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 Hourglasses

You have two hourglasses, a 7 minute one and an 11 minute one. Using just these two hourglasses, how can you accurately time 15 minutes?

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Is Is Not Not Not Is Not Is Is Is Is Not Is Not Is It Not

Add punctuation to the following phrase to make something grammatically and logically coherent:
is is not not not is not is is is is not is not is it not

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Book Price

A book costs $1 plus half its price. How much does it cost?

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Half as Many Sisters as Brothers

A boy has as many sisters as brothers, but each sister has only half as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

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Far from the Point

Although I’m far from the point, I don’t make mistakes, I fix yours. What am I?

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