Challenging Riddles

4

What gets broken without being held?

8

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

4

An electric train is heading north. The wind is blowing from the south. Which direction does the smoke blow?

9

I produce wool but I'm not a sheep. I carry things but I'm not a truck. I live on a farm but I'm not a cow. I spit when I'm angry but I'm not a person. What am I?

8

I was born big but get smaller as the day goes on. What am I?

8

If two is a couple, three is a crowd, what are four and five?

8

I go in dry and come out wet. The longer I stay in, the stronger I get. What am I?

10

What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

12

You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?

12

How can you drop a raw egg on a concrete floor without cracking it?

4

I make things short, but I am pretty long myself. What am I?

15

I am heard but never seen or touched. You cannot hold me but you can break me. What am I?

9

I am the longest word in the dictionary but I have only one letter. What am I?

9

What goes all over the house but touches nothing?

14

I have a face that does not frown, I have hands that do not touch. I walk about from town to town, yet I do not use my feet that much. What am I?