There are sure to be some riddles that will rack your brain, especially the funny ones that will make you laugh. Not only is it a great way to get your mental juices flowing, but it’s also a great way to have fun. We have compiled a list of the funniest riddles with answers so that everyone can have fun and participate.
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classic funny riddles
1.What is something that is always right in front of you but you can’t see it?
future.
2. A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or a hat did not get a single hair wet. why?
he was bald.
3. What goes up but doesn’t come down?
your age.
4. What is something that you cannot speak, but responds to when spoken to?
echo.
5. The boat is full of people, but no one is on board. How is that possible?
Everyone on the ship is married.
6. What can you keep after giving away?
your words.
7. You enter a room with matches, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
game.
8. There is a one-story house that is all yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There’s nothing there, just a one-story house.
9. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I get older. What am I?
candle.
10. What question can you never answer “yes” to?
Are you sleeping yet?
11. It has branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
It’s a bank.
12. What gets wet while drying?
towel.
13. What is something that has water in it even though it is full of holes?
sponge.
14. I shave every day, but my beard doesn’t change. What am I?
Barber.
15. The more of this you have, the less you can see. What is it?
darkness.
16. What can you find in the middle of Toronto?
The character “o”.
17. What is the end of it all?
The letter “g”.
18. I am the beginning of all things and the end of all places. I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space. What am I?
The letter “e”.
19. Moving forward makes me heavier, but moving backward doesn’t. What am I?
The word “not so.”
20. I is a word that starts with ‘i’. If you add the letter “a” to me, I becomes a new word with a different meaning, but it sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
Aisle (add an “a” to make “aisle”).
21. What can you always fall back on when things aren’t going well?
your fingers.
22. The more of these you take in, the more you leave behind. what are they?
footsteps.
23. What did the triangle say to the circle?
you are meaningless
24. What can you not sew even though you have a lot of needles?
Christmas tree.
25. What is the best coat to wear in wet conditions?
coat of paint.
26. What can you catch but not throw?
cold.
27. What is something you run around in your backyard that never moves?
It’s a fence.
28. What has a head and a tail but no body?
coin.
29. What has legs but cannot walk?
table.
30. What has one head, one leg, and four legs?
bed.
31. What can you not clap for even though you have hands?
clock.
32. What do you have words for but never talk about?
Book.
33. Where does one wall meet the other?
In the corner.
34. What building has the most floors?
library.
35. What band doesn’t play music?
rubber band.
36. What is something that you can never eat even if it is cut on the table?
Deck of playing cards.
37. What tastes better than it smells?
your tongue.
38. Wandering around the countryside with deaf ears. What is it?
Corn.
39. What has many rings but no fingers?
phone.
40. What words start and end with “e” but have only one letter?
envelope.
41. What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
clock.
42. What appears once a minute, twice in an instant, but not once in a thousand years?
The letter “m”.
43. I travel all over the world, but I never leave the streets. What am I?
It’s a stamp.
44. If you give me one drink, I’ll die. If you feed it, it will grow. What am I?
fire.
45. What can break even if you don’t lift it or touch it?
It’s a promise.
46. I’m on Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, but not Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter “r”.
47. I’m light as a feather, but even the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. what am i?
your breath.
48. What goes in a birdbath that never gets wet?
It is the shadow of a bird.
49. What is yours that other people mostly use?
your name.
50. If you drop me I’ll definitely crack, but smile at me and I’ll smile back. What am I?
mirror.
51. What happens if you drop a yellow hat into the Red Sea?
I got wet.
52. I’m always at the table, but you can’t eat me. What am I?
plates and silverware.
53. I have a city but no home. There is a forest, but there are no trees. There is water but no fish. What am I?
map.
54. What is something that gets sharper the more you use it?
your brain.
55. If you stab someone, you die. What am I?
Honeybee.
56. What question can you ask all day and always get different answers, and all the answers are correct?
What time is it now?
57. What is something you can’t open even though you have a lot of keys?
piano.
58. What has a bottom at the top?
your legs.
59. What is something so fragile that it breaks when you say its name?
silence.
60. What English word has three consecutive two letters?
Bookkeeper.
61. It follows me everywhere, but disappears when it gets dark. What am I?
your shadow
funny food riddles
62. I am small and red with a heart of stone. What am I?
Cherries.
63. What has a head but no eyes, nose, or mouth?
lettuce.
64. What cheese is made backwards?
Edam is created in reverse.
65. What is the richest nut?
cashew nuts.
66. What kind of room is without doors or windows?
mushroom.
67. First you throw away my outside and cook my inside. Then you eat my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?
Corn.
68. What is the most fun food to eat at a party?
Fungi.
69. Why did the citrus tree go to the hospital?
For Lemonade.
70. You cut me, cut me, chop me, and all the while you cry. What am I?
Onions.
71. What kind of apples does the computer prefer?
Macintosh.
