75 World Riddles - Riddles about The World
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1. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Answer: Mount Everest.
2. There is an ancient invention, still used in some parts of the world today, that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
Answer: A window.
3. What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
Answer: A stamp.
4. A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man. Who Am I?
Answer: Rain.
5. Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?
Answer: Water. Explanation: Water can be in the form of a liquid, solid (ice), and/or a gas (water vapor) which is represented by "three lives". As a liquid, it is used to bathe, as a gas it creates clouds that float in the sky, and as a solid (ice), it can split rocks or create glaciers that scour the earth as they move downhill.
6. Why can't the world ever come to an end?
Answer: Because it's round.
7. How do spiders communicate?
Answer: Through the worldwide web.
8. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth?
Answer: The word 'And'.
9. Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?
Answer: The Dictionary.
10. I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I've traveled the universe to and fro. I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home. Who am I?
Answer: I'm your imagination.
11. What is the sharpest thing in the world?
Answer: A fart, it can go through your clothes without making a hole!
12. I come right in front of Earth, at the end of time, and twice in a week. What am I?
Answer: The letter E.
13. We capture light, and yet we don't. We reflect rays of sun, and yet we don't. Without us all the world is gray and dull for everyone. What are we?
Answer: Colors.
14. What is always traveling, has life, has sense but doesn't live?
Answer: The Earth!
15. I'm fatherless and motherless and born without sin. Roaring when entering the world, I never speak again. What am I?
Answer: Thunder.
16. Say "silk" five times. Now, spell "silk." What do cows drink?
Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," Your brain is obviously over-stressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as "Children's World." Just Kidding.
17. I am in the beginning of the earth. I am at the end of the time. I appear two times in a week. I appear once in a year. What Am I?
Answer: The Letter E.
18. What is made of wood but no saw on earth is sharp enough to cut?
Answer: Sawdust.
19. I'm first on earth, second in heaven, I appear twice in a week, and once in a year, I'm in the middle of the Sea. What am I?
Answer: The letter E.
20. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
Answer: The bridge of your nose.
21. I blossom like a flower, a hindrance I create, and save you from the earth, do not use me too late. What am I?
Answer: A Parachute.
22. What do cows give after an earthquake?
Answer: Milk shakes.
23. I begin the earth and end the eclipse, I occur in seconds and minutes, but never in a hand although I am in a lifetime. What am I?
Answer: Letter E.
24. I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone. What am I?
Answer: The morning dew!
25. I give you all the money in the world but I receive nothing. What am I?
Answer: A tree.
26. What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?
Answer: Australia was always the biggest island in the world, even before it was discovered.
27. Which is the most shocking city in the world?
Answer:
Electri-city!
28. What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean?
Answer: A tissue.
29. I am hewn from Earth and Fire; But to the sky, I aspire. I am nothing but contented; Until my patient rage is vented. What am I?
Answer: A volcano.
30. What is the most slippery country in the world?
Answer: Greece!
31. What has 1 in every corner, 2 in every room, but only 1 in the world?
Answer: The letter O.
32. Many always do say that I am life. I occupy most part of the earth surface, yet I'm found in you. What am I?
Answer: Water.
33. I am a contained world that you can shake but please don't drop me because I may break. What am I ?
Answer: A snow globe.
34. I come to you shattered and broken; And though not a word will be spoken; I will reveal to you, a world all anew; If you've the patience to make me unbroken. What am I?
Answer: A Jigsaw.
35. I am black of eye and bright of hair. I fast in to the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world. What am I?
Answer: I'm a Sunflower.
36. I sit here collecting dust, I can wait forever to open me and you will not be disappointed, I can make you laugh, cry, and sad, I contain all the knowledge of the world, let me take you to a faraway land. What am I?
Answer: A book.
37. A group of men is suddenly awakened by a loud, piercing, continuous sound. They all scramble out of their beds, get dressed, grab a pole, and disappear into a hole. What in the world are these men doing?
Answer: The men are firemen who were on night-shift duty at their firehouse. When they heard the fire alarm, they got dressed, slid down the fire pole, and got in the fire truck.
38. I hold a thousand voices, yet not one sound I make. I open doors to worlds though I never roam or break. In lines I travel paths, but never take a step— When you seek new places, I am the map you’ve kept. What am I?
Answer: A Book.
39. I came to prominence in the world during a time of trouble. I brought people together but helped keep them apart. I sound like I should go fast, but I am well known for taking too long to finish. What am I?
Answer: A Zoom meeting.
40. Which is the biggest jam in the world?
Answer: A traffic jam.
41. They can be harbored, but few hold water, You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else, You can carry them, but not with your arms, You can bury them, but not in the earth. What are they?
Answer: A grudge.
42. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp!
43. A group of men are suddenly awakened by a loud, piercing, continuous sound. They all scramble out of their beds, get dressed, grab a pole, and disappear into a hole. What in the world are these men doing?
Answer: They are firemen who were sleeping in their fire station. When they heard the fire alarm, they quickly got dressed, slid down the fire pole, and got in the fire engine to head to the reported fire.
44. I lie in the earth, and under the ground; A map may reveal me for journey's abound; I can be found in squares, to reduce down to size; Or at the end of a strand, where attachment lies. What am I?
Answer: Roots
45. Stronger than any beast, Rougher than any sea. Steadier than a favorable wind, and of me none shall be free. What am I?
Answer: I am Earth.
46. There were two scientists who were looking through the woods. They found two people on the ground who where dead. They examined the two people and said they were the first people on earth. How did they know?
Answer: The two people didn't have belly buttons.
47. Where can you see the world but the world can't see you?
Answer: TV.
48. You cannot touch me. I cause anger and illness. My remedy is tangible. It spreads happiness throughout the world everyday. What am I?
Answer: Hunger. Food.
49. What moves around the world has several destinations but only one stop and full of energy?
Answer: Idk the answer lol
50. I am older than earth and am still living. I am a person. What am I?
Answer: A Liar.
51. I create my lair with earthen string, and dispatch my prey with a biting sting. What am I?
Answer: A spider.
52. Even though the odds are always in favor of the gambling house, why does the establishment insist on a house limit on stakes?
Answer: Every casino in the world would go bankrupt without a house limit on stakes. Without it, gamblers would keep doubling their stakes until they won. No matter how bad a losing streak they were on, they would eventually win.
53. I have no eyes, no legs or ears, and I help move the earth. What am I?
Answer: A worm.
54. I shake, but unlike the strength of an earthquake. You can find me both high and low, usually out of control. I can be considered both good or bad, sometimes used for both happy or sad. What am I?
Answer: Singing Pitch.
55. On Earth, I am dead, Though I live on the moon. I am in no crater, And I'm in every boom. What am I?
Answer: The Letter "0".
56. What song can everyone in the world sing?
Answer: The 'Happy Birthday' song.
57. What can emit an umbra on the earth, provide phosphorescence for all it's creatures. All while altering the visual surface of itself within phases?
Answer: The moon.
58. I'm an object; good at drawing. I draws without using any drawing instrument, yet I can draw even better and faster than the world's best artist. But what I will draw won't stay permanent and what I draws may see me or not. What am I?
Answer: A mirror. Humans can see it but objects cannot.
59. My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. What am I?
Answer: Pat-ten.
60. Endlessly, I hunger, Lazily, I sleep. Murderous, I thunder, Desires, I do seek. Hoarding countless treasures, so my stature I retain, Envious of others whose feet on Earth remain. What am I?
Answer: "The Seven Deadly Sins" - Reasoning: Each sentence structure portrays one of the seven deadly sins from Christian theology, with the exception of the final 5 words. In order according to the riddle, these are; gluttony, sloth, wrath, lust, greed, pride and envy. The final 5 words, "whose feet on Earth remain", act in conjunction with the section on envy, demonstrating the perspective of a sinner in hell, who is envious of those still alive, and thus can still repent for their sins in order to enter Heaven.
61. I'm from the Old World, and my name from Latin; I can be cured, or served with au gratin. What am I?
Answer: Beef.
62. Which is lighter, the sun or the earth?
Answer: The sun, it rises every morning.
63. What can grasp the world's edges with great precision, yet always perceives the imagery as vague conceptions?
Answer: Peripheral vision.
64. Mr. Crocker's mom gave him a present for his birthday. This gift was special, since his name was known around the world. What was the gift?
Answer: A Crock-pot.
65. Why is the largest city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
Answer: Dublin, because it is every year doubling.
66. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
Answer: To cover cows.
67. What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?
Answer: All the difference in the world.
68. In what place did the rooster crow when all the world heard him?
Answer: In Noah's Ark.
69. What is the best way to get from earth to mars?
Answer: PLANET!
70. Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?
Answer: The North Pole.
71. A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops?
Answer: The answer is infinite, in a gravity free world. But of course gravity will eventually stop it.
72. Why do black sheep eat less than white sheep?
Answer: Because there are less black sheep in the world than white.
73. Which is the largest room in the world?
Answer: The room for improvement.
74. A forest exists somewhere on Earth. This forest has no life except for trees. After a storm, a tree was hit by lightning and falls. What sound would it make?
Answer: None. Sound does not exist if it is unheard.
75. Oh, what a surprise! Oh, what a miracle! It sprouted without a seed, It stood without a trunk. What is it?
Answer: The world.
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