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.

Many Have Heard Me

Many have heard me but nobody has seen me and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

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Fasten to Walk and Unfasten to Stop

I fasten it and it walks. I unfasten it and it stops. What is it?

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Until I Am Measured, I Am Not Known

Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?

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100 Using 4 Sevens

Can you take 4 7’s and arrange them with any math symbols needed to make the total be 100?

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Comes down but Never Goes up

What comes down but never goes up?

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