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What do you call two witches who live together?
A pun on "roommates" -- witches who share a home and their brooms are "broommates."
Why did the skeleton head cross the road?
This riddle plays on the classic "why did the chicken cross the road" joke, swapping "side" for the sound-alike "spine."
What does a troll call his apartment?
Wordplay — "Gnome sweet gnome" sounds like "Home sweet home."
What was the pilgrim favorite type of music?
Wordplay — "Plymouth Rock," where Pilgrims landed, sounds like the music genre "rock."
I am as small as a beetle, as annoying as a fly, I like to kill trees, what am I?
The invasive lantern fly is small, pesky, and known for damaging and killing trees.
What is a vampires favorite car to drive in?
Wordplay — "bloodmobile" sounds like "Batmobile," fitting a blood-drinking vampire.
A riddle names six vacation spots one after another, each hiding a pun. What are the six destinations?
Each destination hides a wordplay pun: "Fin-land," "Canary" birds, "Dead Sea," the bird "Turkey," "Cuba" sounding like a container, and "Keys."
I look like a human, but have no feelings, no heart, soul, skin, or bones. I can walk and talk. I can easily be controlled by people. What am I?
The riddle describes a being that mimics human behavior without genuine emotion, fitting AI or a robot.
What is a vampires favorite boat to travel on?
Wordplay — "blood vessel" is both a body part carrying blood and a type of "vessel," a boat.
I come out at night, I am nor human nor animal, I rarely eat I only drink, I can only be found at night, I will glow in sunlight. What am I?
The riddle describes classic vampire traits: nocturnal, drinks rather than eats, and burns in sunlight.
You walk into your house you see three doors you've never seen before. One vampire bats that will suck your blood. Two zombies that will eat your brain. Three a lion that hasn't eaten for over six months. Which one do you go through?
An animal can't survive six months without food, so the lion behind door three would already be dead and harmless.
Do vampires play tennis on their free time?
Wordplay — "bat-minton" sounds like "badminton," and vampires turn into bats.
Where did pilgrims land when they arrived in America?
Trick question: the literal answer is that people land on their feet, not a place name like Plymouth Rock.
Why did the vampire take art class?
Wordplay — "draw blood," a vampire's signature act, also means sketching in art.
Where does a werewolf like to hide?
Wordplay — "claws-it" sounds like "closet," and werewolves have claws.
A plane crashed and every single person on board this flight was killed, yet, there were survivors. Can you explain how?
'Single' people (unmarried) died, meaning the survivors were technically not 'single' at the time of the crash.
A man moved into a new house and decided he was tired after the journey and turned off all the lights and went to bed. The next morning he had killed 365 people how could this be? he does not sleep walk he slept like a baby
Turning off the lighthouse's light caused ships to crash, so "turning off all the lights" led indirectly to the deaths.
I wear you down, yet you'll mourn me once I fly. You can kill me, but I will never die. What am I?
Time gradually wears people out, is missed once it passes, and cannot truly be destroyed even by 'killing time'.
What kills you inside the more you keep it and sets you free the moment you release it?
Bottled-up guilt weighs on a person, but confessing or releasing it brings relief.
Every month someone dies, and there are five suspects. The suspects are, Jason, Lily, Nathan, Elizabeth, and Erin, and the months of the murders are July, August, September, October, and November. Who's the murderer?
The murderer's name is an acrostic spelling out the first letters of the five murder months in order.
Something that requires our mental skill to decode it, our imagination to understand it, our knowledge is tested to its max, it confuses us at every stage, it seems easy yet difficult, only those who are used to, will get through. What is it?
This is a self-referential riddle describing the very act of solving a riddle.
I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?
'Rock group' puns on the four carved stone presidents of Mount Rushmore, one of whom (Lincoln) was assassinated.
A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, Atop a tender strand, Rising from the land, 'Til killed by maiden's hand, Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye. What am I?
A flower has colorful petals ("folds") on a stem, is often picked by hand, and symbolizes both love and farewell.
What hired killer never goes to jail?
An exterminator legally 'kills' pests for a living, so it is never a crime.
A woman is at her mother's funeral when suddenly she sees a man so handsome, that she instantly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, she never got a chance to talk to the man. The next day, the woman kills her sister. What was the motive?
Since the man appeared at a funeral, the woman reasons another funeral (her sister's) might bring him back.
There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
The riddle buries the real question 'what does he weigh [as his job]?' among irrelevant physical details, and the butcher weighs meat.
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?
Each shocking phrase has an innocent literal meaning: birth order, death during childbirth, and officiating a wedding as a minister.
There is a brother and a sister. The boy wants to visit his father in jail, and the sister wants to visit her mother in the hospital. But they both are not allowed in jail or hospital. All they have is a gun. What do they do?
By shooting his sister, the boy gets sent to jail (to see his father) and the girl gets sent to the hospital (to see her mother).
Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Water is inside your body, sometimes on your skin, and can drown you if it surrounds you.
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire spreads (grows), needs oxygen to burn (like breathing air), and is extinguished by water, despite not being a living creature.
What is a mummy's favorite type of paper?
"Wrapping paper" puns on the bandage wrappings that cover a mummy.
What type of music is a mummy's favorite?
"Wrap" is a pun on "rap" music combined with the bandage wrappings mummies wear.
Why didn't the Mummy have any friends?
"Wrapped up in himself" puns on being self-absorbed and being literally wrapped in bandages.
How do you communicate with a monster that lives on the seabed?
'Drop a line' means to send a message, but it also describes literally dropping a fishing line to the seabed.
Avoid me, and you'll live. Look at me, and you'll die. Who am I?
The riddle describes the creature from the film Bird Box, whose appearance is fatal to anyone who looks at it.
There's a land where there are mummies and daddies but no babies. Books but no libraries. Mirrors but no reflections. Kittens but no cats. Cattle but no cows. Lollipops but no candy and trees but no forests. It's the land of what?
Every example word, mummies, daddies, books, mirrors, kittens, cattle, lollipops, trees, contains a doubled letter, unlike its missing counterpart.
What kind of drinks do aliens like best?
'Gravi-tea' puns on 'gravity,' a force associated with space, combined with 'tea.'
What time is it when you see the monster?
The joke plays on the literal 'what time is it' question with a practical, non-time answer about fleeing.
How do mummies hide?
"Masking tape" puns on the word "mask" (hiding) while also resembling the tape-like bandages mummies wear.
Why did King Kong get into trouble at school?
'Monkeying around' is an idiom for goofing off, fitting since King Kong is a giant ape.
In Ancient Egypt, what music did the mummies like most?
'Wrap Music' puns on 'Rap Music,' referencing how mummies are wrapped in bandages.
What kind of music do aliens like?
Wordplay — "Neptune," the planet, sounds like "Nep-tunes," musical tunes.
If you hadn't put me in a bowl, I would have lived for 20 years. What am I?
Goldfish can live for decades in the wild or large ponds but their lifespan is drastically shortened when kept in a small bowl.
What is a cereal's worst fear?
'Cereal killer' is a pun on 'serial killer,' framed as a cereal's greatest fear.
Fifty is my first. Nothing is my second. Five just makes my third. My fourth, a vowel, is reckoned. Now to find my name, Fit my parts together. I die if I grow cold but never fear cold weather.
In Roman numerals, L=50, O=nothing(0), V=5, and E is a vowel, spelling LOVE, which is said to 'die' if it grows cold.
What's a type of cloud that's afraid of heights?
Fog is essentially a cloud that forms low to the ground instead of high in the sky, as if avoiding heights.
Why was the arrow trembling?
Pun on "quiver," meaning both shaking with fear and the container that holds arrows.
A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, "You brought me the same tea!" How did she know?
Since the new cup was already sweet without her adding sugar again, she deduced it must be the same tea she had already sweetened.
Adored by few, Feared and hated by many. Mistress of the entire universal reason, Master in the art of numbers. Some may have solved many of your mysteries, But there is still much of them to find. What are they?
Math underlies all reasoning and numbers, is loved by few and dreaded by many, and still holds many unsolved mysteries.
You can feel me but you cannot see me. I am always with you, but I never get heavy. You shiver when I come and are relieved when I pass. What am I?
Fear is an invisible feeling that can make you shiver, yet leaves no physical weight to carry.
