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.

Only One Remains

What word has five letters but only one remains when two letters are removed?

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If Teresa’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, who am I to Teresa?

(a) Grandmother
(b) Mother
(c) Daughter
(d) Granddaughter
(e) I am Teresa

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What is it that is always behind time?

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If Mr. Flynn is 90 centimetres plus half his height, how tall is he?

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A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? (“Brother” is not the answer.)

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