Clever Halloween Riddles
The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows. What is it?
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A coffin.
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
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Day breaks and night falls.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
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An echo.
The more of me you take, the bigger I get. What am I?
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A hole.
What disappears the moment you say its name?
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Silence.
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
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The word ton.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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Bookkeeper.
What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Short.
You see a boat filled with people, yet not a single person is on board. How?
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Everyone is married.
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How?
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His horse's name was Friday.
Spooky Logic and Wordplay
What room does a ghost not need?
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A living room.
Why are graveyards so noisy?
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Because of all the coffin.
What do you call a haunted chicken?
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A poultry-geist.
What is a vampire's least favorite meal?
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A stake dinner.
I begin as a pumpkin and end as a grin with a candle. What am I?
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A jack-o'-lantern.
I hang upside down and map the night by echo. What am I?
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A bat.
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees. What am I?
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A map.
What question can you never answer yes to?
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Are you asleep yet?
What is always coming but never arrives?
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Tomorrow.
What belongs to you but others use more than you do?
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Your name.
Party Stumpers
I'm not alive, but I grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
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Fire.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
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Light.
The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?
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Darkness.
What has thirteen hearts but no other organs?
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A deck of cards.
Take away my first letter and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter and I still sound the same. What word am I?
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Queue.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
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Mount Everest.
How far can a dog run into the woods?
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Halfway. After that it is running out.
What has keys but no locks?
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A piano.
What begins and ends with E but only contains one letter?
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An envelope.
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
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A key.
FAQ
Office-safe?
Yes. Clever and spooky-light, without crude humor.
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See halloween office party riddles.