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.

Book Reading

You begin reading a book that is three hundred pages long. If you read half of the remaining book each day, how long would it take you to finish it?

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When purchased together, a pair of binoculars and the case cost $100. If the binoculars cost $90 more than the case, how much does the case cost?

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What word do all dictionaries spell wrong?

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Which eleven capital letters look the same when you read them in a mirror?

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Imagine you were born in an odd-numbered year (like 1995). Will you celebrate your 50th birthday in an odd or an even year?

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