Challenging Riddles

13

Until I am measured I am not known, yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?

12

I go around all the places, cities, towns, and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

11

A railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R's?

6

Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside. What is it?

5

Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?

14

What spends all the time on the floor but never gets dirty?

6

In a year, some months have 30 days, while some have 31. How many months have 28 days?

8

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

13

What belongs to you, but everyone else uses it?

15

I'm found in socks, scarves, and mittens. I'm found in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

9

A man is twice as old as his little sister. He is also half as old as their father. In 50 years, his sister will be half as old as their father. How old is the man now?

6

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

13

What five-letter word has one left when two are removed?

5

Born in an instant, I tell all stories. I can be lost but I never die. What am I?

13

I'm the son of water but when I return to water, I die. What am I?