New Riddles With Answers - page 27 of 53
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.
I warm the heart and I chill the skin, I can take human form, but I may vanish into nothing, soon after I am born. What am I?
A snowman brings joy ("warms the heart") while being cold to the touch, and quickly melts away after being built.
How did Frosty know he had dandruff?
Dandruff appears as flakes on the shoulders, punned here with "snowflakes" since Frosty is made of snow.
What's a snowman's favorite food?
"Brrrr-ger" is a pun on "burger" combined with "brrrr," the sound of shivering from the cold.
A pipe, a carrot, and a couple sticks are lying together in a field. Why?
A pipe, carrot nose, and stick arms are classic snowman decorations left behind once the snow melts away.
What is the difference between a snowman and a snow-woman?
This is a suggestive pun implying anatomical differences, using "snowballs" as the punchline.
Why did Frosty the Snowman ask for a divorce?
"Flake" is a pun meaning both a snowflake and slang for an unreliable person.
I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Please answer me. Who could he be?
The "man in white" who stands in the cold and melts ("runs") in the sun is a snowman.
Where does a snowman keep his money?
"Snow bank" puns on a bank as a financial institution and a snowbank, a pile of snow.
What does a snowman like to eat for breakfast?
"Frosted Flakes" is a pun on a cereal brand name and the frosty, flaky nature of snow.
How did the court know the judge was ready for bed?
The pun relies on 'robe' meaning both the judge's official courtroom garment and a bathrobe worn before sleep.
A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?
Because the two sisters are conjoined twins, punishing the guilty sister would also unjustly punish the innocent one.
Why would Snow White be a good judge?
The pun plays on 'fair' meaning both impartial (a good judge) and beautiful, as Snow White is famously called.
What does a lawyer wear to court?
The pun turns 'lawsuit' (a legal case) into a piece of clothing a lawyer 'wears' to court.
Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, and ESCORT are all anagrams of the same six letters, while COURTS uses a different letter set.
Blend a teapot shot so the pearlies whites won't rot! What is it?
This is an anagram/wordplay riddle where 'teapot shot' rearranges into letters suggesting 'toothpaste,' which keeps pearly whites from rotting.
When should you charge your electric toothbrush?
The pun switches 'charge' from meaning recharge a battery to meaning charge a purchase to a credit account.
Who is a painstaking man?
The riddle plays on 'painstaking' literally meaning one who takes (causes) pain, describing a dentist's work.
What do you call dental X-rays?
The pun blends 'tooth' with 'photos/pics' to form 'Tooth-Pics,' sounding like 'toothpicks.'
Why are Tooth Fairies so smart?
The pun relies on 'wisdom teeth' literally sounding like a source of wisdom.
What would you do if you broke a tooth while flossing?
The joke is a silly non-sequitur suggesting toothpaste as a fix, since it's the other common tooth-related product.
Why did the king go to the dentist?
The pun plays on 'crown' meaning both a king's headpiece and a dental cap.
I'm white, and used for cutting and grinding. When I'm damaged, humans usually remove me or fill me. For most animals, I am a useful tool. What am I?
Each clue (white, cuts and grinds, gets filled or pulled when damaged) points directly to a tooth.
What's at least 6 inches long, goes in your mouth, and is more fun if it vibrates?
The misdirection makes you think of something suggestive, but the mundane answer is a toothbrush, which is used in the mouth and can be electric (vibrating).
Can you list 15 items that are sold in pairs?
The riddle is a listing challenge naming everyday items that commonly come sold as matched pairs, such as shoes, gloves, and Reese's peanut butter cups.
If 10 bags of jelly beans and 6 licorice sticks cost $1, and 10 licorice sticks and 6 jelly bean bags cost 92 cents. How much does one licorice stick cost?
Solving the two simultaneous equations for the price of jelly bean bags and licorice sticks gives licorice sticks at 5 cents each.
Two women and two doctors walk into an ice cream parlor. They each order an ice cream cone. When their ice creams come, there is only 1 strawberry,1 chocolate and 1 vanilla. How come they didn't complain?
Since one of the two women is also one of the two doctors, there are only three people total, matching the three ice cream cones.
Why do prisoners like to eat a lot of sweets?
'Break out' puns on escaping prison and getting a sugar-induced skin breakout from eating too much candy.
If you cross a cliff with jelly beans what do you get?
'Rock candy' puns on a rocky cliff combined with jelly bean candy.
What do kids, worms, bears, fish, and rings alll have in common?
