Book of Riddles

Test your wit with these 10 riddles. Click "Show Answer" to reveal the solution.

Riddle 1

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

A map

Riddle 2

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

Riddle 3

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

An echo

Riddle 4

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go inside. What am I?

A keyboard

Riddle 5

I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

A candle

Riddle 6

I have a head and a tail but no body. What am I?

A coin

Riddle 7

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they're using it. What is it?

A coffin

Riddle 8

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

A joke

Riddle 9

What has hands but can't clap?

A clock

Riddle 10

I'm not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Fire
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