Tricky Riddles

If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?

What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?

If an electric train is travelling south, which way is the smoke going?

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

How far can a dog run into the woods?

What is the end of everything?

What king can you make if you take the head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and the tail of a dragon?

A plane crashed on the border or US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?

What can you keep after giving it to someone?

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

How do snails travel?

Where are you guaranteed to find gold on St. Patrick's Day?

What turns everything around but does not move?

Where is the ocean deepest?

Sophie's mother had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons names were George and John. What was the daughter's name?

You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?

You have three stoves: A gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?

Look at me one way and I weigh a whole lot; turn me around and you'll see that I am not. What am I?

What tastes better than it smells?

If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?

If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?

What part of a fish weighs most?

What is the center of gravity?

An American living in England came home to the United States on the 4th of July, celebrated for three full days, and returned to England on the 4th of July. How is this possible?

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird

How does a dog cross a river without getting wet?

How many E’s are in the 4th of July?

Place three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches to make eight.

You are in a room with 3 monkeys. One monkey has a banana, one has a stick, and one has nothing. Who is the smartest primate?

Susan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is the largest living ant on earth?

What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?

What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?

Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

A tree with 5 branches, no leaves and no fruits.

Why are people always tired in April?

How many days are there in 4 years?

There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars was $1.50. How is that possible?

Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

A man says: "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is he pointing at?

Who was awarded as the fastest runner in the race?

John's mom had three children. The first child was April. The second child was May. What was the third Child's name?

There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

The more you have of me, the less you see. Who am I?

What has everything inside it? Everything you can imagine even god, wind, world, sky, heaven, earth and everything that comes to your mind?

It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

What is long and filled with seamen?

What was was, before was was was?

What is half of two plus two?

I make billions of dollars selling Windows. Who am I?

On his arc, how many of each animal did Moses bring?

You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and?

How does Easter end?

Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

What building has the most stories?

A red house is made out of red bricks.
A blue house is made out of blue bricks.
What is a green house made out of?

I run around the city, but I never move.

What do pandas have that no other animal has?

What is between heaven and earth?

What quacks, has webbed feet, and betrays his country?

What goes with a car, comes with a car, is no use to a car, but the car can't move without it?

What breaks on the water but never on the land?

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?

How many sides does a circle have?

What was the largest island in the world before Australia was discovered?

What’s the best way to make Easter easier?

A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?

When is 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same thing?

How many letters are in the alphabet?

There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls that the blind man has to pick to make sure that there are at least 2 balls of different colors?

In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake?

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not living?

Do they have a 4th of July in Australia?

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

What's higher than the king?

What is never eaten before lunch?

The sun bakes them,
The hand breaks them,
The foot treads them,
The mouth tastes them.

A man lives on the top floor of a hotel. When he is out with a friend or out on a rainy day, he comes back, goes to the elevator, and goes to the top floor. When he goes out alone or on a sunny day, he goes half way up and walks the rest of the way up. Why?

Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?

What is a foot long and slippery?

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

What follows a dog wherever it goes?

What do the Pilgrims, Indians and Puritans have in common?

I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

What comes in many different sizes but is always only 1 foot long?

I met a man and drew his name. He tipped his hat and played my game. What is his name?

Which bus could cross the ocean?

If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

Timmy's mother has three children. The first was named April. The next was named May. What is the final one's name?

How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000?