Riddles


Riddles


11. I have keys but no locks. What am I ?


Ans: A piano
Explan:
A piano has many keys (musical keys), but no locks like a door.


12. What has hands but cannot clap?


Ans: A clock
Explan:
A clock has hour and minute hands, but it cannot clap because it has no arms.


13. I go up but never come down. What am I ?


Ans: Age
Explan:
As time passes, your age only increases — it never goes down.


14. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they ?


Ans: Footsteps
Explan:
As you walk, you take steps, and you leave behind footprints.


15. What has a neck but no head ?


Ans: A bottle
Explan:
A bottle has a neck (narrow part near the top), but no head.


16. What has one eye but cannot see ?


Ans: A needle
Explan:
A needle has an "eye" (the hole where thread goes through), but it cannot see.


17. What can fill a room but takes no space ?


Ans: Light
Explan:
Light can spread through an entire room but it has no weight or shape.


18. What can travel around the world while staying in one corner ?


Ans: A stamp
Explan:
A stamp stays in the corner of an envelope but it can travel globally.


19. What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening ?


Ans: A human being
Explan:



  • Morning: Baby crawling on 4 legs (hands + feet)

  • Afternoon: Adult walking on 2 legs

  • Evening: Old person using a stick (3 legs)


20. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years ?


Ans: The letter “M”
Explan:



  • "Minute" has 1 M

  • "Moment" has 2 M’s

  • "A thousand years" has no M