New Riddles With Answers - page 29 of 53
What do you call unhappy cranberries?
Pun on 'blue', meaning both the color of blueberries and the feeling of sadness.
What are three keys that open no doors?
Wordplay on animal names that end in 'key': monkey, donkey, and turkey.
Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples?
Grapes, squash, and peas all grow on vines, while potatoes, lettuce, and onions do not; pumpkins also grow on vines, fitting Lynn's pattern, while apples (grown on trees) do not.
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
A trick question: the outside of any animal is where all its feathers or fur are.
What smells the best at thanksgiving dinner?
Trick question: your nose is what does the smelling, so technically it 'smells' the best (i.e., functions best at smelling).
How do you fix a jack-o-lantern?
Pun on 'patch', meaning both a repair patch and a pumpkin-growing field.
Who is never hungry during Thanksgiving?
Pun on 'stuffed', meaning both full of food and literally filled with stuffing.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
Alphabetically, "Christmas" precedes "Thanksgiving" in the dictionary, even though the actual holiday order is reversed.
When I asked her how old she was, she smiled and said cryptically: 'The day before yesterday I was 22, but next year I'll be 25.' What is her birthday and when was the date of our conversation?
If today is January 1 and her birthday is December 31, then two days ago (Dec 30) she was 22, yesterday she turned 23, this year she turns 24, and next year (Dec 31) she turns 25.
A man walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water the barman took out a gun and pointed it at him the man who asked for the glass of water just smiled and walked away happy Why?
The shock of being threatened with a gun cured the man's hiccups, which is why he thanked the bartender and left happily.
Craig died in Florida. Shortly after, Tracy died at sea. Nobody mourned, In fact, everyone was absolutely delighted. Why?
Craig and Tracy are hurricane names, so their 'deaths' mean the storms dissipated, which is good news rather than a tragedy.
Can you guess who pea's friend is? He is something that grows on trees, doesn't get bothered by bees, Is often eaten, for enjoyment and taste, and is often thrown away in waste.
The riddle plays on 'pea' sounding like the start of 'peanut,' pairing it with 'nut,' which grows on trees and is eaten as a snack.
Why was the frog so joyous?
The pun uses 'bugs' to mean both the insects the frog eats and the things that would normally annoy or 'bug' it.
You use me but can't see me. Some use me to attract attention. While others use me to express their self. What am I?
You can't see your own smile directly, but it's a common way people draw attention or express themselves to others.
Upside-down or on its side, this merry-go-round Is quite a ride. In the summer heat, It is quite a treat with blades so dull, they will not slice. It spins too fast, for your sight. What is this ride?
A fan spins rapidly like a merry-go-round, cools you in summer heat, and its dull blades are harmless despite spinning too fast to see clearly.
I won't blink unless you do, I won't talk unless you do, I won't move unless you do, I won't smile unless you do. Now tell me, dear imitater, what am I to you?
A reflection perfectly mimics every movement and expression you make, never acting on its own.
Two women have just lost ten pounds. One was delighted, while the other was dejected. Why?
'Pounds' means body weight in the US but British currency in Europe, so losing ten pounds is good news for one woman and bad news for the other.
We are a pair, We can dart here and there, Though we always stay in one place. We can smile or shed tears, Show our pleasure or fears, And you'll find us on everyone's face. What are we?
Eyes come in a pair, dart around while staying fixed in their sockets, and visibly express emotions on the face.
How do you make a hamburger smile?
The pun plays on 'pickle it' sounding like 'tickle it,' which is what makes someone smile or laugh.
I can make you smile and frown. Make you laugh, and even make you cry. I can cause crashes, also you use me every day. I can make you dance. Some use me to go to sleep. What am I?
A smartphone evokes every emotion through what's on its screen, can crash like software, is used daily, and often plays music or lulls people to sleep.
What do you call a happy cowboy?
The pun combines 'jolly' (happy) with 'rancher' (cowboy), which is also the name of a candy brand.
I can bring you joy or sorrow, or everything in between. None have seen, smelt or felt me, yet many still know what I am. I have many types, but I am really just one thing. What am I?
Music can't be seen, smelled, or touched, yet it's universally recognized and spans many genres while remaining one concept.
I do not eat food but I enjoy a light meal every day. What am I?
The pun turns 'a light meal' into sunlight, which a plant consumes daily through photosynthesis.
I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but last a lifetime. What am I?
