Classic Riddles

Can you solve this riddle? My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go, I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? What goes up when the rain comes down? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? Who is it that rows quickly with four oars, but never comes out from under his own roof? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? Creatures of power, creatures of grade, creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything’s pace. For all things must come to live. Under their emerald embrace…Either in their life or in their death. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? Some live in me, some live on. And some shave me to stride upon. I rarely leave my native land. Until my death I always stand. High and low I may be found. Both above and below ground. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I’m rarely still, but I never wander. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when its cold. In warmth I wear an emerald glove and in between I dress in gold. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg. I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? If a man carried my burden, he would break his back. I am not rich, but leave silver in my track. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful. What am I? Click to find out the answer!