10 Riddles & Brain Teasers for the Family

1. What gets wetter the more it dries?
2. When you look for something, why is it always in the last place you look?
3. A cowboy rode into town on Friday.  He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday.  How was that possible? 
4. One night, a king and a queen went into a castle.  There was nobody in the castle, and no one came out of the castle.  In the morning, three people came out of the castle.  Who were they? 
5. Railroad crossing, watch out of cars.  Can you spell that without any “r’s”?
6. What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?
7. What has to be broken before you can use it? 
8. Lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward.  What is it?
9. It starts out tall, but the longer it stands, the shorter it grows.  What is it?
10. What belongs to you but is used more by others?

ANSWERS:

1.  A towel.
2.  Because when you find it, you stop looking!
3. Friday was the name of his horse.
4. The knight (night), the king, and the queen!
5.  T-H-A-T
6.  A clock.
7. An egg.
8. An icicle.
9.  A candle.
10.  Your name.

What was your Score out of 10??