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.

10 Coins In 3 Cups

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

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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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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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Although glory but not at my best. Power will fall to me finally, when the man made me is dead. What am I?

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