Classic Clues
What has keys but opens no locks?
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A piano.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
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Footsteps.
What belongs to you but others use more than you?
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Your name.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
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A towel.
What has a neck but no head?
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A bottle.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
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A stamp.
What is always coming but never arrives?
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Tomorrow.
What question can you never answer yes to?
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Are you asleep yet?
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.
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
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The word ton.
Themed Challenge Riddles
You see a boat filled with people, yet there is not a single person on board. How?
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Everyone on board is married.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
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Silence.
I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
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A bank.
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
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Day breaks and night falls.
A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How?
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His horse was named Friday.
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. What am I?
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A candle.
What has thirteen hearts but no other organs?
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A deck of cards.
What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?
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A river.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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The letter M.
What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T before dinner guests arrive?
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A teapot.
Party and Classroom Extras
Why did the cranberries turn red?
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They saw the turkey dressing.
What is a turkey's favorite dessert?
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Peach gobbler.
What do you call it when it rains turkeys?
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Fowl weather.
I am poured from a boat but never sail. What am I?
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Gravy.
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
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Short.
What can you hold without ever touching it?
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A conversation.
What has words but never speaks?
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A book.
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
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A map.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
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Bookkeeper.
A man shaves several times a day, yet still has a beard. Who is he?
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A barber.
FAQ
Are answers included?
Yes. Every riddle includes the answer.
How should I use these riddles?
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