301 Riddles for Idiots (With Answers)

Welcome to the ultimate collection of riddles designed to challenge and entertain in the simplest way possible! These riddles are perfect for those who enjoy a good laugh and don’t take life too seriously.

 Whether you’re looking for a fun way to pass the time or want to stump your friends with some easy brain teasers, these 301 riddles will do the trick. Enjoy the playful and sometimes silly questions, and don’t forget to check the answers!

Silly Animal Riddles

• 🐒 What do you call a monkey that loves to eat bananas?
•  Answer: A banan-ape!
• 🐘 Why don’t elephants use computers? 
• Answer: Because they’re afraid of the mouse!
• 🐸 What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 
• Answer: Open-toad sandals!
• 🐢 Why did the turtle cross the road? 
• Answer: To get to the shell station!
• 🐱 Why was the cat sitting on the computer?
•  Answer: To keep an eye on the mouse!
• 🐶 What do you call a dog magician?
•  Answer: A labracadabrador!
• 🐭 Why did the mouse bring a suitcase to school? 
• Answer: Because it wanted to go on a field trip!
• 🐮 Why do cows wear bells? 
• Answer: Because their horns don’t work!
• 🐷 What do you get when you cross a pig with a dinosaur? 
• Answer: Jurassic Pork!
• 🐦 Why did the bird go to the hospital? 
• Answer: It needed tweetment!
• 🐸 What do you call a frog with no legs? 
• Answer: Unhoppy!
• 🐍 Why don’t snakes ever play cards?
•  Answer: Because they’re afraid of cheetahs!
• 🐠 Why are fish so smart? 
• Answer: Because they live in schools!
• 🐧 Why don’t penguins get lost?
•  Answer: They always follow their inner compass!
• 🐢 Why did the turtle go to the party alone? 
• Answer: Because he had no shell-mates!
• 🐒 What’s a monkey’s favorite cookie? 
• Answer: Chocolate chimp!
• 🐻 Why did the bear dissolve in water? 
• Answer: Because it was a polar bear!
• 🐰 Why did the rabbit eat lunch by itself?
•  Answer: Because it was a little hare-brained!
• 🐱 What do you call a pile of kittens? 
• Answer: A meow-tain!
• 🐭 Why did the mouse sleep under the car?
•  Answer: Because it wanted to wake up oily!
• 🐹 What do you call a hamster in space?
•  Answer: A hamsteroid!
• 🐶 Why don’t dogs make good dancers?
•  Answer: Because they have two left feet!
• 🦊 Why did the fox cross the road? 
• Answer: To catch the chicken!
• 🦓 Why are zebras bad at lying?
•  Answer: Because you can always see their stripes!
• 🐯 Why don’t tigers play poker in the jungle?
•  Answer: Too many cheetahs!
• 🐔 Why did the chicken join the band?
•  Answer: Because it had the drumsticks!
• 🦄 Why did the unicorn cross the road?
•  Answer: To get to the other side of the rainbow!
• 🐝 Why do bees have sticky hair? 
• Answer: Because they use honeycombs!
• 🐶 Why did the dog sit in the shade?
•  Answer: Because it didn’t want to be a hot dog!
• 🐯 Why are tigers always expected at picnics?
•  Answer: Because they bring the punch!

