120+ Dark Riddles with Answers: For Teens & Adults

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Try to solve these eerie riddles about death, darkness, and more
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Ready for some creepy, crawly, existential-crisis-causing brainteasers? Well, look no further, as we’ve gathered together the most spine-tingling list of darkly funny, death-defying, and terrifyingly tricky riddles. Choose between easy and challenging riddles, short or long ones, or opt for a specific theme—like riddles about the dark or death . Whatever your choice, you better start reading…before it’s too late.

Our Favorite Dark Riddles

  • What’s the best way to eat a devil’s food cake? With a pitchfork.
  • What gets buried but never dies? A secret.
  • I begin with fear and end in silence. What am I? A scream.
  • What has a neck but no head? A very unlucky person.
  • What falls down but never breaks? Nightfall.
Section 1 of 8:

Easy Dark Riddles

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  1. 1
    How do you know that a vampire loves baseball?
    • Hint: Think of objects used in baseball—can you relate them to vampires at all?
    • Answer: Because he turns into a bat every night.
  2. 2
    It doesn’t hurt when you carve my face. In fact, you bring me to life. What am I?
    • Hint: Think about things you associate with Halloween.
    • Answer: A jack-o’-lantern.
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  3. 3
    I crack when I’m weary, tingle when I’m scared, and stretch when I’m proud. What am I?
    • Hint: I’m something that you have in your body.
    • Answer: Your spine.
  4. 4
    I’m blue on the inside and red on the outside. Donate me, but never drink me. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a liquid (that you wouldn’t drink) that’s often donated.
    • Answer: Blood.
  5. 5
    You’ll never see one side of me. I change each day. Sometimes big, sometimes just a sliver. What am I?
    • Hint: You’ll likely see this thing when looking up at the night sky.
    • Answer: The moon.
  6. 6
    You use me to clean, but the powerful take me for a ride. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a witch as the “powerful.”
    • Answer: A broom.
  7. 7
    I am a place where silence speaks, and names are written in stone. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a place with lots of stones that have names inscribed into them.
    • Answer: A cemetery.
  8. 8
    A man builds a house with all four sides facing south. A bear walks by the house. What color is the bear?
    • Hint: There’s only one place on Earth where it’s possible to have a house that faces south on each side.
    • Answer: White—it’s a polar bear, because the house has to be at the North Pole.
  9. 9
    I’m strong enough to smash ships, but I fear the sun. What am I? [1]
    • Hint: What melts or is destroyed by the sun?
    • Answer: Ice.
  10. 10
    There are ten birds sitting on a fence. You shoot one. How many are left?
    • Hint: If one bird in a group was shot, how would the other ones react?
    • Answer: None. The others flew away scared because of the sound of the gunshot.
  11. 11
    What is a cereal's worst fear?
    • Hint: Are there any other words that sound like “cereal”?
    • Answer: A cereal killer.
  12. 12
    I'm alive and I die. When cut, I bleed. I do not fear the seasons. I make my home above yet below the land. I'm a friend to man and beastie, yet hunted by both. My bones are always within sight. What am I?
    • Hint: What living thing has part of its body above the earth and part below?
    • Answer: A tree.
  13. 13
    In this place, people lie, people cry, and people ask why. In this place, people sleep, people, weep, and people's solitude, they keep. What is it?
    • Hint: Think of a place where lots of people lie still or “asleep” while other people cry.
    • Answer: A graveyard.
  14. 14
    When people add me they're often shaking; On the tip of their tongue there's no mistaking; I'm here to help if the devil is waiting. What am I?
    • Hint: I’m a common seasoning for food.
    • Answer: Salt.
  15. 15
    Why was 6 afraid of 7?
    • Hint: Consider how the numbers are pronounced instead of the digits themselves.
    • Answer: Because 7 8 9 (“seven ate* nine”).*
  16. 16
    Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
    • Hint: If this natural element covers you entirely, you’d drown in it.
    • Answer: Water.
  17. 17
    What kind of candy would a prisoner want before he is executed?
    • Hint: Think of a candy whose name would rescue someone from death.
    • Answer: A Life Saver.
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Section 2 of 8:

