General Riddles

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

What can you catch but not throw?

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

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.