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.

Head, Tail, Brown and No Legs

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

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What has one head, one foot and four legs?

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It takes 10 minutes to fry one steak – 5 minutes from each side. Two steaks can fit on a pan. What is the shortest possible time to fry 3 steaks?

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

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