Riddle Archives

A map represents cities, forests, and water without containing the real things.

You can catch an illness such as a cold, but you cannot throw it.

“Minute” contains one M, “moment” contains two, and “a thousand years” contains none.

An echo repeats sound even though it has no mouth or ears.

A clock has a face and hands, but no body.

The hole in a sewing needle is called its eye.

Light spreads through a room without occupying physical space like an object.

Every step you take leaves another footprint or footstep behind.

Other people say and use your name more often than you do.

A postage stamp stays in the corner of an envelope while the envelope travels.

A comb has teeth used for hair, but they cannot bite.

A bottle has a neck at the top but no head.

A clock has hour and minute hands, but they are not human hands.

A towel becomes wetter while it dries something else.

The word “keys” makes you think of door keys, but a piano has keys too.