Tricky Riddles for Adults – page 4
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Riddle Time
An uncomfortable signal that warns, but it can also trick you into thinking it's worse.
“The body's alarm.”
Answer
Pain
Riddle Time
Your internal army fights invisible invaders, without your command, day and night.
“The body's defense”
Answer
The Immune System
Riddle Time
It's a brief presentation of your best self, always ready to be swiped away with a finger.
“It lives on your phone.”
Answer
A dating profile
Riddle Time
What is usually born with paper and pen, then quietly grows in the shadows, demanding back more than it first gave?
“It's all about borrowing.”
Answer
A loan
Riddle Time
What, though flat, has the power to fill and empty pockets, yet never carries anything itself?
“It's a piece of plastic.”
Answer
A payment card
Riddle Time
What confirms your efforts but rarely gives you all you've earned?
“It arrives once a month.”
Answer
A payslip
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What is a standing box that gladly swallows plastic and spits out paper, but never remembers your face?
“It's where money changes form.”
Answer
An ATM
Riddle Time
What can look over its shoulder without turning its body, yet flies without a single sound?
“It hunts in the dark.”
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An owl
Riddle Time
What calls its own name from the treetops, but lets others warm and feed its only offspring?
“This bird has a special strategy for raising its young.”
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The cuckoo
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What builds its own flying trap and has more eyes than we have fingers, yet consumes its meal without swallowing?
“It patiently waits for its dinner in its web.”
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The spider
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What is it that, with blue blood and three hearts, changes its skin to blend in with the rocks on the seabed?
“A master of camouflage.”
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The octopus
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What navigates in total darkness using sound waves but doesn't have radar?
“Its ears help it see in the dark.”
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The bat
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What is it that must be broken to work?
“It's about understanding something secret.”
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A code
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What can you never say you are doing, at the very moment you are actually doing it?
“It's about truth.”
Answer
Lying
Riddle Time
What do you have that you can give to another person, but still keep yourself?
“Think of something that isn't physical.”
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Your word
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What is it you can do every day, but never on purpose?
“Think about intention.”
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To forget
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What is it you can only get if you lack it?
“Think about knowledge.”
Answer
An answer
Riddle Time
What is it that cannot possibly be claimed as true, at the very moment it occurs?
“It becomes a contradiction if the one who says it is correct.”
Answer
A lie
Riddle Time
What do you lose the moment you realize you have it?
“It ceases to exist when it becomes known.”
Answer
A surprise.
Riddle Time
Is there any question you can honestly answer that you have *never* heard before?
“Consider the temporal aspect of hearing.”
Answer
No.