THE UPSIDE OF DOWN

I’m bound for a place called The Upside of Down

It isn’t a city nor is it a town.

It’s a chink in the darkness where the light filters in

Or the hint of a smile turning into a grin

I’m searching and seeking Oh! Where can it be?


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HOW MANY CAN YOU SOLVE?

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1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?


2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?





3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?

4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?

5. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?

6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

7. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow.

Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?

10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or

hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?


11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?

12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving to someone?

13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t

a single person on board. How is that possible?


15. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp,

a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?


16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

18. Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

20. Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle,

and what’s the name of the third son?


21. Riddle: I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you

can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?


22. Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

23. Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

24. Riddle: What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

25. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away?

26. Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for

five minutes. What am I?


27. Riddle: I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the

paws of playful kittens. What am I?

28. Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday?

29. Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall?

30. Riddle: If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me,

you haven’t kept me. What am I?


31. Riddle: What can’t be put in a saucepan?

32. Riddle: What goes up and down but doesn’t move?

33. Riddle: If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in

second place, what place are you in?

34. Riddle: It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do.

What is it?

35. Riddle: What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?


36. Riddle: What has one eye, but can’t see?

37. Riddle: What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?

38. Riddle: What has hands, but can’t clap?

39. Riddle: What has legs, but doesn’t walk?

40. Riddle: What has one head, one foot and four legs?

41. Riddle: What can you catch, but not throw?

42. Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?

43. Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t bite?

44. Riddle: What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?

45. Riddle: What has words, but never speaks?

46. Riddle: What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?

47. Riddle: What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?

48. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?

49. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?

50. Riddle: Where does one wall meet the other wall?












FUN & GAMES

101 Riddles That Will Stump You Every Time (But Don’t Worry—We’ll Give You the Answers) 

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Need a little break to unwind with some fun brain teasers? Check out our ultimate list of the best riddles of all time. They start off easy, and some are perfect riddles for kids. Others, however, are hard and may require you to be a math whiz. Many are plays on letters and words, so keep going if you’re undeterred. We even threw in some funny riddles to keep you going. Now, if you make it toward the end, you can try the rest, but beware: The hard riddles will put you to the test!

Easy Riddles

1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg

2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle

3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: All of them

4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge

5. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?
Answer: Are you asleep yet?

6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future

7. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
Answer: There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.

8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
Answer: A promise

9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age

10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
Answer: He was bald.

11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
Answer: A towel

12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving to someone?
Answer: Your word

13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
Answer: A barber

14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
Answer: All the people on the boat are married.

15. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
Answer: The match

16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
Answer: He was born on February 29.

17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
Answer: A bank

18. Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
Answer: An echo

19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Answer: Darkness

Riddles for Kids

20. Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
Answer: David

21. Riddle: I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
Answer: Your shadow

22. Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano

23. Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Answer: Your right elbow

24. Riddle: What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
Answer: A chalkboard

25. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away?
Answer: A hole

26. Riddle: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Answer: Your breath

27. Riddle: I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Answer: Yarn

28. Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday?
Answer: The dictionary

29. Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Answer: A window

30. Riddle: If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
Answer: A secret

31. Riddle: What can’t be put in a saucepan?
Answer: It’s lid

32. Riddle: What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Answer: A staircase

33. Riddle: If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Answer: Second place

34. Riddle: It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Answer: Your name

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Funny Riddles

35. Riddle: What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
Answer: A potato

36. Riddle: What has one eye, but can’t see?
Answer: A needle

37. Riddle: What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
Answer: A Christmas tree

38. Riddle: What has hands, but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock

39. Riddle: What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
Answer: A table

40. Riddle: What has one head, one foot and four legs?
Answer: A bed

41. Riddle: What can you catch, but not throw?
Answer: A cold

42. Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: A rubber band

43. Riddle: What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb

44. Riddle: What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
Answer: A deck of cards

45. Riddle: What has words, but never speaks?
Answer: A book

46. Riddle: What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
Answer: A fence 

47. Riddle: What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
Answer: A stamp

48. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
Answer: A glove

49. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin

50. Riddle: Where does one wall meet the other wall?
Answer: On the corner

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