- Question: What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you’ll die?
Answer: Nothing. - Question: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What is always hungry, but never eats?
Answer: Time. - Question: What travels around the world but stays in one corner?
Answer: A stamp. - Question: What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name. - Question: What can be cracked, made, told, and played but never eaten?
Answer: A joke. - Question: What runs but never walks, murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river. - Question: What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold. - Question: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano. - Question: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin. - Question: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future. - Question: What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel. - Question: What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?
Answer: Day breaks and night falls. - Question: What is full of holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sponge. - Question: What can be caught but never thrown?
Answer: A yawn. - Question: What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter “w.” - Question: What starts with the letter “t,” is filled with “t,” and ends with “t”?
Answer: A teapot. - Question: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle. - Question: What is something that is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow. - Question: What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?
Answer: The letter “e.”
- Question: What is always in your hand but never gets held?
Answer: Your breath. - Question: What can fill a room but has no weight?
Answer: Light. - Question: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What is the key to everything, yet unlocks nothing?
Answer: A puzzle. - Question: What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Answer: Your breath. - Question: What can be given without being kept?
Answer: Advice. - Question: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp. - Question: What can run but never walks, often murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river. - Question: What disappears the moment you say its name?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What can you see, but can’t touch, hear, or smell?
Answer: Your reflection. - Question: What is something you can keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word. - Question: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin. - Question: What can be caught but never thrown?
Answer: A glimpse. - Question: What is at the end of a rainbow but can’t be reached?
Answer: The horizon. - Question: What is always on its way but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow. - Question: What begins with “t,” ends with “t,” and has “t” in it?
Answer: A teapot. - Question: What breaks but never falls and falls but never breaks?
Answer: Day breaks and night falls. - Question: What can be found in the center of Paris but nowhere else in the world?
Answer: The letter “r.” - Question: What is a room with no walls, no doors, and no windows?
Answer: A mushroom. - Question: What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m.”
Another Nothing riddles
- Question: What is always on the move but never leaves its place?
Answer: Time. - Question: What can be heard without ears and spoken without a mouth?
Answer: Thoughts. - Question: What is always hungry but never eats, and always thirsty but never drinks?
Answer: Fire. - Question: What can fill a room yet takes up no space?
Answer: Light. - Question: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word. - Question: What grows smaller as it grows older?
Answer: A candle. - Question: What can be opened but not closed, and can be spoken but not said?
Answer: A book. - Question: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What has a face but cannot smile?
Answer: A clock. - Question: What has keys but can’t open any locks?
Answer: A piano. - Question: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river. - Question: What can be filled with holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sieve. - Question: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge. - Question: What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise. - Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m.” - Question: What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name. - Question: What can be cracked, made, told, and played, but never eaten?
Answer: A joke. - Question: What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
Answer: A keyboard. - Question: What is always behind time?
Answer: The future. - Question: What starts with an “e,” ends with an “e,” and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope.
- Question: What is always in front of you but cannot be seen?
Answer: The future. - Question: What can be broken without being touched?
Answer: A heart. - Question: What can be filled with words but holds no meaning?
Answer: A blank page. - Question: What can be measured but has no length, width, or height?
Answer: Time. - Question: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp. - Question: What can be caught but never thrown?
Answer: A cold. - Question: What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano. - Question: What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow. - Question: What is something that is full of holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sponge. - Question: What begins with “t,” ends with “t,” and has “t” in it?
Answer: A teapot. - Question: What can run but never walks, murmurs but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river. - Question: What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle. - Question: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What disappears the moment you say its name?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What has a face but cannot smile?
Answer: A clock. - Question: What can be given but never owned?
Answer: A smile. - Question: What is always moving but has no legs?
Answer: Wind. - Question: What is always in your hand but never gets held?
Answer: Your breath. - Question: What can be cracked, made, told, and played but never eaten?
Answer: A joke. - Question: What can you see once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m.”
Getting over with Nothing riddles
- Question: What can be filled with holes but can still hold water?
Answer: A sieve. - Question: What is always on the move but never leaves its place?
Answer: Time. - Question: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence. - Question: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin. - Question: What can be opened but never closed, and can be spoken but never said?
Answer: A book. - Question: What can be heard without ears and spoken without a mouth?
Answer: Thoughts. - Question: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river. - Question: What is always hungry but never eats, and always thirsty but never drinks?
Answer: Fire. - Question: What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Answer: Your breath. - Question: What grows smaller as it grows older?
Answer: A candle. - Question: What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: Your word. - Question: What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name. - Question: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp. - Question: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge. - Question: What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise. - Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m.” - Question: What starts with an “e,” ends with an “e,” and only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope. - Question: What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m.” - Question: What can be cracked, made, told, and played, but never eaten?
Answer: A joke. - Question: What can run but never walks, murmurs but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river.
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