General Riddles

A grandfather, a father and 2 sons were having tea in the garden. But there are only 3 cups on the table. Justify how.
Grandfather is the father of one son and he himself also has one son. That makes two fathers and two sons.

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

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

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?

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

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.