30 Best Riddles for Kids and Adults
Here we have King Gustav's 30 best riddles for kids and adults! After a lifetime of enjoying riddles he has chosen these as his absolute favourites!
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You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
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Whoever made me doesn’t want me; Whoever bought me doesn’t need me. Whoever uses me doesn’t know me. What am I?
A coffin.
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What can point in every direction but can’t reach the destination by itself?
Your finger.
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I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?
A sponge.
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You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What am I?
Corn.
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I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I’m always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?
A windmill.
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If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A secret.
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There are 30 cows in a field, and 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
The answer is 10. This is a tricky riddle indeed! If you listen closely you can hear that – 30 cows, and twenty-eight chickens. It’s a play on words! EIGHT and ATE sound the same! Therefore, it means 20 ATE chickens. 30-20=10, so 10 cows didn’t eat any chickens.
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A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How?
The river was frozen.
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I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map.
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What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing.
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Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.
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If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A secret.
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I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
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At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
The stars.
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Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?
Leaves.
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Forward it’s heavy, backward it’s not. What is it?
Ton. Backward it’s “not.”
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Whoever made me doesn’t want me; Whoever bought me doesn’t need me. Whoever uses me doesn’t know me. What am I?
A coffin.
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What force and strength cannot get through, I with my unique teeth can do. What am I?
A key.
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Without the first two letters, I’m an intelligent animal. Without the first three letters, I’m a subject in school. Without the first four letters, I’m the letter “e.”
What am I?
A grape.
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I come with a train, and go with a train, and the train doesn’t need me, but can’t go without me. What am I?
Noise.
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I work when I play and play when I work. What am I?
Musician.
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When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way. What am I?
A comet.
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I’m not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I’m not a river, but I’m full of water. What am I?
A cloud.
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You went into the woods and got me. You sat down to seek me. You brought me home because you couldn’t find me. What am I?
A splinter.