Gummy candy comes shaped as gummy worms, gummy bears, gummy fish, gummy rings, and even 'gummy' kids' shapes.
What is a sheep's favorite type of chocolate?
'Baaa' mimics a sheep's bleat and puns on the candy bar brand 'Hershey's'.
Two fathers and three sons walk into a candy shop and buy one candy bar each for 50 cents each. They walk out only spending $1.50. How do they do that?
Three people (a grandfather, his son, and his grandson) count as 'two fathers and three sons' simultaneously, so only three candy bars were bought.
If John has 60 chocolates and he eats two-thirds of them, what does he have now?
The riddle is a trick question: it asks what John 'has' rather than how many chocolates remain, so the real answer is a health consequence like diabetes.
What sweets do geologists like?
'Rock candy' puns on rocks, the subject geologists study, and the crystallized sugar candy.
What goes in dry and hard, but comes out wet and soft?
Gum is firm when first put in the mouth, then becomes soft and moist after chewing with saliva.
What goes in hard, comes out soft, and you blow continuously?
Chewing gum starts hard, softens as you chew it, and can be blown into bubbles.
When is a boat like a knife?
'Cutter' is both a type of small sailing boat and a term for something that cuts, like a knife.
I'm done to boats, to cargo, to loads; When indoors I'm, in a way, a narrow road. What am I?
'Haul' (moving boats or cargo) is a homophone of 'hall', a narrow indoor passageway.
What type of boat has authority?
'Ownership' puns on 'owner-ship', combining the word 'ship' with having authority as an owner.
What house has a post on top, A roof at the bottom, While the rain comes from below?
A boat's mast (post) sits above the hull (roof-like bottom), and being on water, spray or waves can splash up from below like rain.
Pete and Repeat were on a boat. Pete fell out, who was left on the boat?
Answering 'Repeat' forces the asker to repeat the whole riddle again, making it a self-repeating joke.
You walk onto a bridge you see a boat full of people but there is not a single person on it. How is that possible?
'Not a single person' plays on 'single' meaning unmarried, so a boat full of married people has no single person on it.
Where do you take a sick boat?
'Dock' puns on 'doc' (doctor), where a sick boat would be taken to be fixed.
Why is a farm-yard like a hotel?
Pun on 'gobblers': turkeys that gobble live in a farmyard, while greedy overeaters ('gobblers') check into hotels.
What does a turkey do when it flies upside down?
Double meaning of 'gobbles up': the turkey's call and the phrase for going upward when upside down.
Where do turkeys go dancing?
Pun on 'Butterball', a famous turkey brand, reimagined as a dance ball.
What do you call a naughty turkey?
Dark pun: a misbehaving turkey ends up being eaten, i.e., becomes dinner.
Where do Thanksgiving Birds go on vacation?
Pun on 'turkey' the bird and Turkey the country.
Why did Santa spell Christmas N - O - E?
Removing the "L" from "Noel" leaves "Noe," playing on the phrase "no L."
Did you hear about the dyslexic satanist?
A dyslexic satanist mixes up the similarly spelled words "Satan" and "Santa."
How many letters are in Christmas?
It's a joke answer referring to Santa's mail, not the literal letters in the word "Christmas."
What do you call a santa which does not move?
It's the same pun on "pause" sounding like "Claus," phrased as a different question.
What do you call Santa when he stops moving?
It's a pun on "pause" sounding just like "Claus."
What nationality is Santa?
It's a pun combining "North Pole" with the nationality "Polish."
What does Santa do in his garden?
It's a pun on Santa's signature "Ho Ho Ho" sounding like "hoes," a gardening tool.
On Christmas Eve, when Santa leaves his workshop at the North Pole, what direction does he travel?
Geographic logic: standing at the North Pole, every direction on the compass points south.
What did Mrs. Claus say to Santa when she looked up in the sky?
It's a pun on "reindeer" sounding like "rain, dear."
What do you call a deer with no eye?
"No eye deer" sounds like "no idea," the punchline of the pun.
What did the reindeer say when he saw an elf?
The joke is an anti-riddle: reindeer are real animals that cannot actually speak.
My name starts with "rain" and ends with the first letter of my name. I get mistaken for other things a lot. I am usually present in children's stories. I am usually flying in mid-air too. What am I?
"Rain" plus a final "r" spells "reindeer," fitting Santa's flying storybook animals.
What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts?
The pun relies on "buck" meaning both a dollar and a male deer.
What do reindeer use to decorate their antlers?
"Horn-aments" is a pun on "ornaments," since antlers are made of horn.