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English riddles

Test your English vocabulary with these fun riddles

Riddles are an amusing and effective way to help you think in English and understand some of the subtleties of the English language.

Riddles from literature

“If you break me, I’ll not stop working.
If you can touch me, my work is done.
If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after.
What am I?”

Answer

The heart
“Wizard and Glass” by Stephen King

“This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.”

Answer

Time
“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?”

Answer

Man, who crawls on four legs as an infant, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane as an elderly citizen.
“Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles

Sea themed riddles

What did the ocean say to the beach?

Answer

Nothing, it just waved!

Where do fish sleep?

Answer

On the seabed

Why is the letter ′T′ like an island?

Answer

Because it is in the middle of ‘water’!

What word starts with ′is′, ends with ′and′ and has ′la′ in the middle?

Answer

Island

"What am I?" riddles

I have four legs, a back, but no head. What am I?

Answer

A chair

I can fall off a building and live, but put me in water I will die. What am I?

Answer

Paper

You answer me, but I never ask you questions. What am I?

Answer

A telephone

Letters of the English alphabet

You change me every month, no matter how much you use me. What am I?

Answer

A calendar

I have teeth, but cannot chew. What am I?

Answer

A comb

I’m excellent to taste, but horrible to smell. What am I?

Answer

A tongue

I am made of water, but I’m not wet. What am I?

Answer

A cloud

I have a ring but no finger. What am I?

Answer

A telephone

I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?

Answer

A piano

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

Answer

A candle

I have a single eye but cannot see. What am I?

Answer

A needle

I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?

Answer

A clock

I sit in a corner while travelling around the world. What am I?

Answer

A stamp

I always run but never walk, often murmur but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?

Answer

A river

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Visitors coming to Jersey via UK will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) from April 2025. Visitors coming directly to Jersey from the E.U. will not need an ETA until late 2025.

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