Short Riddles

Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.

What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?

Where did the first baseball game in the Bible happen?

Which side of a cat has the most fur?

What never asks questions but receives a lot of answers?

Sometimes I am light, sometimes I am dark. What am I?

What can you catch but not throw?

Why is Santa so good at Karate?

As your ideas grow, I shrink. What am I?

What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?

I am owned by Old McDonald. What am I?

What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?

Use me to reward good behavior. What am I?

I have fangs and enjoy piercing holes with a single bite. What am I?

What is long, pink and wet and is rude to pull out in front of people?

What has fingers and a thumb but no hand?

I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?

It is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else. What is it?

People need me yet they give me away every day. What am I?

A disposable item to keep your waste organized.

What has a foot but no leg?

I am black and white and full of fuzz. What am I?

What has one eye but cannot see?

What rains at the north pole?

A colorful cuisine without flesh.

What has feathers and a beak but it is dressed?

What is the word that even in plain sight remains hidden?

Men walk over me but boats go under me. What am I?

What is the funny thing about forbidden fruits?

Where do tadpoles change?

What is always coming every day, but never arrives until the next?

I cannot be burned in fire or drowned in water. What am I?

What do your eyes do when you see a tough geometry problem?

One strand dangles. Two strands twist.
Three or more can fashion this.

What type of drink is usually added to cereal in the morning?

Prior to smartphones, people used this to record their lives.

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Autumn leaves and bad bowlers wreak havoc on this.

The more you look at it, the less you see.

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

What odd number becomes even when beheaded?

When I live I cry, If you don't kill me I'll die.

How far can a dog run into the woods?

A tasty reward given to well behaved dogs and kids.

Which popular cheese is made backwards?

What do you call a snowman in the summer?

What number has all letters in alphabetical order when spelled out?

Mobsters judge the quality of a vehicle by the size of this.

Without this, H2O would just be 2O.

I am pinched by grandmas. What am I?

What is it something that you always have but you always leave behind?

What is the end of everything?

Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer space?

I can be the book one can never finish reading. What am I?

A squiggly line tells you when you've done it wrong.

Blind but cruel.

A natural tattoo on babies.

Both peaches and a certain couture have this in common.

What has a head and a tail but no body?

I can help you to mend. I hide my body but never my head. What am I?

What does an old tan broken down house wear outside?

What can you keep after giving it to someone?

What shoes should you wear when your basement is flooded?

Ketchup's slightly less popular brother.

Possibly the word most commonly said before taking a sip.

What instrument does a skeleton play?

What is the last thing you take off before bed?

Royalty whose bugers are broiled and whose bed is large.

You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?

What is the coolest and most awesome of all the vegetables?

I am the sweetest and most romantic fruit. What am I?

What is a ghost's favorite fruit?

What did the rain cloud wear under his raincoat?

Who works when he plays and plays when he works?

It's anything but amusing when this body part gets hit.

Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.

I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?

People in love are often bound to this.

Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?

What is used by man, tossed by trees, everywhere but unseen?

You'll see savory dishes in Hong Kong sizzling in these.

Edible items purchased in large quantities.

I carried by mad animals. What am I?

I'm a green veggie that looks like a tiny tree.

Turkey day. What am I?

How many hairs are in a bunny rabbit's tail?

I hold two people together but touch only one. What am I?

John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken out and still be a word?

What animal has feet on the head?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

What fruit loves to go crazy and go wild?

It can be done to buttons and shopping carts. What is it?

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

Found at the back of the book. What am I?

A close relative of ketchup that people often spread on their dog.

What can you not eat for breakfast?

Slithery critters with a taste for dirt.

What lives when it eats and dies when it drinks?

A bird done at every meal.