I change when scared. I'm in a popular movie. My tongue is long. What am I?
Chameleons change color when startled and have long tongues, and they've been featured in popular animated movies.
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.
Eyes move ('dart') within their sockets, stay fixed on the face, and can convey emotions like happiness or fear through tears.
What type of music are balloons scared of?
'Pop' both names a music genre and describes the sound a balloon makes when it bursts.
What temperature does ice freeze at?
The riddle is a trick question: ice is already frozen water, so it can't freeze again.
You can't see me. You can't touch me. You can't hear me. You can't taste me. You can use me or create me. You can find me. I can be interrupted easily. Some enjoy me and others fear me. What am I?
Silence has no physical presence to sense, yet it can be broken by any sound, and reactions to it vary from calming to unsettling.
What word is a fun word until you add one letter and it becomes a terrible word that no one wants to happen?
Adding the letter 'S' to the front of 'laughter' transforms it into the grim word 'slaughter'.
A man is on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crossed the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
If the river's surface was frozen solid, the dog could simply walk across the ice without getting wet.
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grows cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
Fear can physically weaken you in dangerous moments while also serving a protective, self-preserving purpose.
What does man love more than life, fear more than death or mortal strife, What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves And all men carry to their graves?
This wordplay riddle secretly reads 'nothing' into every line - people love nothing more than life, fear nothing more than death, and in the end carry nothing at all to their graves.
I lead the way into the unknown, and bring strength where there is fear. I am the creator of the invention and the maker of all adventure. What am I?
Curiosity drives people to explore the unknown and fuels invention and adventure.
I am born in fear, raised in the truth, and I come to my own indeed. When comes a time that I'm called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.
Courage often arises out of fear and truth, and it is 'called forth' precisely when it's needed most.
Double my number, I'm less than a score, and half of my number is less than four. Add one to my double when bakers are near, days of the week are still greater, I fear. What am I?
Doubling 6 gives 12 (less than a score/20), half of 6 is 3 (less than 4), and doubling 6 plus 1 gives 13, a baker's dozen, which is still less than the 7 days of the week... the clues all point to six.
It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?
Lettuce wilts and loses its texture when frozen or cooked, so it is only ever sold fresh.
A girl came running home crying because her boyfriend broke up with her. When she got home, she broke her phone and all of the pictures that had her boyfriend in them. What broke first?
The breakup itself figuratively 'broke her heart' before she physically broke anything else.
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never seen. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?
Time constantly 'runs' but has no physical form to see, and can feel long (boring) or short (frightening, like a deadline).
What do you call a person who is afraid of Santa Claus?
'Claustrophobic' sounds like it starts with 'Claus,' punning on a fear of Santa Claus.
I am strong enough to smash ships, but I fear the Sun. What am I?
Ice (as in icebergs) can crush ships, but it melts away when exposed to the sun's heat.
When I looked at the lake, I saw my reflection, yet I disappear from every picture I take. What am I?
Ghosts are traditionally said to have no reflection in photographs even though they might appear in water or mirrors in folklore.
What are the ghost's favorite pants to wear?
This puns on 'blue jeans,' replacing 'blue' with 'boo,' a ghost's spooky sound.
What kind of make up is a ghost's favorite to wear?
This puns on 'mascara,' breaking it into 'mas-scare-a,' referencing a ghost's ability to scare.
Our dinner guests cry that we are evil when they notice their place in the meal. But it's no big deal why; we are just one big happy tribe! And we get really fed up with people! Who, What or Are we?
The riddle's play on 'getting fed up with people' and guests realizing their 'place in the meal' point to cannibals eating people.
Why did the game warden arrest the Ghost?
This puns on a hunting license, required for game wardens to enforce, replaced with a 'haunting' license for ghosts.
What do you call an out-of-work Ghost?
This puns on 'lazy bones,' an idiom for an idle person, fitting a skeletal or ghostly figure without a job.
Why did Frankenstein's monster get indigestion?
'Bolted down his food' means eating too fast, punning on the neck bolts of Frankenstein's monster.
Untainted, Eternal, Marooned A place where the living will move. A shrine beneath the sun. Greeted by the morning's crest. Our sanctity, Our rest. For when our day is done. What am I?
