Brain Teasers

Riddles that get your brain thinking - Can you get them all?

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

Footsteps

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

An echo

I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?

A map

The more you have of me, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness

I go up but never come down. What am I?

Your age

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

A river

I am not alive but I grow. I don't have lungs but I need air. What am I?

Fire

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M

I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?

A clock

Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

The word "ton"

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel

I have a thumb and four fingers but I'm not alive. What am I?

A glove

What has one eye but cannot see?

A needle

The more you remove from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

A hole

I'm light as a feather but even the strongest person can't hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?

Breath

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

A window

I start with T, end with T, and have T inside me. What am I?

A teapot

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

A deck of cards

I can travel around the world without moving from my corner. What am I?

A stamp

What belongs to you but is used more by others?

Your name

What starts with P ends with an E and has a million letters going through it?

A Post Office!

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg!