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.

Without Fingers I Point

Without fingers, I point. Without arms, I strike. Without feet, I run. What am I?

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Skinny I am fast, fat I am slow, but I’ll still delight you from your eyes to your nose. What am I?

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When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I?

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I am a small room but no life lives inside, no matter what weather looms, very cold my residents reside. What am I?

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Mr. Smith has two children. If the older child is a boy, what is the probability that the other child is also a boy?

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