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16 Riddles With Answers in English & Arabic
Start with approachable clues, then work up to trickier classics. Reveal each answer only after you have made your best guess.
16 questions
English and Arabic
Free
01I am always with you but never there when it's dark. What am I?
02I have a zipper for a mouth, carry books in my belly, and ride on your back. What am I?
03I am a curved mark with a dot below. Put me at the end of a sentence and it asks instead of tells. What am I?
04I have no mouth but always reply when spoken to. What am I?
05I am always coming but never arrive. What am I?
06Layla points to a boy and says, “His mother is the only daughter of my mother.” Layla has no sisters. Who is the boy to Layla?
07I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
08I have no life, but I can die. I have no lungs, but I need air. What am I?
09What has roots nobody sees, is taller than trees, up it goes, yet never grows?
10Three consecutive whole numbers have a total of 72. What are the numbers?
11What has a thumb and four fingers but no flesh or bone?
12What is so fragile that even saying its name breaks it?
13A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. What is it?
14I am full of holes but can hold water. What am I?
15What goes up and down but never moves?
16What gets bigger the more you take from it?
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