Logic Riddles with Answers

Footsteps. Every step you take leaves another footprint behind.

Your age. Your age only ever goes up.

Your name. Other people say your name far more often than you do.

Darkness. The darker it gets, the less you can see.

Light. Light fills a room without taking up any space.

He is a barber. A barber shaves other people all day, not himself.

Your right elbow. Your right hand cannot reach around to hold its own elbow.

Your word. You give your word, and then you keep it by doing what you promised.

Silence. The moment you say any word, the silence is broken.

Your brain. Using your mind keeps it sharp.

The future. The future lies ahead of you, but you cannot see it yet.

All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.

He is playing Monopoly. In Monopoly you move a car token, land on a hotel and pay rent.

A secret. Once a secret is shared, it is not a secret anymore.

Mary. The riddle starts with “Mary’s father”, so Mary is the fifth daughter.

A hole. A hole lets everything inside drain out.

A grandfather, father and son. There are only three people: the middle one is both a father and a son.

His son. With no brothers, “my father’s son” is the speaker himself, so the man in the photo is his son.

It doesn’t, roosters don’t lay eggs. Only hens lay eggs. A rooster cannot.

Tomorrow. When tomorrow comes, it becomes today.

A promise. Promises can be broken without anyone laying a hand on them.

Trouble. Getting into trouble takes a moment; getting out can take much longer.

An umbrella. A closed umbrella fits up a chimney; an open one does not fit down.

A plate. You buy plates and forks to eat with, not to eat.

N. They are the first letters of One, Two, Three… Eight, so next is N for Nine.

Meat. A butcher’s assistant weighs meat all day.

There is no smoke. Electric trains do not make smoke.

Neither, yolks are yellow. Egg yolks are yellow, so both sentences are wrong.

Noise. Noise can be heard but never seen.

Light. Light shines through glass and leaves it whole.