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.

What We Caught, We Threw Away

Two fishermen posed a riddle to the Greek poet Homer: What we caught, we threw away; what we didn’t catch, we kept. What did we keep? Homer could not solve the riddle. Can you solve it?

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Poke Your Fingers in My Eyes

Poke your fingers in my eyes and my jaws will open wide. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I?

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Broken When Its Not Being Held

What gets broken when its not being held?

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On Board the Ark

How many animals of each species did Moses take on board the ark with him?

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I Won’t Cry but You Will

Take off my skin I won’t cry but you will. What am I?

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