A memory can bring back the feeling of seeing lost loved ones, evoke tears or smiles, and forms instantly yet stays with you forever.
What is the longest word in the dictionary?
The wordplay treats the letters spelling 's-m-i-l-e-s' as literally containing a 'mile' between its two S's.
Who always enjoys poor health?
This is a dark pun: a doctor's livelihood depends on people being sick, so in a cynical sense a doctor 'enjoys' poor health -- other people's.
Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed. What am I?
A mask hides a thief's identity, is worn as a royal or festive toy, can show happy or sad expressions, and gives the wearer a borrowed face.
If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror shatters when dropped and reflects your own smile straight back at you.
A time when they are green, a time when they're brown, but both of these times, cause me to frown. But just in between, for a very short while, They're perfect and yellow and cause me to smile! What am I talking about here?
Bananas are unripe and green, then overripe and brown, but are only perfectly yellow for a short window in between.
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Each violent-sounding verb actually describes photography: shooting a photo, developing it in water, and hanging it up to dry.
My love's the type of thing you have to earn, but when you earn it, you won't need it. Who am I?
The riddle references the idea that once you've earned unconditional divine love or grace, you no longer need to keep proving yourself.
I'm the person that God made me. I'm caring. I'm nice. I love my family. I'm myself. Who am I?
The riddle simply describes the caring, unique qualities of any human being.
Roses are red, Violets are blue; And I'm forever saying: I love you. What am I?
The classic "roses are red" rhyme is a hallmark of Valentine's Day cards.
Loneliness isn't the key. One's you're touched you are free. Violence is not powerful. Every start means something. What is that something?
Being touched by love frees a person from loneliness, and its arrival gives meaning to new beginnings.
A single word which is versatile, it can be a letter, unknown to the problem, a variable, a target, a love, an intercept, and a type of chromosome. What am I?
"X" marks an unknown, a variable in algebra, a kiss symbol for love, a target, an intercept, and the X chromosome.
What did the baby robot say to his mom?
"Watts and watts" is a pun on "lots and lots," fitting a robot's electrical theme.
What do you call a tick that loves math?
It's a pun blending "arithmetic" with "tick."
Whether you choose or whether you don't, I leap from the peak to the hope of a bond. Attempts to extinguish my work's divine, Only hardens the grip-holds in time. What am I?
Love arises whether it's sought or not, and trying to suppress it often only strengthens its hold.
There was a boy named Bob. Bob really loved apples. One time, he took a basket full of apples and ran to his house behind the owner of the apples. The owner saw Bob running back to his house and didn't ran after. Why?
Since the apples were free to take, the owner had no reason to chase Bob down.
How you describe me is what I am. Poets might hate me, but sailors should love me. I can't give them the sea, but only something that sounds like it. What am I?
"Orange" famously has no rhyme, and its vitamin C sounds like "sea," which sailors would appreciate for preventing scurvy.
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, Cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, But that's because you never know me at all. What am I?
Cats are stealthy, affectionate yet fiercely independent, and are unfairly seen as cruel hunters by those who misunderstand them.
I've always had a pet pirate, you see. One who will forever love me. Now if you just repronounced my pet, then you shall get I am TOTALLY not insane and made an AMAZING rhyme! What is it?
"Pirate" re-pronounced sounds like "pie rat," which gives the pun answer.
Its waves and ripples please us all, We love to see it flying. And none can make a better one, You'll waste your time in trying. What is it?
A flag "waves" and "ripples" in the wind and is a unique national symbol no one can improve on.
I can bring power, money, connections, repute, and admiration, but I'm useless in the face of love and friendship. Treat others with me, and you'll avoid heartbreak, but you'll also gain endless loneliness. What am I?
Treating people through a disguise, a fake persona, can win superficial rewards but destroys real love and leaves you lonely.
When it's gone bad and flat I hate it but when it's fresh and fizzy I love to taste it. What is it?
Soda is enjoyable when fresh and fizzy but unpleasant once it goes flat.
Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations. What is the proverb?
The riddle rephrases the well-known proverb "all's fair in love and war" using elaborate synonyms.
Not only am I powerful enough to hurt like no other, I also have the power to heal like no other, but just like everything else, I can break. Life would be impossible without me, but it's already near impossible to find me. What am I?
True love can heal or hurt deeply, is fragile enough to "break," and is genuinely rare to find.
What is invisible and makes people suffer from symptoms like sweating and nausea, yet people can't survive without it?
