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.

One Head, One Foot and Four Legs

What has one head, one foot and four legs?

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Never Ahead

Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past; for a child, I last forever; for an adult, I’m gone too fast. What am I?

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Up and Down

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

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Unusual Words

What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

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Combining Haystacks

A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?

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