Riddles can be a fun and challenging way to exercise your brain. Here are 105 riddles about a king to test your reasoning, logic and lateral thinking skills. See if you can figure out the answer to each one!
Riddles about the king’s appearance
1. What sits on the king’s head?
A crown.
2. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
3. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
4. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.
5. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
6. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
7. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
8. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
Light.
9. What belongs to you but others use it more than you?
Your name.
10. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
Stairs.
Riddles about the king’s castle
11. What has cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees?
A map.
12. What has a tongue but can’t talk?
A shoe.
13. What building has the most stories?
The library.
14. What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?
A glove.
15. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
16. What runs all around a backyard but never moves?
A fence.
17. What has 13 hearts but no organs?
A deck of cards.
18. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.
19. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
20. What has teeth but can’t bite?
A comb.
Riddles about the king’s habits
21. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter?
An envelope.
22. The more you take away, the larger it becomes. What is it?
A hole.
23. What goes up and never comes down?
Your age.
24. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter “m”.
25. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
26. I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
A map.
27. What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
28. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
29. What comes down but never goes up?
Rain.
30. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
Riddles about the king’s possessions
31. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
32. What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?
A glove.
33. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
34. What has a face but no mouth, numbers but no figures?
A clock.
35. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
36. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
37. What has a tongue but cannot taste?
A shoe.
38. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
39. What has a bank but no money?
A river.
40. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
Riddles about the king’s kingdom
41. What is full of holes but can still hold water?
A sponge.
42. What tastes better than it smells?
A tongue.
43. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.
44. What’s black and white and red all over?
A newspaper.
45. What bow can’t be tied?
A rainbow.
46. What building has the most stories?
Library.
47. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
48. What has a foot but no legs?
A ruler.
49. What has 13 hearts but no organs?
A deck of cards.
50. What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
Riddles about the king’s court
51. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
52. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
53. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
54. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
55. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
56. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
57. What has a bed but never sleeps and has a mouth but never eats?
A river.
58. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
59. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
60. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
A map.
Riddles about the king’s decisions
61. What gets broken without being held?
A promise.
62. What goes through towns and hills but never moves?
A road.
63. What has four fingers and a thumb yet is not living?
A glove.
64. The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
65. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
66. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
67. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
68. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
69. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
70. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name.
Riddles about the king’s wealth
71. What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin.
72. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
73. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
74. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
75. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
76. What belongs to you but others use it more than you?
Your name.
77. What bow can’t be tied?
A rainbow.
78. What building has the most stories?
A library.
79. What has 13 hearts but no organs?
A deck of cards.
80. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.
Riddles about the king’s family
81. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock.
82. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
83. What has a tongue but can’t talk?
A shoe.
84. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
85. What bow can’t be tied?
A rainbow.
86. What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
87. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M.
88. What has one eye but can’t see?
A needle.
89. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
90. What can fill up a room but takes up no space?
Light.
Riddles about the king’s ancestry
91. What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
A map.
92. What tastes better than it smells?
A tongue.
93. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
94. What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
95. What has a bed but never sleeps and a mouth but never eats?
A river.
96. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
97. What belongs to you but others use it more than you?
Your name.
98. What bow can’t be tied?
A rainbow.
99. What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
100. What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter?
An envelope.
Riddles about the king’s legacy
101. What has no beginning, end or middle?
A doughnut.
102. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.
103. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
104. What has words but never speaks?
A book.
105. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
Conclusion
And there you have it – 105 challenging riddles about a king covering different aspects of his life and rule. How many were you able to solve? Riddles are a great way to stimulate your mind and problem solving skills. Testing your logic with fun brain teasers keeps your mind sharp. I hope you enjoyed this collection! Let me know if you have any other fun riddles for next time.