Funny Food Riddles

• 🍏 What’s a ghost’s favorite fruit?
•  Answer: Boo-berries!
• 🍋 Why did the lemon stop rolling down the hill?
•  Answer: It ran out of juice!
• 🍫 What kind of candy is never on time? 
• Answer: Choco-late!
• 🍕 What did the pizza say to the topping?
•  Answer: You complete me!
• 🍇 Why don’t bananas ever feel lonely? 
• Answer: Because they hang out in bunches!
• 🍪 Why did the cookie go to the hospital?
•  Answer: Because it felt crummy!
• 🍉 What do you call a watermelon that parties? 
• Answer: A melon-ball!
• 🥖 Why don’t bakers work on weekends? 
• Answer: Because they knead a break!
• 🥕 Why did the carrot get an award? 
• Answer: Because it was outstanding in its field!
• 🍅 Why was the tomato blushing?
•  Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing!
• 🧀 Why did the cheese smile? 
• Answer: Because it was feeling grate!
• 🍋 What do you get when you cross a lemon and a cat? 
• Answer: A sour puss!
• 🥦 Why did the broccoli break up with the carrot? 
• Answer: Because it was in a bad bunch!
• 🍪 What’s a cookie’s favorite subject in school?
•  Answer: Crunch-time!
• 🍕 Why did the slice of pizza go to school? 
• Answer: It wanted to be a little bit sharper!
• 🍫 What do you call a bear with no teeth?
•  Answer: A gummy bear!
• 🍰 Why did the cake go to the doctor? Answer: Because it was feeling crumby!
• 🍦 Why did the ice cream truck break down?
•  Answer: Because of the rocky road!
• 🍓 Why was the strawberry late to the party? 
• Answer: Because it was stuck in a jam!
• 🍒 Why do cherries never get lost?
•  Answer: Because they always stick together!
• 🍌 Why did the banana go to the doctor? 
• Answer: It wasn’t peeling well!
• 🍇 What’s purple and 5,000 miles long? 
• Answer: The grape wall of China!
• 🍕 Why don’t pizzas ever win races? 
• Answer: Because they’re always getting stuck in a deep dish!
• 🥑 Why was the avocado feeling down?
•  Answer: Because it was a little pit depressed!
• 🍉 Why did the watermelon stop swimming?
•  Answer: It got caught in the rind!
• 🍒 What’s a fruit’s favorite dessert? 
• Answer: Fruitcake!
• 🥝 Why did the kiwi cross the road? 
• Answer: To get to the other slice!
• 🍦 What’s an ice cream’s favorite movie? 
• Answer: Cone Alone!
• 🥔 Why did the potato sit in the sun?
•  Answer: To get a little crispier!
• 🍉 What do you call a melon that commits crimes?
•  Answer: A water-  convictions convictions!

Easy Math Riddles

• ➕ If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? 
• Answer: Nine!
• ➖ What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
•  Answer: A penny!
• ✖️ I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I? Answer: Seven!
• ➕ If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is it?
•  Answer: Zero!
• ➖ How many months have 28 days?
•  Answer: All of them!
• ✖️ What number is half of two plus two? 
• Answer: Three!
• ➕ What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter M!
• ➖ What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
•  Answer: The future!
• ✖️ I add five to nine and get two. The answer is correct, but how? 
• Answer: When it is 9 AM, add 5 hours to it, and you get 2 PM.
• ➕ I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I? 
• Answer: 194!
• ➖ If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
•  Answer: Two (you took them).
• ✖️ If you take three apples from five apples, how many do you have?
•  Answer: Three (the ones you took).
• ➕ What has four eyes but can’t see? 
• Answer: Mississippi!
• ➖ How can you make seven even? 
• Answer: Remove the “S”!
• ✖️ What goes up but never comes down?
•  Answer: Your age!
• ➕ What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• ➖ How do you make the number one disappear? 
• Answer: Add a “G” and it’s gone!
• ✖️ What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
•  Answer: Short!
• ➕ I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
•  Answer: Fire!
• ➖ What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
•  Answer: Post office!
• ✖️ What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? 
• Answer: A stamp!
• ➕ What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
•  Answer: Your right elbow!
• ➖ What is full of holes but still holds water? 
• Answer: A sponge!
• ✖️ What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• ➕ The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? 
• Answer: Footsteps!
• ➖ What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• ✖️ What gets wetter as it dries? 
• Answer: A towel!
• ➕ I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
•  Answer: A candle!
• ➖ What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
•  Answer: A palm!
• ✖️ What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!

