Riddles

What has to be broken before you can use it?

• A candle

• An egg

• A sponge

• A promise

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

• A candle

• A sponge

•  A towel

• All of them

What is full of holes but still holds water?

• A promise

• A sponge

• A barber

• A bank

What question can you never answer yes to?

(a)  

What goes up but never comes down?

(a)  

What gets wet while drying?

• A towel

• A barber

• A bank

• An echo

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

(a)  

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

• A piano

• A chalkboard

• A promise

• A hole

A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

• He was born on February 29.

• He was born on January 29

• he had born on February 29

• she had born on February 29

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

(a)