Classic riddles
The all-time classic riddles with answers. Tap to reveal each answer.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breath.
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps?
A River.
What goes through cities and fields but never moves?
A Road.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A Sponge.
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
Future.
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
A Promise.
I have cities but no people, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?
A Map.
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
What can be measured but has no length, width or height?
Temperature.
What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't?
An Anchor.
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
A Hole.
What has one eye but can't see, and is worse than a wind?
A Hurricane.
What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty?
A Blackboard.
I am taken from a mine and shut in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everyone. What am I?
Graphite.
What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A Promise.