Riddles for Adults That Will Test Your Smarts (Part 1)

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If you’re looking to keep some riddles for adults in your back pocket as a way to strike up a conversation or use as a party trick, you’re in luck. We have plenty of trick questions and riddles that are easy, hard, viral and fun for you right here. The trick will be memorizing a bunch of these so you have them handy (or you can bookmark this page) for when you want to put your friends and family to the test.

First things first: Read through this list to see if you can figure them out. Once you’ve got them all down, it’s time to start sharing. Some of these are definitely stumpers! Scroll through to read all the riddles for adults and see how smart you really are.

Funny riddles for adults

1. What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?

2. What gets wet while drying?

3. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

4. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?

5. What can you catch, but not throw?

6. What kind of band never plays music?

7. What question can you never say yes to?

8. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

9. What has one eye, but can’t see?

10. What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?

11. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

12. What kind of room has no doors or windows?

13. What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

14. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

15. What is the end of everything?

16. What part of the chicken has the most feathers?

17. What has a bottom at the top?

18. How far can you walk into the woods?

19. What is red and smells like blue paint?

20. When is a door no longer a door?

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ANSWERS...

1. What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
Answer: Time to fix the fence.

2. What gets wet while drying?
Answer: A towel.

3. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
Answer: An umbrella.

4. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Answer: Your left hand.

5. What can you catch, but not throw?
Answer: A cold.

6. What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: A rubber band.

7. What question can you never say yes to?
Answer: “Are you asleep?”

8. What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
Answer: A potato.

9. What has one eye, but can’t see?
Answer: A needle.

10. What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
Answer: A stamp.

11. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Answer: Lunch and dinner.

12. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom.

13. What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
Answer: Their middle names.

14. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest, it just wasn’t discovered yet.

15. What is the end of everything?
Answer: The letter “G.”

16. What part of the chicken has the most feathers?
Answer: The outside.

17. What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs.

18. How far can you walk into the woods?
Answer: Halfway. After that, you’re walking out.

19. What is red and smells like blue paint?
Answer: Red paint.

20. When is a door no longer a door?
Answer: When it’s ajar.