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Funny Riddles with Answers
Pun riddles and groaners. Expect a laugh, or at least a sigh. Click “Show the answer” under any riddle, or open it for a hint and to type your guess.
What can you catch but not throw?
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A cold. You can catch a cold, but you cannot throw one.
What has four wheels and flies?
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A garbage truck. A garbage truck rolls on four wheels and attracts flies.
What has its bottom at the top?
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Your legs. Your bottom sits at the top of your legs.
Which building has the most stories?
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A library. A library is full of stories, in books.
If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?
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Nine. Four plus five is nine.
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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A gummy bear. No teeth, just gums: a gummy bear.
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
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He was outstanding in his field. Scarecrows literally stand out in fields.
What do you call cheese that is not yours?
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Nacho cheese. “Nacho cheese” sounds like “not your cheese”.
Which room do ghosts avoid?
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The living room. Ghosts are not living, so they skip the living room.
What did the ocean say to the beach?
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Nothing, it just waved. The ocean does not talk, but it makes waves.
What kind of band never plays music?
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A rubber band. A rubber band holds things together but makes no music.
What tastes better than it smells?
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Your tongue. Your tongue tastes things, but it cannot smell at all.
Which travels faster, heat or cold?
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Heat, because you can catch a cold. It is a pun: you can catch a cold, so heat must be faster.
What kind of tree can you hold in your hand?
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A palm tree. The inside of your hand is called your palm.
What can you serve but never eat?
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A ball. In tennis and volleyball, players serve a ball.
What do you call a dinosaur with a huge vocabulary?
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A thesaurus. A thesaurus sounds like a dinosaur name and is full of words.
What do you call a sleeping bull?
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A bulldozer. A bull that dozes is a bull-dozer.
What do you call a fish with no eye?
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A fsh. Take the I out of “fish” and you get “fsh”.