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.

Until I Am Measured, I Am Not Known

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

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Look and Say

What is the next number in the sequence?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

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Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker

One night, a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker go to a hotel. When they get their bill, however, it’s for four people. Who’s the fourth person?

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Take One out and Scratch My Head

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

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Many Have Heard Me

Many have heard me but nobody has seen me and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

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