• Question: I have keys but no locks, space but no room. What am I?
• Answer: A keyboard.
• Question: What has cities but no buildings, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
• Answer: A map.
• Question: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
• Answer: A stamp.
• Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I can engineer many things. What am I?
• Answer: An idea.
• Question: What starts with ‘e’, ends with ‘e’, and contains only one letter?
• Answer: An envelope.
• Question: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
• Answer: A coin.
• Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released. Yet, I am used by many engineers. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil lead.
• Question: What has a neck but no head?
• Answer: A bottle.
• Question: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
• Answer: A candle.
• Question: I have keys but can’t open any locks. I have a space but no room. What am I?
• Answer: A keyboard.
• Question: I am full of holes, but still hold water. What am I?
• Answer: A sponge.
• Question: What can you catch but not throw?
• Answer: A cold.
• Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
• Answer: Footsteps.
• Question: What has keys but can’t open locks?
• Answer: A piano.
• Question: What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
• Answer: A clock.
• Question: I am not alive, but I can grow. What am I?
• Answer: A plant.
• Question: What gets wetter as it dries?
• Answer: A towel.
• Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
• Answer: An echo.
• Question: What has keys but can’t open locks, and space but no room?
• Answer: A computer keyboard.

• What do you call a structure that’s always in tension?
• An archenemy of compression, what am I?
• What type of bridge can you carry in your pocket?
• What connects two buildings but isn’t a hallway?
• I have keys but can’t unlock any doors. What am I?
• What’s a civil engineer’s favorite type of music?
• What do you call a stressed-out beam?
• What type of screw is also a famous mathematician?
• What’s the favorite game of a structural engineer?
• What’s the difference between a rivet and a bolt?
• What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
• What kind of bridge can you eat?
• What did the hydraulic engineer say to the dam?
• Why did the capacitor break up with the resistor?
• What’s a computer’s favorite snack?
• What’s the difference between a civil engineer and a poet?
• Why did the photon check into a hotel?
• What do you call a group of electrical components having a meeting?
• Why did the circuit go to therapy?
• What did the screw say to the nut?

Another Engineering riddles

• What’s a civil engineer’s favorite kind of dance?
• What do you call a beam that’s lost its way?
• Why did the bridge break up with the river?
• What did the resistor say to the capacitor during an argument?
• What’s a computer’s favorite type of footwear?
• Why did the robot go to school?
• What do you call a group of gears singing together?
• Why did the engineer bring a ladder to the bar?
• What did the wrench say to the bolt?
• Why was the steam engine always so tired?
• What’s the first thing an electrical engineer does in the morning?
• Why did the circuit go to jail?
• What did the engineer say to the falling bridge?
• Why did the magnet break up with the iron filings?
• What do you call a network of roads that can think?
• Why did the screwdriver go to therapy?
• What did the structural engineer say to the skyscraper?
• Why did the resistor refuse to conduct electricity?
• What do you call a bridge made out of spaghetti?
• Why was the electrician always shocked?

• Why did the circuit go on a diet?
• What’s a bridge’s favorite type of sandwich?
• What do you call a group of engineers on a hike?
• Why did the computer catch a cold?
• What’s an engineer’s favorite fruit?
• What do you call a depressed calculator?
• Why did the gear break up with the axle?
• What’s a robot’s favorite type of movie?
• Why was the screw embarrassed?
• What’s the difference between a civil engineer and a superhero?
• What did the architect say to the building?
• Why did the capacitor refuse to charge?
• What’s an engineer’s favorite type of movie?
• What do you call a malfunctioning traffic light?
• Why did the computer go to therapy?
• What’s a bridge’s favorite board game?
• Why was the satellite always happy?
• What do you call a group of robots having a party?
• Why did the engineer get kicked out of the party?
• What’s a circuit’s favorite type of dessert?

Getting over with Engineering riddles

• Why did the robot turn red?
• What’s an engineer’s favorite type of puzzle?
• What do you call a group of engineers solving a problem?
• Why did the light bulb break up with the lamp?
• What’s a computer’s favorite snack?
• What did the software engineer say to the bug?
• Why did the bridge get an award?
• What’s an engineer’s favorite type of coffee?
• Why was the calculator so bad at relationships?
• What do you call a group of engineers at the beach?
• Why did the circuit go to the gym?
• What’s a robot’s favorite dance move?
• Why was the engineer always calm during emergencies?
• What do you call a group of gears working together perfectly?
• Why did the computer go to therapy?
• What’s an engineer’s favorite type of tree?
• Why did the bridge blush?
• What did the engineer say to the broken machine?
• What’s a robot’s favorite type of music?
• Why did the circuit get arrested?