Most Incredible Riddles

Challenge yourself and match wits with your friends. See if you can solve the Most Incredible Riddles. You will need your imagination and most importantly, your ingenuity to find the answers to these brainteasers.

Riddle # 1

George walked for thirty minutes in the pouring rain without getting a single hair on his head wet. He didn’t have a hat or an umbrella and his coat had no hood.

How did he do that?

Riddle # 2

Fill my bucket, spill my bucket,
over a plane of snow.
Black the track as I look back,
my footsteps talk but make no sound.

What am I?

Riddle # 3

Guides travelers, never moves,
Always turning, never looks,
Always shining, never burns,
Looks on blue fields with each of its turns.

What is it?

Riddle # 4

I am the outstretched fingers
that seize and hold the wind.
Wisdom flows from me in other hands.
Upon me are sweet dreams dreamt.
My merest touch brings laughter.

What am I?

Riddle # 5

I am black of eye and bright of hair
And my feet are firmly in the ground.
I love the sun upon my face
And I follow it around.
When I am dead and gone tis said,
That I will droop real low,
That I will keep the birds well fed,
Standing stiff there in my row.

What am I?

Riddle # 6

I love to move around,
But usually not on the ground.
I’m quite strung out when way up high.
I like to sail, but I need to stay dry.
I need air, but not to breathe.
A helpful hand is all I need.

What am I?

Riddle # 7

My first is in ocean but not in sea
My second in milk but not in me
My third in three but not in throw
My fourth in vow but not in crow
My fifth in eight but not in night
My last in wrong and also right
My whole is praise for thoughts or men
Or women, too, or tongue or pen.

What am I?

Riddle # 8

When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I can help to make you healthy.
When old, I am valued more than ever.

What am I?

Riddle # 9

Pearl white chest
without key or lid.
Inside of which
golden treasure is hid.

What am I?

Riddle # 10

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts
of the world today that allows people to see through
walls.

What is it?