Hard Riddles for Teens

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

Forward I'm heavy, backward I'm not. What am I?

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

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

I am not alive, but I grow; I have no lungs, yet I need air. What am I?

What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?

A man describes his daughters: They are all blonde, but two; all brunette, but two; and all redhead, but two. How many daughters does he have?

What has cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees?

What has many teeth but cannot bite?

I am seen in the water; if seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, a jay's blue eye. What am I?

A boat sinks in a storm. Every person on board drowns except for a married couple. How?

What has one eye, can't see, yet moves around the world?

I have keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go outside. What am I?

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt. What happened?

What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young?

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?

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

What belongs to you but others use more than you do?

What invention lets you look through a wall?

What is always coming but never arrives?

What question can you never answer yes to?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

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

I am the debate club opener stumping the room. What am I?

I am the teen escape room final boss riddle. What am I?

I am the honors class team solving together. What am I?

I am the bus ride riddle passed seat to seat. What am I?

I am the student council trivia round. What am I?

I am the newsletter challenge with a prize for first solve. What am I?

I am the aha moment when the twist clicks. What am I?