Random Riddle Questions

9

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

1

I'm in the field, I'm in your eyes, I'm on your phone, in backwards guise. What am I?

8

My outer walls reach as far and as straight as the crow flies. My guardians within can walk in crooked lines. My advisors nearby can never touch each other. My army is assembled side by side as brothers. My wife is greater and lesser than I, And though I can be in danger, I technically never die.

3

I am heavy forward and backward I'm not. What am I?

8

Hard to the touch, I am fragile and all can see me. But when I feel soft, I'm stronger and it's as if I was never there.

10

What side of a cat has the most fur?

10

An eccentric queen is giving her great wealth and power to the first person to tell her what phrase it is impossible for her to say. On some days, everything the queen says is truthful. On other days, she tells nothing but lies. There is no pattern to what days she she is truthful or a liar, and you are forbidden to ask her any questions to determine which state she is in today. With this in mind, what phrase could this queen never ever utter?

10

Many have heard me, but no one has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

15

What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?

13

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

17

I own a little lantern, I light it in the dark. I hope a lady sees me, Come find me in the park. What am I?

15

What goes in a birdbath but never gets wet?

9

You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. Which do you light first?

18

You can never give me, to anyone. You can however take me, and in different ways. I can be in "mother", "father", "brother", "sister", "son", "daughter" but never in "you". Who am I?

7

What number do you get when you multiply all the numbers on a telephone's number pad?