Simple Word Riddles

• ✍️ What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
•  Answer: A teapot!
• ✏️ What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A piano!
• 📖 What can you catch but not throw? 
• Answer: A cold!
• ✒️ What gets broken without being held?
•  Answer: A promise!
• 📚 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 📝 What has a head and a tail but no body? 
• Answer: A coin!
• 📌 What comes down but never goes up?
•  Answer: Rain!
• 📜 What has words but never speaks?
•  Answer: A book!
• ✂️ What runs around the whole yard without moving?
•  Answer: A fence!
• 📏 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• ✉️ What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🗂️ What is full of holes but still holds water? 
• Answer: A sponge!
• 🖋️ What has a bed but never sleeps? 
• Answer: A river!
• 🗒️ What has a bank but no money?
•  Answer: A river!
• 📎 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 
• Answer: A penny!
• 🗞️ What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🖍️ What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A piano!
• 📐 What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 📏 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 📒 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 🗂️ What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• ✉️ What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🗒️ What has a bottom at the top?
•  Answer: A leg!
• 📖 What has four wheels and flies?
•  Answer: A garbage truck!
• ✂️ What has a horn but doesn’t honk?
•  Answer: A rhinoceros!
• 📌 What has a head but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 📚 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A keyboard!
• 📝 What has a ring but no finger?
•  Answer: A telephone!
• 📜 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 📐 What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!

Simple School Riddles

• 📚 What building has the most stories? 
• Answer: The library!
• ✏️ What room can no one enter? 
• Answer: A mushroom!
• 📖 What is the smartest state? 
• Answer: Alabama, because it has four A’s and one B!
• 📚 What has a spine but no bones? 
• Answer: A book!
• ✏️ What kind of tree can you hold in your hand? 
• Answer: A palm tree!
• 📖 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 📚 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• ✏️ What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 📖 What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A piano!
• 📚 What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• ✏️ What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
•  Answer: The future!
• 📖 What gets wetter as it dries? 
• Answer: A towel!
• 📚 What goes up but never comes down?
•  Answer: Your age!
• ✏️ What has a bed but never sleeps? 
• Answer: A river!
• 📖 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 📚 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• ✏️ What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 📖 What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
•  Answer: A stamp!
• 📚 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• ✏️ What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 📖 What has four wheels and flies? 
• Answer: A garbage truck!
• 📚 What has a horn but doesn’t honk?
•  Answer: A rhinoceros!
• ✏️ What has a bottom at the top? 
• Answer: A leg!
• 📖 What has a ring but no finger?
•  Answer: A telephone!
• 📚 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• ✏️ What has a head and a tail but no body? 
• Answer: A coin!
• 📖 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A keyboard!
• 📚 What has hands but can’t clap? 
• Answer: A clock!
• ✏️ What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 📖 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
• Answer: An artichoke!

Kid-Friendly Riddles

• 🦸‍♂️ What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 👻 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 
• Answer: A penny!
• 🚀 What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A piano!
• 🧚‍♀️ What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🐸 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🦄 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 🦋 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 🦕 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 🦁 What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🐵 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🐧 What has a heart but doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 🐼 What has a bottom at the top?
•  Answer: A leg!
• 🦊 What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🐨 What has one eye but can’t see?
•  Answer: A needle!
• 🦝 What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 🦓 What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A keyboard!
• 🦌 What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🦔 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🦖 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 🦩 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🦝 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🦚 What has a bed but never sleeps? 
• Answer: A river!
• 🦒 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🦜 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A piano!
• 🦔 What has teeth but can’t bite?
•  Answer: A comb!
• 🦚 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 
• Answer: A penny!
• 🦋 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 🦘 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🐢 What has a bottom at the top? 
• Answer: A leg!
• 🐿️ What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!

Classic Riddles

• 🕰️ What gets wetter as it dries?
•  Answer: A towel!
• 🔐 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 📬 What has a heart but doesn’t beat?
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 💡 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
•  Answer: A penny!
• 🗝️ What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A piano!
• 🖊️ What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🖋️ What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 📏 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🧮 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 📜 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 📆 What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
•  Answer: A stamp!
• 📚 What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? 
• Answer: Your right elbow!
• 📖 What is full of holes but still holds water? 
• Answer: A sponge!
• 📌 What can you catch but not throw? 
• Answer: A cold!
• 📏 What gets broken without being held? 
• Answer: A promise!
• 📖 What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
•  Answer: A teapot!
• ✒️ What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters? 
• Answer: Post office!
• 📎 What can travel around the world without leaving its corner?
•  Answer: A stamp!
• 📜 What comes down but never goes up? 
• Answer: Rain!
• 📖 What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only contains one letter? 
• Answer: An envelope!
• 📘 What has a head and a tail but no body? 
• Answer: A coin!
• 📚 What gets wetter as it dries? 
• Answer: A towel!
• 📏 What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it? 
• Answer: A teapot!
• 📖 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• ✒️ What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 📚 What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
•  Answer: Your right elbow!
• 📖 What is full of holes but still holds water?
•  Answer: A sponge!
• 📏 What can you catch but not throw?
•  Answer: A cold!
• ✒️ What gets broken without being held? 
• Answer: A promise!
• 📜 What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
•  Answer: Post office!

