a coin 9 times and every single time it landed on heads. If the man flipped the coin again, what is the chance that it lands on heads?
Each coin flip is an independent event, so past results don't change the fixed 50/50 odds of the next flip.
I am something that you can you read but not see. I'm with you all the time but sometimes I'm hard to find. What am I?
You read this off a clock or watch, but it isn't a physical object you can see directly.
What Time Is It When An Elephant Sits on Your Chair?
Think about what would happen to a chair under such heavy weight.
What did the two dolphins say after not seeing each other for so long?
This is a pun on 'sea' sounding like 'see'.
A man goes upstairs to grab his time machine. He walks downstairs then goes back in time 200 years. Why did he go downstairs?
Think about whether the upstairs of the house even existed 200 years in the past.
What goes up and down at the same time but doesn't move?
This structure has steps leading both upward and downward simultaneously.
You see me at night, by day you tell everyone about me. I come back looking differently than before. I sometime leave you in the darkness. What am I?
This happens while you sleep and you often share it with others afterward.
When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
'Two to two' sounds like 'toot-toot', a train whistle sound.
Each time you take a step you make one of me, but then you leave me behind. What am I?
This mark is left behind as soon as you move forward.
Why are giraffes so slow to apologize?
This plays on the long neck of a giraffe and the phrase 'swallow your pride'.
What's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold, what can never be traded stolen, or sold, what comes with great effort, takes time but then once yours will serve you again and again?
Once you learn something, no one can take it away from you.
I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
A bar of soap physically wears down and gets smaller with each use in the bath.
What do you call a cow's bedtime stories?
This is a pun on 'dairy' sounding like 'fairy'.
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?
Think of a playground device with two ends that move opposite directions.
I am born in fear, raised in truth, and I come to my own in deed. When comes a time that I'm called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.
Courage is born from fear and proven true through action, and it is summoned in moments of need to serve a greater cause.
Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a.m. What was it?
Write out the date and time as a sequence of numbers and look for a pattern.
What only works the first time you use it?
Once struck and used, it's spent and can't be reused.
The things I bite, they don't bleed, I don't bite until you push me; I bring my victims together each time I bite, But they'll come undone if you pull it just right. What am I?
Think of an office tool that joins papers together with metal teeth.
What flowers are kissable?
This is a play on 'tulips' sounding like 'two lips'.
I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her. How old are we now?
If the parent is 4x and the child is x now, then in 20 years: 4x + 20 = 2(x + 20), which solves to x = 10, so the parent is 40 and the child is 10.
What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?
The answer changes constantly but is always true at the moment it's given.