Riddles — Sheet 1
seniorbraingames.orgInstructions: Read each riddle carefully. Use the hint if you get stuck, and write your answer on the line provided.
- 1.
I have cities, but no houses live there. I have mountains, but no trees grow there. I have water, but no fish swim there. What am I?
Hint: You might unfold me or look at me on a wall.
- 2.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Hint: Think about walking on a sandy beach.
- 3.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Hint: Try shouting in a canyon.
- 4.
I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but can't go inside. What am I?
Hint: You're probably looking at one right now.
- 5.
What has hands but can't clap?
Hint: It tells you something important every moment of the day.