Falling in love can cause physical symptoms like sweating and nausea, yet humans still crave connection and love.
I may be hard, I may be rough, Bound in the round to claim a love. What am I?
Diamonds are hard, rough stones set in a round ring used to propose love.
I'm sometimes white, and always wrong. I can break a heart and hurt the strong. I can build love and tear it down. I can make a smile, but more often bring a frown. What am I?
A 'white lie' is still technically wrong, and lies can both flatter (build love, cause a smile) and devastate (break hearts, cause frowns).
Some need me, some don't. Some want me, some don't. Some chase me, some don't. Some deserve me, some don't. Yet no one knows when I come. What am I?
Love affects people very differently and arrives unpredictably, matching every clue in the riddle.
What did the painter say to his Valentine?
It's a pun swapping "heart" for "art," fitting for a painter's profession.
I am present at the beginning of love, the start of life and I am the end of evil. What am I?
The letter "L" begins the words "love" and "life" and ends the word "evil."
I am the beginning of enemity; the end of life and love; honey can't be without me; yet sugar can be without me. I am the fifth child of my parent's 26 children. What am I?
"E" begins "enemity," ends both "life" and "love," appears in "honey" but not "sugar," and is the 5th letter of the alphabet.
I leave you with a thought that fades out of sight. Product of the mind, undone by first light. Creator of hope, hell and heaven above. Made by wonder, fear, and perhaps true love. What am I?
Dreams fade at daybreak, are products of the sleeping mind, and can be shaped by wonder, fear, or love.
What has eyes but can't see, a tongue but can't talk, and a soul but can never find love?
A shoe has "eyes" (laceholes), a "tongue" (the flap), and a "sole," a homophone of soul, none of which function literally.
I have freedom from hate, but not from lies. I'm usually seen through clouded eyes. I come unexpected, though you wait for me all your life. I can't be brought yet some people try. What am I?
True love is free of hatred but can still be clouded by lies, and it arrives unexpectedly no matter how long you wait for it.
How can you fall without getting hurt?
"Falling in love" is a figurative fall that doesn't cause any physical injury.
I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free. What Am I?
Gold is hammered ("beaten") to shape it, and men have long been driven mad chasing it, yet it never comes free.
I am a feeling expressed by words. Truthfully told by few, lies from many. I can cause the greatest happiness, or the deepest sorrow. Yet one still comes back tomorrow. What am I?
Love is spoken of often, whether truthfully or not, and causes both joy and pain, yet people keep returning to seek it.
What fruit loves to go crazy and wild?
It's a pun on "going bananas," a phrase meaning to go crazy.
Three simple words, but life changing. What are they?
"I love you" is the classic three-word phrase that can change the course of a relationship or a life.
I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, and as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am I?
A kite has a tail it shakes, dances in the wind, and flies without any wings.
What costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing but lasts a lifetime, that one person can't own but two can share?
Love is free to give, invaluable emotionally, and only truly exists when it is shared between two people.
I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four; Served small, white and round. You'll love some, And that's part of the fun. What am I?
Ping pong is played by two or four people at a table, and the small white round balls are "served" just like in the sport.
I hurt the most when lost, yet also when not had at all. I'm sometimes the hardest to express, but the easiest to ignore. I can be given to many, or just one. What am I?
Losing love and never having love both cause pain, showing how deeply love affects people either way.
I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?
Love can't be purchased but can be "stolen" with a single glance, and it only has value when it is shared between two people.
I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a man's house and build another, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?
The clues (a heart, a "home" meaning card suit, playing games with "brothers" the other kings) all point to a card in a deck, specifically the King of Hearts.
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
It plays on the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," so the bus driver was trying to keep the doctor away from Sarah.
A man walked in to a bar and asked for a glass of water the bar man took out a gun and poined it at him the man who asked for the glass of water just smiled and walked away happy Why?
A sudden scare, even from a gun, is a classic remedy people use to stop hiccups.
Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
Work backward from the one melon left, adding back what was sold, including the half-melon.
When are eyes not eyes?
This is a play on 'eyes' sounding like the pronoun 'ayes', and tearing up in the wind.
What does a stone become when in the water?
This is a homophone pun: a "wet stone" sounds exactly like "whetstone," a stone used for sharpening blades.
A man buys a glass and fills it halfway with water. Is it half full or half empty?
The riddle plays with the starting condition of the empty glass before any water was added.
I am filled with hotness. I don't mind how hot water is. What am I?
This rubber bag is filled with hot water to keep someone warm in bed.
A man was lying dead on the floor. Next to him was a puddle of water. How did he die?
The murder weapon melted after use, leaving behind only a puddle of water as evidence.
I sound a color, But that's the old me; I grow near the water; I'm what your doing. What am I?
This word sounds like the color 'red' but is spelled 'read', and also names a plant that grows by water.
A man crosses a desert in 10 days with no water. How?
The riddle's phrasing hides that the 'man' referred to is actually named after and is a camel.
I have your ohs and your wishes, Your life force and your death gasp. You can visit me, or we can get stuck together; Either way, you'll arrive pale and leave quenched. What am I?
People traditionally toss coins in and make wishes at this deep water source, and drink from it too.
I bought your aquarium for freshwater fish, I'm so glad but only one kind so far to surface, So, for now, I'll say thank you for the... what?
This is a pun on 'purchase' sounding like 'perches', a type of freshwater fish.
A traveler starts a journey. For the first week he goes east. The second he goes in all directions. The third he flies up into the sky. In the fourth he comes back down. Who is the traveler?
Think of the full water cycle: solid ice, flowing liquid, rising vapor, and falling precipitation.
I'm scared of the water, But not scared of heights; I'm light and come in different colors, But typically just white. What am I?
This soft paper product dissolves when wet but flutters easily in the air.
A girl walked into a bar and ordered some water. The bartender then threw a big hairy spider at her. A few minutes later, the girl thanked the man and walked out. Why?
A sudden scare is a classic (if odd) home remedy people use to stop hiccups.
A boat capsized there are no survivors and there are only 20 people on the boat but 24 heads are in the water. How is this possible?
Break the word 'foreheads' into 'four' plus 'heads' to solve the wordplay.
Two mothers and two daughters went to the grocery store to buy watermelons. Strangely, they only walked out of the grocery store with three watermelons, but this was enough for each of them to have one watermelon. How is it possible?
Count generations rather than people: one woman can be both a mother and a daughter at once.
Can you drop a full glass and spill no water?
The riddle never says the glass was full of water, just full.
They grab me, carry me, roast me on an open flame, grind me to pieces, blast what's left apart with boiling water, then finally, consume me. This happens to me and my billions of brothers daily. What am I?
The process of roasting, grinding, and brewing with hot water describes how a coffee bean becomes coffee.
What is the thing which, Once poured out, Cannot be gathered again?
Once rain falls from the clouds and pours down, there is no way to gather it back up into the sky again.
What has holes but can still hold water?
This porous kitchen item soaks up liquid despite being full of tiny gaps.
How can you put some water in a colander?
Turning the water into a solid, ice, lets it stay inside the holes rather than leaking through.
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
The letter "C" is a homophone for "sea," which contains the most water of any letter's namesake.
I was walking on the sand by the beach, not touching the water. When I turned around, there were no footprints. How come?
Walking backward means each new step lands exactly where a previous one already was.
What breaks on water but never on land?
This ocean movement crests and crashes only when it reaches the shore or open water.
Two of me become one, a union so true. I am transparent and pure, a liquid so clear. Quenching thirst, a gift without fear. What am I?
Two small clear droplets can merge together into a single larger one.
What did the beaver say when he slipped in water?
This is a pun combining 'dammit' with a beaver's dam-building habit.
What do you swallow that swallows you?
When you fall into deep water, in a sense it 'swallows' you just as you drink it.
Salmon need me. Gravity uses me. At a distance I look gorgeous, but get too close and I become hazardous. If you do see me, I am usually pretty tall. What am I?
Salmon famously swim upstream and leap over this feature, which looks beautiful from afar but dangerous up close.
While stranded in the desert, you come across two creatures offering water. Only, one has no nose, and one has spines. They say that one has poison, and the other will keep you going for a few more hours. Which one can't you trust?
A snake has no external nose, while a cactus is covered in spines and holds drinkable water.
To cross the water I'm the way, For water I'm above: I touch it not and, truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?
A bridge spans over water so people can cross it, staying fixed above the surface without ever touching or moving through it.
I am hot. I am hidden. I am cold. I am hard. I am sharp. I am soft. I am still. I am moving. I am above. I am below. I am two and one. Always changing. Always the same. What am I?
This substance takes on nearly opposite qualities depending on its temperature and state.