Nature-Themed Riddles

• 🌲 I am not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I? 
• Answer: Fire!
• 🌳 What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
•  Answer: A palm!
• 🍁 I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
•  Answer: A candle!
• 🌿 What has one eye but can’t see?
•  Answer: A needle!
• 🍂 What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 🌷 The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? 
• Answer: Footsteps!
• 🌻 What is full of holes but still holds water?
•  Answer: A sponge!
• 🍃 What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🌵 What has a bed but never sleeps? 
• Answer: A river!
• 🍂 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 🌺 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🍄 What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🍁 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
•  Answer: A penny!
• 🌳 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🍂 What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 🌷 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A piano!
• 🍃 What has words but never speaks?
•  Answer: A book!
• 🌿 What has hands but can’t clap? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🌵 What has a heart but doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🍄 What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🌻 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🍃 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🌳 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🌷 What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🍂 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 🌲 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 
• Answer: A penny!
• 🌿 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🍃 What has keys but can’t open locks?
•  Answer: A keyboard!
• 🌳 What has hands but can’t clap? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🌷 What has a head and a tail but no body? 
• Answer: A coin!

Brain Teasers

• 🧠 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🧩 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? 
• Answer: A penny!
• 🔍 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A piano!
• 🔓 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🗝️ What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🧩 What has one eye but can’t see?
•  Answer: A needle!
• 🕵️‍♂️ What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 🧠 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🔐 What has hands but can’t clap?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🔍 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🧠 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🧩 What has a bottom at the top? 
• Answer: A leg!
• 🔓 What has a ring but no finger?
•  Answer: A telephone!
• 🗝️ What has one eye but can’t see?
•  Answer: A needle!
• 🧠 What has a head and a tail but no body? 
• Answer: A coin!
• 🔍 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A keyboard!
• 🔓 What has hands but can’t clap? 
• Answer: A clock!
• 🗝️ What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🧩 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🔐 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🧠 What has a bottom at the top?
•  Answer: A leg!
• 🧩 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🔓 What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🗝️ What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🧠 What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 🔍 What has teeth but can’t bite?
•  Answer: A comb!
• 🔓 What has a neck but no head?
•  Answer: A bottle!
• 🗝️ What has words but never speaks?
•  Answer: A book!
• 🧩 What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 🔐 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 
• Answer: A clock!

Fun and Challenging Riddles

• 🎉 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🧩 What has keys but can’t open locks? 
• Answer: A piano!
• 🎉 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
•  Answer: A penny!
• 🧠 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🧩 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🎉 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 🧠 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🎉 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🧩 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 🎉 What has a ring but no finger? 
• Answer: A telephone!
• 🧠 What has a bottom at the top?
•  Answer: A leg!
• 🧩 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 🎉 What has a head and a tail but no body?
•  Answer: A coin!
• 🧠 What has a neck but no head?
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🎉 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🧩 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
•  Answer: A glove!
• 🧠 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🎉 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🧠 What has a heart that doesn’t beat? 
• Answer: An artichoke!
• 🎉 What has words but never speaks?
•  Answer: A book!
• 🧩 What has a ring but no finger?
•  Answer: A telephone!
• 🧠 What has one eye but can’t see? 
• Answer: A needle!
• 🎉 What has a bed but never sleeps?
•  Answer: A river!
• 🧩 What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive? 
• Answer: A glove!
• 🧠 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
•  Answer: A clock!
• 🎉 What has teeth but can’t bite? 
• Answer: A comb!
• 🧠 What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
•  Answer: An artichoke!
• 🎉 What has a neck but no head? 
• Answer: A bottle!
• 🧩 What has words but never speaks? 
• Answer: A book!
• 🎉 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
• Answer: A penny!