While it’s good to hit the gym and work out those biceps, it’s also good to flex your mental muscles every once in a while. It can help keep your brain sharp even into old age. On that note, these are 25 Awesome Riddles To Work Out Your Brain Muscles.
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When you need me, you throw me away; when you don’t need me, you bring me back. What am I?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) An anchor
What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
Source: quora.com, Image: https://www.pexels.com (public domain) A pillow
If you throw me out of the window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but through the door, You'll be giving someone a new life. What am I?
Source: quora.com, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) The letter “n” (“window” becomes “widow” and “door” becomes “donor”)
What starts with an “e” and ends with an “e” and contains only one letter?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net (public domain) An envelope
What is weightless, can be seen by the naked eye, and if put in a barrel will make it lighter?
Source: answers.yahoo.com A hole.
What is more powerful than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?
Source: quora, Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org (public domain by author) Nothing
Imagine that you are in a dark room with no windows and no doors. How do you get out?
Source: quora, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) Stop imagining
How far can you walk into the woods?
Source: quora, Image: https://www.pexels.com (public domain) Halfway
What has 10 letters and starts with gas?
Source: answers.yahoo.com Automobile
You have one match and are in a dark room with an oil lamp, a gas stove, and a candle. Which one do you light first?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: https://www.pexels.com (public domain) The match
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Source: quora, Image: https://www.pexels.com (public domain) A river
The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place.
Source: quora The letter “e”
What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three by nightfall?
Source: quora, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) A man (babies crawl, adults walk upright, and old men use canes)
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?
Source: quora The letter “m”
What gets wet while drying?
Source: quora, Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org (public domain via author) A towel
What is the coolest letter in the alphabet?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) B (it’s surrounded by AC)
What is yours but your friend uses more than you do?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org (public domain) Your name
What two words, when combined hold the most letters?
Source: answers.yahoo.com Post Office
Each night I'm told what to do and each morning I do what I'm told, but I still don't escape your scold. What am I?
Source: quora An alarm clock
I have keys that open no locks, I have space but no room, you can enter but can't go in. What am I?
Source: answers.yahoo.com A keyboard
We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?
Source: quora, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) Words
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Source: answers.yahoo.com, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) Footsteps
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Source: quora, Image: https://pixabay.com (public domain) Short
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?
Source: quora A secret
What is a word made up of four letters, yet is made up of three, then with four, but rarely consists of six.
Source: quora This isn’t a question; it’s a statement. The word “what” has four letters. The word “yet” has three. The word “then” has four, and the word “rarely” has six.
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