Riddle: Brothers and sisters, I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who am I looking at?
Answer: The man is my son. i
Riddle: He who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see
nor feel it. What is it?
Answer: A coffin ii
Riddle: Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in
the evening?
Answer: Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a
cane as an old man. iii
Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp iv
Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel v
Riddle: Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does
he weigh?
Answer: Meat vi
Riddle: If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?
Answer: A secret vii
Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold viii
Riddle: I have streets but no pavement, I have cities but no buildings, I have forests but no trees, I have
rivers yet no water. What am I?
Answer: A mapix
Riddle: I am small as an ant and big as a whale, I can soar through the air like a bird with a tail. I can be
seen by day and not by night, I can be seen with a big flash of light. I follow whoever controls me by the
sun, but I fade away when dark fell like a ton. What am I?
Answer: A shadow x
Riddle: You may enter, but you may not come in, I have space, but no room, I have keys, but open no
lock. What am I?
Answer: A computer xi
Riddle: 30 white horses upon a red hill, first they start stamping, then they stand still. What are the 30
white horses?
Answer: Teeth xii
Riddle: What is wider than life itself, longer than forever, so simple it’s complicated, travels but never
leaves the spot, puts others in danger but no one gets hurt, and reaches to worlds unknown?
Answer: Your imagination xiii
Riddle: What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Answer: Silence xiv
Riddle: I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
Answer: A hole. xv
Riddle: What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Answer: A mountainxvi
Riddle: Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
Answer: Wind xvii
Riddle: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and
under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
Answer: Darkness xviii
Riddle: A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Answer: An egg xix
Riddle: This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard
stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.
Answer: Time xx
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Source: http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/BrainTeasers/PoemRiddles.html
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Source: http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/BrainTeasers/PoemRiddles.html
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http://casual-online-games.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-riddles-brain-teasers.html
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http://casual-online-games.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-riddles-brain-teasers.html
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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