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.

100 Students

100 students entered college. 55 of them chose music. 44 of them chose sports. 20 of them chose both. How many of them chose neither music nor sports?

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Eat, Breathe, Drink

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

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Turns Everything Around

What turns everything around but does not move?

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When Things Go Wrong

When things go wrong, what can you always count on?

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Jar Half Full of Bacteria

The number of bacteria in a large sealed jar doubles every minute. The bacteria will take an hour to fill the jar. When will the jar be half full?

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