Darkness can be mysterious, scary, or intriguing. Riddles that play on the theme of darkness provide an interesting way to challenge the mind. Here are 105 riddles about darkness along with their answers to ponder.
Riddles
1. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
2. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name
3. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
4. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
5. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
6. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light
7. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror
8. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
9. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Stairs
10. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
11. What has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive?
A glove
12. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
13. What starts with E, ends with E, and only contains one letter?
An envelope
14. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp
15. What has words but never speaks?
A book
16. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
17. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
A map
18. What goes through towns and hills but never moves?
A road
19. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
20. What has hands but can not clap?
A clock
21. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
22. What gets broken without being held?
A promise
23. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
24. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
25. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
26. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin
27. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
28. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
29. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
30. What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella
31. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name
32. What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
33. What is always behind you but never in front of you?
The past
34. What is in the middle of Paris?
The letter R
35. What does once in a minute but not in a thousand years?
The letter M
36. What shines brightest in the dark?
A light
37. I have keys but no locks, space but no room, you can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard
38. What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
39. What goes up and never comes down?
Your age
40. What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
41. What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
42. What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
43. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
44. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
The rug
45. What is broken every time it’s spoken?
Silence
46. What letter is round and very dangerous?
The letter O (oh)
47. What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot
48. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name
49. People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
A plate
50. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
51. What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
52. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
53. David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
54. What question can you never answer yes to?
“Are you asleep?”
55. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
A sponge
56. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
A road
57. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
58. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A towel
59. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?
A secret
60. What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
61. What has a head, a tail but no body?
A coin
62. What has words but never speaks?
A book
63. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle
64. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
65. What has a bank but no money?
A river
66. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
67. What has four fingers and a thumb but isn’t alive?
A glove
68. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Your name
69. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
70. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
71. What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
The carpet
72. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
73. What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow
74. David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
75. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
76. What can you break without touching it?
A promise
77. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age
78. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
79. What belongs to you but others use it more?
Your name
80. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
81. What is always behind you but never in front of you?
The past
82. What is in the middle of Paris?
The letter R
83. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
84. What shines brightest in the dark?
A light
85. What building has the most stories?
The library
86. What has 13 hearts but no organs?
A deck of cards
87. What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
88. What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
89. What has four wheels and flies?
A garbage truck
90. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
A mushroom
91. What runs all around a backyard yet never moves?
A fence
92. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
93. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
94. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
Light
95. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror
96. What has words but never speaks?
A book
97. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
98. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle
99. What starts with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?
The post office
100. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
A glove
101. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny
102. What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
103. What is broken every time it’s spoken?
Silence
104. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name
105. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
A road
Conclusion
Riddles that play on the theme of darkness provide an entertaining brain teaser. They force you to think outside the box as you ponder the puzzling questions. Darkness represents mystery and the unknown, and these riddles try to shed light on the shadowy topic. Some invoke darkness literally, while others touch on more abstract ideas related to obscurity and blindness. Contemplating these riddles is an amusing way to stimulate creativity and imagination.
