General Riddles

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

I am very fragile. I crack easily. If you cry in front of me, I too start crying. If you smile at me, then I too smile back. Who am I?

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

Riddles by Category

Submit a Riddle

Make sure you have searched the entire riddles and the riddle doesn't exist before adding as new riddle! If you don't have the answer to the riddle, add it as "Brainbox" under the "Brainbox" tab.
Make sure you have an account and you are signed in before submitting a riddle!

Contact Us


Send us a mail and we will get in touch with you soon!

You can email us at: contact@fancyread.com
Fancyread Inc.