English Riddles

1: Can giraffes have babies? (No, they only have giraffes)

2: What has lots of eyes but never sees? (a potato)

3: What teaches without talking? (a book)

4: How many 9's between 1 and 100? (20)

5: What is black and white and pink all over? (an embarrassed zebra)

6: What is always coming, but never arrives? (tomorrow)

7: What is always in bed but never sleeps? (a river)

8: When is the best time to have lunch? (after breakfast)

9: What is a bird after it is 5 years old? (6 years old)

10: Think fast: There's an electric train traveling south. The wind is from the north-west. In which direction would the smoke from the train be blowing? (An electric train has no smoke!)

11: What black and white all over? (a newspaper)

12: Clean, but not water, White, but not snow, Sweet, but not ice-cream, What is it? (sugar)

13: How much water can you put into an empty 2 quart jar? ( None, it would not be empty)

14: What kind of apple isn't an apple? (a pineapple)

15: Give me food and I will live. Give me water and I will die. What am I? (fire)

16: Where can you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses? (on a map)

17: Where were lemons first found? (in a tree)

18: If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you do not have it. What is it? (a secret)

19: Why are dogs such poor dancers? (They have two left feet).

20: What always ends everything? (a letter)

21: Can giraffes have babies? (No, they only have giraffes)

22: Which alphabet is a hot drink? T(tea)

23: Why is an eye doctor like a teacher? (They both test the pupils).

24: When do elephants have eight feet? (When there are two of them)

25: How is seasickness like an auction? (One is the effects of a sail and the other is a sale of effects).

26: What kind of can never needs a can opener? (a pelican)

27: What kind of clothes do lawyers wear? (lawsuits)

28: Why was Count Dracula glad to help young vampires? (He liked to see new blood in the business.)

29: What is that above your head but under your cap? (your hair)

30: In what month do children talk the least? (in February)

31: How many eggs can the giant eat on an empty stomach? (one)

32: What often falls and never gets hurt? (snow)

33: When do horses have eight legs? (when there are two of them)

34: What is there in your house that you must look into? (a mirror)

35: What is white when it's dirty and black when it's clean? (a blackboard)

36: Where do the world's finest oranges grow? (on trees)

37: Should you stir your tea with your left hand or your right hand?( use a spoon)

38: What has two arms and four legs? (an arm-chair)

39: What goes up when the rain comes down? (an umbrella)

40: A little old woman with twelve children: some short, some long, some cold, some warm. What is it? (a year)

41: What man cannot live inside the house? (a snowman)

42: What runs but never walks? (a river)

43: The doors are open in the morning but shut at night. If you look into them, you'll see yourself inside. (eyes)

44: What kind of teeth cannot bite? ( the teeth of a comb)

45: Four legs but not an animal. (bed)

46: What can you hear but not see? (wind)

47: When I eat I live, but when I drink I die. What am I? (fire)

48: Clean, but not water. White but not snow. Sweet but not honey. What is it? (milk)

49: There is a question to which we cannot answer "yes". What question is it? (Are you sleeping?)

50: It is your parents' child. It is not your brother. It is not your sister. Who is it? (I)