Riddle me this … Can you solve these Riddles?

RIDDLE [rid – l] noun – a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.

Pit yourself against some fiendishly mind bending riddles to see if you can work out what each one is referring to. We’ve included the answers along side each one, so no peaking before you’ve had a good chance to ruminate over the possible answers!


Riddle me this …

I can travel the world without leaving my corner.

What am I?

Answer...

A Stamp

Riddle me this …

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

What am I?

Answer...

A River

Riddle me this …

No sooner spoken than broken.

What am I?

Answer...

Silence

Riddle me this …

A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed.

What is it?

Answer...

Suicide

Riddle me this …

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead.

What am I?

Answer...

An Onion

Riddle me this …

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn’t find it.

What am I?

Answer...

A Splinter

Riddle me this …

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
and sometimes horrid

What am I?

Answer...

Tomorrow

Riddle me this …

I am a three letter word. Add two more letters and you’ll have fewer. What word am I?

What Word am I?

Answer...

Few

Riddle me this …

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much more than a minute.

What am I?

Answer...

Breath

Author: Robert

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