• Question: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
• Answer: A keyboard.
• Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with knowledge. What am I?
• Answer: A book.
• Question: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil.
• Question: I’m full of holes, but I can still hold water. What am I?
• Answer: A sponge.
• Question: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
• Answer: A fire.
• Question: What has keys but can’t open locks?
• Answer: A piano.
• Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
• Answer: Footsteps.
• Question: I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
• Answer: A map.
• Question: I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
• Answer: A cloud.
• Question: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for much longer than a minute. What am I?
• Answer: Breath.
• Question: I have keys but can’t open any locks. I have a space but no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
• Answer: A computer keyboard.
• Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I’m never released, and yet I’m used by almost every student. What am I?
• Answer: Pencil lead.
• Question: What has a neck but no head?
• Answer: A bottle.
• Question: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• Answer: The letter ‘M’.
• Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
• Answer: Fire.
• Question: What has keys but can’t open locks, and space but no rooms?
• Answer: A keyboard.
• Question: What has a head and a tail but no body?
• Answer: A coin.
• Question: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
• Answer: A flame.
• Question: What has to be broken before you can use it?
• Answer: An egg.

• Question: I have keys but no locks, I have space but no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t exit. What am I?
• Answer: A calculator.
• Question: I start with an ‘e’, end with an ‘e’, but usually contain only one letter. What am I?
• Answer: An envelope.
• Question: I’m full of holes, but I can hold a lot of knowledge. What am I?
• Answer: A sieve (or a strainer).
• Question: I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?
• Answer: A clock.
• Question: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
• Answer: A candle (as it burns down).
• Question: I have pages but can’t be read. I have a spine but can’t feel pain. What am I?
• Answer: A notebook.
• Question: I’m a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your mind. What am I?
• Answer: A library.
• Question: I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?
• Answer: A clock.
• Question: I have wings but I’m not a bird, I bring knowledge though you never see me fly. What am I?
• Answer: A book.
• Question: I have keys but no locks, and countless tales to tell. What am I?
• Answer: A typewriter (or a computer keyboard).
• Question: I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?
• Answer: A coin.
• Question: I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?
• Answer: The future.
• Question: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
• Answer: A joke.
• Question: I am taken from a mine and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released and yet I am used by almost every student. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil.
• Question: I’m often running yet I have no legs. What am I?
• Answer: A nose (for it’s often running with a cold).
• Question: I’m white, but not a snowflake. I’m black, but not the night. I take notes, but I’m not a person. What am I?
• Answer: A chalkboard.
• Question: I’m sharp but not a knife, and I help you write. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil sharpener.
• Question: I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
• Answer: A flame.
• Question: I am a number, I am a symbol, I am part of every equation. What am I?
• Answer: Pi (?).
• Question: I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?
• Answer: A clock.

Another School riddles

• Question: I have keys but cannot open any doors, yet I unlock knowledge. What am I?
• Answer: A dictionary.
• Question: I’m black when you buy me, red when you use me, and gray when you throw me away. What am I?
• Answer: Charcoal (for writing or drawing).
• Question: I start with ‘e’, end with ‘e’, and contain one letter. What am I?
• Answer: An envelope.
• Question: I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old, but I’m always full of stories. What am I?
• Answer: A bookshelf.
• Question: I’m a vessel without hinges, lock, or lid, yet inside I house treasures untold. What am I?
• Answer: A mind.
• Question: I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
• Answer: A flame.
• Question: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
• Answer: A library (with branches in different locations).
• Question: I have a spine but no bones. I can make you laugh or cry, but I can’t speak. What am I?
• Answer: A book.
• Question: I have keys but no locks, and countless stories to unfold. What am I?
• Answer: A keyboard.
• Question: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
• Answer: A joke.
• Question: I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees. What am I?
• Answer: A map.
• Question: I have no feet, but I can run. What am I?
• Answer: Time.
• Question: I’m full of holes, but I can hold water. What am I?
• Answer: A sponge.
• Question: I’m a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your mind. What am I?
• Answer: A library.
• Question: I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil sharpener.
• Question: I’m often running yet I have no legs. What am I?
• Answer: A nose (for it’s often running with a cold).
• Question: I’m white, but not a snowflake. I’m black, but not the night. I take notes, but I’m not a person. What am I?
• Answer: A chalkboard.
• Question: I’m sharp but not a knife, and I help you write. What am I?
• Answer: A pencil sharpener.
• Question: I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?
• Answer: A clock.

• What has keys but can’t open locks?
• What starts with a ‘P’ and ends with an ‘E’ and has thousands of letters?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What gets wetter as it dries?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
• What has a heart but no other organs?
• What comes once in a year, twice in a month, but never in a week?
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
• What has one eye but can’t see?
• What runs all around a backyard but never moves?
• What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
• What has to be broken before you can use it?
• What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
• What starts with ‘e’, ends with ‘e’, and has one letter in it?
• What goes up but never comes down?
• What has a head and a tail but no body?
• What can you catch but not throw?

Getting over with School riddles

• What has keys but can’t open locks? (A piano)
• What has hands but can’t clap? (A clock)
• What has many keys but can’t open any doors? (A computer keyboard)
• What has a head and a tail but no body? (A coin)
• What is full of holes but still holds water? (A sponge)
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? (A clock)
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (A stamp)
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? (The letter “m”)
• What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• What belongs to you but is used more by others? (Your name)
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in? (A keyboard)
• What has words but never speaks? (A book)
• What runs all around a backyard yet never moves? (A fence)
• What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats, and runs but never walks? (A river)
• What can be caught but never thrown? (A cold)
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat? (An artichoke)
• What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it? (Silence)
• What has keys but can’t open any door? (A piano)
• What has eyes but can’t see? (A potato)
• What has a bottom at the top? (Your legs)