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.

Hello, Father

A women and daughter walked into a restaurant. A man walked past and the women both said, “Hello, Father”. How is this possible?

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On the table are 2 coins, in total they make 3 dollars. One of them is not a dollar. What coins are they?

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Can you place 10 coins in 3 cups so that each cup contains an odd number of coins?

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If there are 12 fishes and half of them drown, how many are there?

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What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?

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