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.

99 Heads and Feet

A drove of sheep and chickens have a total of 99 heads and feet. There are twice as many chickens as sheep. How many of each are there?

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How can you express the number 100 using six nines and no other digits?

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Which is greater: six dozen dozen or half a dozen dozen?

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I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?

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What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?

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