You can’t go wrong with riddles that tease your brain—especially the funny kind that bring on a case of the giggles! Not only are they a great way to get those mental juices flowing, but you’ll also have a good time. We’ve put together this list of the best funny riddles (with answers) to keep everyone entertained and engaged.
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Classic Funny Riddles
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Your word.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match.
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
I have branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank.
What gets wet while drying?
A towel.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
The letter “o.”
What is the end of everything?
The letter “g.”
I am the beginning of everything and the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space. What am I?
The letter “e.”
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
The word “not.”
I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?
Isle (add “a” to make “aisle”).
When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Your fingers.
The more of these you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
What did the triangle say to the circle?
You are pointless.
What has many needles but doesn’t sew?
A Christmas tree.
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
What runs all around a backyard but never moves?
A fence.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
A bed.
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
What has words but never speaks?
A book.
Where does one wall meet the other wall?
At the corner.
What building has the most stories?
The library.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
What is cut on a table but is never eaten?
A deck of cards.
What tastes better than it smells?
Your tongue.
It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Corn.
What has many rings but no fingers?
A telephone.
What word begins with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter?
Envelope.
What has hands and a face but can’t hold anything or smile?
A clock.
What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?
The letter “m.”
I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?
A stamp.
Give me a drink and I will die. Feed me and I’ll get bigger. What am I?
A fire.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter “r.”
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
What goes in a birdbath but never gets wet?
The bird’s shadow.
What is yours but mostly used by others?
Your name.
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but smile at me and I’ll smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Wet.
I’m always on the dinner table, but you don’t get to eat me. What am I?
Plates and silverware.
I have cities but no houses. Forests but no trees. Water but no fish. What am I?
A map.
Funny Food Riddles
I’m red and small, and I have a heart of stone. What am I?
A cherry.
What has a head but no eyes, nose, or mouth?
Lettuce.
What kind of cheese is made backwards?
Edam is M-A-D-E backwards.
What is the richest nut?
A cash-ew.
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom.
First, you throw away my outside and cook the inside. Then you eat my outside and throw away the inside. What am I?
Corn.
What kind of foods are the most fun at parties?
Fun-gi.
Why did the citrus tree go to the hospital?
For lemon-aid.
You cut me, slice me, dice me, and all the while, you cry. What am I?
An onion.
What kind of apples do computers prefer?
Macintosh.
What fruit can you never cheer up?
A blueberry.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
When I’m ripe, I’m green. When you eat me, I’m red. And when you spit me out, I’m black. What am I?
A watermelon.
What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
A cupcake.
I’m the father of fruits. What am I?
A papa-ya.
What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
A rooster is sitting on the roof of a barn facing west. If it laid an egg, would the egg roll to the north or to the south?
This is impossible: Roosters don’t lay eggs.
Why do bees have sticky hair?
Because they use their honeycombs.
What has lots of eyes but can’t see?
A potato.
Funny Number Riddles
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them!
If two’s a company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine!
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
There are 11: three in “the” and eight in “alphabet.”
If there are seven oranges and you take three away, how many oranges do you have?
Three, since that’s how many you took.
Ms. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many kids are there in total?
Five. There are four daughters and one son. (Each daughter has the same brother.)
How many seconds are there in a year?
Twelve—January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd …
A word I know, six letters it contains. Remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it?
Dozens.
Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7, 8 (ate), 9!
Four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle, hard all around. What am I?
A bed.
What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
He was born on February 29 (leap year).
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue.
What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON.
I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?
Few.
What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?
Stone.
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Chicago.
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
The letter “r.”
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter “e.”
What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify someone great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine.
You have a basket that’s 1 foot in diameter and 1 foot deep. How many apples can you fit in the empty basket?
Only one because then it’s not empty anymore.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
A glove.
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck.
Funny Animal Riddles
A cowgirl rode into town on Friday. Three days later, she left on Friday. How is that possible?
Friday is the name of her horse.
What kind of lion never roars?
A dandelion.
What has a thousand needles but cannot sew?
A porcupine.
An elephant in Africa is called Lala. An elephant in Asia is called Lulu. What do you call an elephant in Antarctica?
Lost.
Without me, Thanksgiving and Christmas are incomplete, and when I’m on the table, everyone tends to overeat. What am I?
Turkey.
What’s black, white, and blue?
A sad zebra.
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?
A kangaroo.
I grow down as I grow up. What am I?
A goose—goose feathers are called “down.”
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