The clues about eternal rest, sanctity, and where the living eventually 'move' to describe a graveyard.
What should you say when you meet a ghost in your bedroom?
This puns on the greeting 'How do you do?' replacing 'do' with 'boo,' a ghost's spooky sound.
What do ghosts do before they enter a haunted house?
This puns on 'wipe their feet,' a common courtesy before entering a house, replaced with a ghost's sheet costume.
Which of the witch's friends eats the fastest?
Pun on "goblin" sounding like "gobblin'," as in gobbling food quickly.
What kind of money do vampires use?
"Blood money" is a real term for ill-gotten gains, fittingly reimagined for a blood-drinking vampire.
I'm not sure where everyone is and there are graves here. Where am I?
The description of graves and confusion about the missing living people simply describes standing in a graveyard.
On which side of a church is the graveyard always situated?
The riddle plays on a literal reading: graveyards are outside the church building, not on any particular interior side.
How can you tell if a ghost is about to faint?
This puns on 'pale as a sheet,' an idiom for looking faint, referencing the white sheet a ghost is depicted wearing.
What is a five-letter word with no vowels?
'Crypt' is five letters long and uses no standard vowels (a, e, i, o, u), fitting the Halloween theme of a burial vault.
What did the zombie eat for breakfast?
'Raisen Brain' puns on the cereal 'Raisin Bran,' swapping in a zombie's craving for brains.
What kind of Doctors are like spiders?
'Spin doctor' is a term for someone who manages public perception, punned with a spider spinning webs.
What do you call it when you walk into a spider web?
Frantically swatting away a sticky spider web resembles the arm movements of karate.
What do you call a ghost with a broken leg?
This puns on 'hobbling goblin,' referencing a limping walk due to a broken leg, playfully rhymed.
I am the creature that robs men of their dignity, pride, and will. I feast on children's dreams till' they have none. I am the monster in your head, waiting to strike. What am I?
Fear undermines confidence and pride and can consume a child's hopeful dreams, existing only as a mental threat.
My hair is blue and pink, I am human, I am daddy's Lil monster. Who am I?
Harley Quinn is famously depicted with blue and pink hair and calls herself 'Daddy's Lil Monster.'
When I looked at the lake, I saw my reflection, but yet I disappear from every picture I take. What am I?
Ghosts are traditionally said to have no reflection in photographs even though they might appear in water or mirrors in folklore.
What do spiders eat with their dinner?
'Corn on the cobweb' puns on 'corn on the cob,' swapping in a spider's web.
What was written on Frankenstein's monster's grave?
'Rust in peace' puns on 'rest in peace,' fitting the monster's metal bolts that would rust.
As destructive as life, As healing as death; An institution of strife, Just as prone to bless. It is all that is good, Yet with an evil trend; As it was the beginning of things, It can also be the end. What is it?
Fire can destroy or warm/heal, bless with light or curse with destruction, and both create (the start of civilization) and end (via burning) things.
Why did the skeleton climb up the tree?
The humor comes from a literal reading: dogs chase bones, and a skeleton is made entirely of bones.
A ghost was painting a picture. What did he paint on his picture?
This is a circular, absurdist joke where the answer simply restates the question's premise.
I can make many people scream yet I can still be seen I make many things grow yet still I can melt the snow. What am I?
Fire is visible, can cause screams from fear or pain, helps things grow when controlled, and melts snow with its heat.
What is a vampire's favorite car to drive in?
'Bloodmobile' puns on a mobile blood donation vehicle, fitting a vampire's thirst for blood.
Where is the popularity of spiders more visible?
'Web-sight' puns on 'website,' tying a spider's physical web to internet popularity.
We are always found two in a coffin, when we are separated from each other, we love to start a fight, and also together, we make a difference. What are we?
"Coffin" contains two F's, "fight" begins with F, and "difference" contains F's, tying all the clues to the letter F.
Compact creatures consistently caught, A waif woeful widow woven. A translucent template tense and taut, Can civilize and calmly cause cloven. What am I?
The alliterative clues describe a taut, woven, translucent structure that traps small creatures, i.e. a spider's web.