72. What fruit never makes you feel good?
blueberry.
73. What must be destroyed before it can be used?
egg.
74. When I’m ripe, I’ll be green. When you eat me, I turn red. And when you spit me out, I become black. What am I?
Watermelon.
75.What kind of cup does not hold water?
cupcake.
76. I am the father of fruits. What am I?
papaya.
77. What has green on top of bright orange and sounds like a parrot?
Carrot.
78. A chicken is sitting on the roof of a barn facing west. If you lay eggs, do they roll north or south?
This is not possible. Roosters do not lay eggs.
79. Why is bee hair sticky?
Because it uses beehives.
80. What can you not see even though you have many eyes?
Potato.
81. I’m sweet, I’m holey, and I’m most commonly lusty. What am I?
donut.
82. I am a bird, a fruit, and a human being. What am I?
kiwi.
83. I am sometimes sour and sometimes sweet. It’s always delicious and I enjoy eating it. What am I?
candy.
84. I may be bitter or sweet, but I am always a treat. I have something to eat, a bar or cake. What am I?
chocolate.
85. I may be reeled in, pushed, or have a lot of fish. It is wrapped tightly in rice and seaweed. What am I?
sushi.
funny number riddles
86. What 5 letter word is shortened by adding 2 letters?
short.
87. Which month has 28 days?
All 12 months have at least 28 days.
88. If two people are companions and three people are a crowd, what are four and five people?
Nine.
89. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
There are 11. There are 3 “the” and 8 “alphabet”.
90. If there are 7 oranges and you take 3, how many oranges are there?
Three, because that’s how many you took.
91. Ms. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a sibling. How many children do you have in total?
Five. I have four daughters and one son. Each daughter has the same siblings.
92. How many seconds in a year?
12 – January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd…
93. A word that I know that contains 6 letters. Deleting one character leaves 12 characters. What is it?
Dozens.
94. Why were the six afraid of the seven?
Because seven-eight-nine!
95. Four legs on top, four legs on bottom, soft in the middle, hard around. What am I?
bed.
96.What can you see even though you have one eye?
needle.
97. A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29th (a leap year).
98. What word has the same pronunciation even if you remove 4 out of 5 letters?
Column.
99. What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down and read from left to right?
noon.
100. I am a three-letter word. Add two and you get less. What word am I?
a bit.
101. What are the five letter words with one out of two?
stone.
102. What are 3/7 chickens, 2/3 cats, and 2/4 goats?
Chicago.
103. 2 people are in the corner, 1 person is in the room, 0 people are at home, and 1 person is in the shelter. What is it?
The letter “r”.
104. You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
The letter “e”.
105. What is the following word in English: The first two letters mean male, the first three letters mean female, the first four letters mean great, and the whole word is great? means a woman. What is the word?
heroine.
106. A basket is 1 foot in diameter and 1 foot deep. How many apples can you put in an empty basket?
It’s not empty anymore, so there’s only one.
107.What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
gloves.
108. What has 13 hearts and no other organs?
Deck of playing cards.
109. What has four wheels and a fly?
Garbage truck.
110. I am an odd number. If you take away one character, it becomes equal. What number am I?
Seven.
111. When Harry was six years old, his sister Mary was half his age. How old will Mary be when Harry is 40?
She will be 37 years old.
112. If Tom blows 18 bubbles at the fair, breaks 5 and eats 4, then breaks 9 and blows 1 more, how many bubbles will be left?
One.
113. If you multiply me by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number am I?
zero.
114. When are 1500 plus 20 and 1600 minus 40 the same?
When it comes to military time.
funny animal riddles
115. On Friday, a cowgirl came to town on a horse. She left three days later, on Friday. How is that possible?
Friday is the name of her horse.
116. What is the lion that does not roar?
Dandelion.
117. What can you not sew even if you have a thousand needles?
Porcupine.
118. African elephants are called lalas. The Asian elephant is called Lulu. What do you call elephants in Antarctica?
I lost it.
119. Thanksgiving and Christmas would be incomplete without me, and everyone tends to eat too much when I’m at the table. What am I?
turkey.
120. What are black, white and blue?
Poor zebra.
121. What do you call a toothless bear?
Gummy bear.
122. Jump when you walk, sit when you stand. What am I?
Kangaroo.
123. As I grow up, I become depressed. What am I?
Goose feathers are called “down.”
124. My legs are usually about 6 feet tall, which is taller than most people. What kind of animal am I?
giraffe.
125. I hide treasures in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy. If you see me in a tree, please don’t call me dirty. What am I?
squirrel.
126. My name is something you would paint on your hair or eat for dessert. What am I?
Elk.
127. I’m an animal you might love, but I’m too big to be your pet. I am told that the trunk is very long and unforgettable. What am I?
elephant.
128. I move between silk threads without wings. I leave my substance as you found it. what am i?
It’s a spider.
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