• Q: What has keys but can’t open locks? A: A piano.
• Q: What gets wetter as it dries? A: A towel.
• Q: What has a head and a tail but no body? A: A coin.
• Q: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? A: A stamp.
• Q: What has a neck but no head? A: A bottle.
• Q: What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? A: Your name.
• Q: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water? A: A map.
• Q: What has many keys but can’t open any locks? A: A keyboard.
• Q: What can you catch but not throw? A: A cold.
• Q: What goes up but never comes down? A: Your age.
• Q: What is full of holes but still holds water? A: A sponge.
• Q: What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t”, and ends with “t”? A: A teapot.
• Q: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? A: The letter “m”.
• Q: What has a mouth but can’t eat, runs but can’t walk, and has a bed but never sleeps? A: A river.
• Q: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen? A: The future.
• Q: What can be cracked, made, told, and played? A: A joke.
• Q: What has keys but can’t open locks, and has space but no rooms? A: A keyboard.
• Q: What has hands but cannot clap? A: A clock.
• Q: What has a heart that doesn’t beat? A: An artichoke.
• Q: What starts with “e”, ends with “e”, and contains one letter? A: An envelope.

• What has keys but can’t open locks?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What has a head, a tail, but no body?
• What belongs to you but is used more by others?
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
• What is full of holes but still holds water?
• What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
• What can you catch but not throw?
• What is always in bed but never sleeps?
• What is as light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold it for more than a few minutes?
• What has a head and a tail but no body?
• What gets wetter as it dries?
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
• What goes up but never comes down?
• What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only contains one letter?
• What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Another Typical riddles

• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
• What has keys but can’t unlock doors?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What has a bottom at the top?
• What has teeth but can’t eat?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What has a mouth but never speaks, runs but never walks?
• What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
• What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• What has keys but can’t open locks, space but no room, and you can enter but can’t go outside?
• What can you hold without touching or using your hands?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
• What has eyes but can’t see?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What has keys but can’t open a lock?
• What can be seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
• What has a foot but no legs?
• What has a face but cannot smile?

• What has keys but can’t open locks?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What is full of holes but still holds water?
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
• What gets wetter as it dries?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
• What has one eye but can’t see?
• What has keys but can’t open locks?
• What is at the end of a rainbow?
• What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
• What has many teeth but can’t bite?
• What comes down but never goes up?
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
• What has one eye but can’t see?

Getting over with Typical riddles

• What has a bottom at the top?
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside?
• What runs around the whole yard without moving?
• What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
• What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
• What comes down but never goes up?
• What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
• What has one eye but cannot see?
• What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
• What is at the end of a rainbow?
• What gets wetter as it dries?
• What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
• What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
• What has hands but cannot clap?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
• What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
• What has a neck but no head?
• What has a bottom at the top?
• What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside?