Brain Breaks Riddles

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

• whisper

• echo

• shadow

• silence

What has keys but can't open locks?

• book

• door

• piano

• car

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

• A dime

• A nickel

• A quarter

• A penny

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

• Memories

• Leaves

• Shadows

• Footsteps

What has a neck but no head, two arms but no hands?

• A shirt

• A snake

• A lamp

• A tree

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

• diamond

• coal

• gold

• pencil

What has a heart that doesn't beat?

• A clock

• A rock

• A computer

• A plant

What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?

• A glove

• A tree

• A foot

• A hand

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

• A plane

• A stamp

• A boat

• A cloud

What gets wetter as it dries?

• A towel

• A river

• A sponge

• Ice