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.

Deep Roots

What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, yet it never grows?

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Box of Chocolates

If you took 5 chocolates from a box which contained 21 chocolates, how many chocolates would you have?

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Constant Speed

Sometimes I move fast, sometimes I move slow. But my speed is truly constant, and nowhere I go. What am I?

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Beginning of Earth

I am the beginning of earth and the end of time. What am I?

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Large Money Box

I have a large money box, 10 inches square and 12 inches tall. Roughly how many pennies can I place in my empty money box?

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