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.

Two Zero and Two Four

Which number has two zero two four?

(A) 0024
(B) 2024
(C) 0044
(D) 2044

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When do you go at red and stop at green?

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I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?

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All my ties are red except two. All my ties are blue except two. All my ties are brown except two. How many ties do I have?

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Can you place 10 coins in 3 cups so that each cup contains an odd number of coins?

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