General Riddles

Fill in the sequence: 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 ?
1 Explanation: Number of characters used in writing the numbers in roman numerals.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?
The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

What can you catch but not throw?

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

Riddles by Category

Submit a Riddle

Make sure you have searched the entire riddles and the riddle doesn't exist before adding as new riddle! If you don't have the answer to the riddle, add it as "Brainbox" under the "Brainbox" tab.
Make sure you have an account and you are signed in before submitting a riddle!

Contact Us


Send us a mail and we will get in touch with you soon!

You can email us at: contact@fancyread.com
Fancyread Inc.