Tukuk-OSRiddles — Think Twice
Guess before you unfold — the answer is one tap away
Thirty-six classic brain-teasers, mostly centuries old and in the public domain. Read the question, sit with it a moment, then tap to unfold the answer. Great for car rides, classrooms and keeping the mind limber.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
A piano.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it doesn't know. What is it?
A coffin.
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
What has words but never speaks?
A book.
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
A river.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
If you drop me I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
What has hands but can't clap?
A clock.
What has eyes but cannot see?
A potato.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
What can't be used until you break it?
An egg — or a glow stick.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
What can go through a glass window without making a hole in it?
Light.
What has one foot but can't stand up?
A stool (the furniture kind).
What question can you answer "yes" to but never "no" to — seriously?
"Do you smell something burning?" — answer "no" and run.
What can you hold without ever touching with your hands?
A conversation.
What has legs but cannot walk?
A table.
What can you break even though it never falls, and it never rises?
A record? No — a promise.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
What goes up and down but doesn't move?
A staircase.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
A glove.
If you have it you want to share it; if you share it you don't have it. What is it?
A secret.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
What can't be seen even though it is right in front of you every day?
Your face — without a mirror.
What grows only downwards?
A tree's roots (and your age's mirror twin: time gone by).
Who makes it has no need for it; who buys it doesn't use it; who uses it doesn't know it?
A coffin — the classic of classics.
What can you put in a barrel to make it lighter?
Holes.
What arrives but never stays; what is always new but always expected?
Tomorrow.