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.

Seas Without Water

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

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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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“Jean is my niece,” said Jack to his sister Jill. “She is not by niece,” said Jill. How is it possible?

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

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I grow up while growing down. What am I?

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