Funny Riddles

Same Upside Down: What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down? SWIMS.

More Appear: The more of these you take, the more appear behind you. Steps.

Crazy Bet: If someone says to you, “I’ll bet you $1 that if you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return”, would this be a good bet for you to accept? No. This is a situation where you lose even if you win. Assuming the other person is being wise, they would

After Tomorrow: If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow. The 27th.

Contented Men Desire: What does man love more than life? Fear more than death or mortal strife? What do the poor have, what the rich require, And what contented men desire? What does the miser spend, the spendthrift save, And all men carry to their graves? Nothing.

The Butcher: A butcher has a 36 inch waist around, and he is 5 feet tall. What does he weigh? Meat, he’s a butcher.

Think Family: What relation would your father’s sister’s sister-in-law be to you? This person would be your mother.

Bird Facts: NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why? Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow. Humans can swallow even while hanging upside down.

Trapped!: You’re in a magical bathroom with no windows and the only way things can get in and out is by an open door. You decide to have a bath so you turn on the tap, you shut the door and the handle breaks so you can’t open it, you then turn off the tap

Served at a Table: I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four. Served small, white and round. You’ll love some, And that’s part of the fun. What am I? Ping-pong balls.

Thunder Beneath: My thunder rolls beneath me, my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove.What am I? I am a Volcano.

Marry 3 Men: How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated? She’s a Justice of the Peace.

Six Faced: What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, But cannot see? A six-sided die.

Many Words From One: There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word – from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one

Beginning of Eternity: From the beginning of eternity To the end of time and space To the beginning of every end And the end of every place. What am I? The letter ‘e’.

Carriages!: What is that which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it? Noise.

Invincible: What can’t be burned in fire, nor drowned in water? Ice.

A Violent Beast: In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it? A bullet.

Drop It: What can you break without hitting or dropping it? A promise.

Belonging to Night: At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen. The stars.