Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

We Do Not Reach Each Other

I have a brother. However much we run, we do not reach each other. What am I?

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What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left hand?

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Lucy had it first, Ethel had it last, Mary Lungel had it twice until she married Peter Stern and never had it again. What was it?

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I have seas without water, coast without sand, towns without people, mountains without land. What am I?

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There is one in every corner and two in every room. What am I?

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