Riddles

Test your intelligence with 1400 riddles and answers, including easy, short and funny riddles for kids and some of the really best and hard riddles for adults. Not forgetting math and logic riddles for the left-brained people.

Canaries and Cages

I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cage, I have one cage too many.

How many cages and canaries do I have?

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Change for a Dollar

What is the largest amount of money in US coins you can have without being able to make change for a dollar?

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Rectangular Array of People

In a rectangular array of people, who will be taller: the tallest of the shortest people in each column, or the shortest of the tallest people in each row?

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Grows When It Eats

What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?

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Almost Nobody Takes It

Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it. What is it?

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