Adult Brain Teaser Riddles to Test Your Smarts

I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

The poor have me, the rich need me, and if you eat me you will die. What am I?

What disappears the moment you say its name?

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

What can be cracked, made, told, and played?

I start with an E, end with an E, but usually contain only one letter. What am I?

I am always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?

If you drop me I am sure to crack, but give me a smile and I will always smile back. What am I?

A man looks at a painting and says, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the painting?

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T within it?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

What has an eye but cannot see?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What am I?

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

What gets wetter the more it dries?

What has keys but can't open locks?

A bat and ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much is the ball?

If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long for 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

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

How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?

Some months have 31 days, others have 30. How many have 28?

You're in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain?

How far can you walk into a forest?

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish and each takes one home. How?

What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?