Difficult Dark Riddles

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  1. 1
    I can fly but I have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
    • Hint: Look up in the sky for inspiration.
    • Answer: Clouds.
  2. 2
    I’m soft, delicate, and silky. But, if you’re wrapped in me, you’ll scream—if you can. What am I?
    • Hint: What silk-like, “spun” item in your home would you not want to touch?
    • Answer: Cobwebs or spiderwebs.
  3. 3
    I’m the scariest thing you’ll ever write, direct, and produce all by yourself. What am I?
    • Hint: Think about experiences or stories that happen entirely within your own mind.
    • Answer: Your worst nightmare.
  4. 4
    What’s the best way to eat a devil’s food cake?
    • Hint: What type of tools does the devil use?
    • Answer: With a pitchfork.
  5. 5
    I’m equally comfortable in your mouth and in your shoe. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a word with a double meaning—one is a body part, the other a part of your shoe.
    • Answer: A tongue.
  6. 6
    I can be heard but never seen. I can travel for miles but never move an inch. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a sound that’s heard far beyond where it was spoken.
    • Answer: An echo.
  7. 7
    The more you fear me, the stronger I grow. I live in your mind, yet you can never touch me. What am I?
    • Hint: What scary story or event lives entirely in your mind?
    • Answer: A nightmare.
  8. 8
    The more you ignore me, the closer I get. I thrive in silence and whisper in your ear. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of the types of thoughts that would live in your mind and head alone.
    • Answer: Paranoia.
  9. 9
    Some seek me, others fear me. I reveal truths but never speak. What am I?
    • Hint: Consider something intangible that exists but that hasn’t been discovered or experienced yet.
    • Answer: The unknown.
  10. 10
    I start small but can consume worlds. I’m never full, but I always hunger. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a natural element that’s destructive and insatiable.
    • Answer: A fire.
  11. 11
    I make men tremble, yet I have no form. I bring forth screams, but I make no sound. What am I?
    • Hint: I am a type of feeling or emotion.
    • Answer: Fear itself.
  12. 12
    I have no eyes, yet once I did see. I once had thoughts, but now I’m empty. What am I?
    • Hint: Think about what remains after all the life is gone from your head.
    • Answer: A skull.
  13. 13
    The less of me you have, the more each second matters. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of the intangible thing that “seconds” make up.
    • Answer: Time.
  14. 14
    What gets buried but never dies?
    • Hint: What types of things get metaphorically or figuratively “buried”?
    • Answer: A secret.
  15. 15
    What runs but never moves?
    • Hint: Think of something that “runs” through your body.
    • Answer: Blood.
  16. 16
    I begin with fear and end in silence. What am I?
    • Hint: What’s the first thing you do when something scares you?
    • Answer: A scream.
  17. 17
    I have a butt, but I'm not alive. I bring smoke but am not fire. I destroy, I kill, though I am not used in a war. What am I?
    • Hint: Try to think of an object that has a “butt.”
    • Answer: A cigarette.
  18. 18
    I'm a killing machine used again and again; I bend a little, but way less than my friend. For many years, I was number one, but I've been replaced by my modern son. What am I?
    • Hint: Before guns, what was one of the most popular weapons?
    • Answer: An arrow.
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Section 3 of 8:

Short Dark Riddles

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  1. 1
    What’s light during the day but heavy during the night?
    • Hint: Think of a body part.
    • Answer: Eyelids.
  2. 2
    What’s the best band to make you feel better?
    • Hint: Consider types of “bands” that aren’t related to music.
    • Answer: A band-aid.
  3. 3
    What kind of ball must you never throw, kick, hit, or pitch?
    • Hint: The answer is a part of your body.
    • Answer: Eyeball.
  4. 4
    What has a neck but no head?
    • Hint: Marie Antoinette and Anne Boleyn have this in common.
    • Answer: A bottle…or a very unlucky person who’s been beheaded.
  5. 5
    Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? [2]
    • Hint: Clowns are known for having a specific personality trait.
    • Answer: Because they taste funny.
  6. 6
    Why don’t murderers make great gardeners?
    • Hint: Consider what a murderer might use a large patch of dirt for.
    • Answer: Because they always leave bodies lying around.
  7. 7
    What has hands but never claps?
    • Hint: Think of why a human body would be unable to move its hands together to clap.
    • Answer: A corpse.
  8. 8
    I’m taken before you’re ready and never returned. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of something that everyone loses eventually and never gets back.
    • Answer: Your life.
  9. 9
    Why did Mozart kill all of his chickens? [3]
    • Hint: Think of other composer names and if you can relate them to chickens.
    • Answer: When he asked them who the best composer was, they all replied, "Bach, Bach, Bach."
  10. 10
    Every single person died in a plane crash. Who survived?
    • Hint: Consider the double meaning of the word “single.”
    • Answer: The married couples.
  11. 11
    Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
    • Hint: You need to eat a lot of food to survive, so what’s the opposite of that?
    • Answer: Nothing.
  12. 12
    I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will, and yet, I am the confidence of all those who live and breathe. What am I? [4]
    • Hint: Think of a concept that we always expect to arrive in the near future (i.e., within the next 24 hours).
    • Answer: Tomorrow.
  13. 13
    Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.
    • Hint: The answer is a part of your body.
    • Answer: Teeth.
  14. 14
    When is a sleeping child also a crime?
    • Hint: Think of a type of crime that always involves children.
    • Answer: Kidnapping.
  15. 15
    Don't be fooled, it isn't thunder. Staying put would be a blunder.
    • Hint: What sound is similar to thunder but is likely to end with you being trampled?
    • Answer: A stampede.
  16. 16
    What word is a fun word until you add one letter and it becomes a terrible word that no one wants to happen?
    • Hint: Think of a word that describes what you do when you think something’s funny.
    • Answer: Laughter. If you add an “S” to the beginning, it becomes “slaughter.”
  17. 17
    What hired killer never goes to jail?
    • Hint: This killer doesn’t murder humans.
    • Answer: An exterminator.
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Section 4 of 8:

Long Dark Riddles

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  1. 1
    Folded, drawn, burnt, discarded
    Shattered back or tattered face
    Self laid bare then disregarded
    Used, abandoned, sold, replaced
    Side by side among its peers
    Walls close in, they meet their ends
    Cell by cell they disappear
    Leave as chattel, or leave as shreds.
    • Hint: Think about everyday objects that go through use, then (eventual) disposal.
    • Answer: Used books.
  2. 2
    The person who built it sold it. The person who bought it never used it. The person who used it never saw it. What is it? [5]
    • Hint: What does your family buy for you after it’s too late for you to see it?
    • Answer: A coffin.
  3. 3
    A man was found deceased with a cassette recorder in one hand and a gun in the other. When the police came in, they immediately pressed the play button on the cassette and heard the man say, "I have nothing else to live for. I can't go on," then the sound of a shot. After listening to the cassette tape, the police knew someone else did it. How did they know? [6]
    • Hint: Note that the tape immediately started from the beginning when they pressed play.
    • Answer: He wouldn’t be able to rewind the tape if he took his own life.
  4. 4
    Two girls ate dinner together. They both ordered iced teas. One girl drank very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one. The girl who drank one died, while the other survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How did the other girl survive? [7]
    • Hint: If you let an iced drink sit out for too long, what happens?
    • Answer: The poison was in the ice. Since she drank them so fast, she didn’t drink any melted ice.
  5. 5
    A man is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?
    • Hint: If the lions haven’t eaten in 3 years, what state would they be in?
    • Answer: The third room. If the lions haven’t eaten in three years, they aren’t alive.
  6. 6
    The power was out all over town when Frank was in the hospital. After the power came back on, a nurse entered the room and found Frank had been stabbed. The police questioned the nurse, a cleaning woman, Frank’s doctor, and Frank’s wife. The nurse said she was in the doctor's lounge until the power came back. The cleaning woman said she was having tea in the staff room. The doctor said he was speaking to a patient. And Frank’s wife said she was buying food at the hospital's vending machine. Who did it?
    • Hint: Consider whether the power outage would’ve affected any of the alibis.
    • Answer: Frank’s wife, since she couldn’t have been buying food from a vending machine if there was no power.
  7. 7
    Christian is talking to his lawyer in jail. They are very upset because the judge has refused to grant bail. At the end of the conversation, Christian is allowed to leave the jail. Why?
    • Hint: Where in the riddle does it say who’s in jail?
    • Answer: Christian is visiting his lawyer, who’s been detained.
  8. 8
    A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. A little while later, they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
    • Hint: Consider the double meaning of the word “shoot.”
    • Answer: She took his picture with a film camera, then developed the image.
  9. 9
    It was a hot summer afternoon when the owner of the house was found dead by the pool. A detective came to interview his wife and maid. The maid said she found him all wet, and saw him swimming with his wife in the morning. His wife said that after swimming in the morning, she went shopping downtown. Who is lying?
    • Hint: Note the detail that it’s a hot summer’s day, and the body was found in the afternoon.
    • Answer: The maid is lying about the owner being wet, since he would’ve dried up in the hot summer sun by then.
  10. 10
    A wealthy man was living alone in a small cottage. Partially disabled, he had many of life's necessities delivered to his home. One Thursday afternoon, the mail carrier approached the cottage to deliver a letter and saw that the front door was left open. He peeked inside, only to find the wealthy man lying deceased on the floor in a pool of dried blood. The mailman immediately called the police, who investigated the scene for clues.
    Even before inspecting the inside of the cottage, authorities made an arrest based on the items found on the porch, which included two bottles of milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and several pieces of unopened mail. Who was the culprit, and how did they know who did it based solely on the items on the porch? [8]
    • Hint: Note that only Monday’s newspaper was found.
    • Answer: The newspaper delivery person did it. They hadn’t delivered the papers for Tuesday or Wednesday because they already knew that the man was dead.
  11. 11
    A man is found murdered in a field of freshly fallen snow. Police are baffled by the crime, as the only disturbances on the blanket of snow are the man's own footprints and two parallel lines falling on either side of them. There are no other footprints leading to or away from the man's body.
    The homicide detective who arrives on the scene instantly uncovers a clue that he hopes will help solve the murder and requests the police put out an APB for a specific type of suspect. What did the detective surmise? [9]
    • Hint: What type of murderer would leave two parallel lines instead of footprints?
    • Answer: The murderer was a person in a wheelchair.
  12. 12
    There are two doors. One leads to the castle; the other, to certain death. You may ask one question, to one guard, to help you decide which door is the correct one. One guard always lies, and one always tells the truth. How do you choose? [10]
    • Hint: Come up with a question to ask one guard about the other guard’s answers.
    • Answer: Ask either guard which door the other guard would say leads to safety. Then, choose the opposite door of the one you’ve just been told to use.
  13. 13
    I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grows cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of the intangible things that most hurt you and make you afraid.
    • Answer: Your fears.
  14. 14
    A girl walked into a bar and ordered some water. The bartender then threw a big, hairy spider at her. A few minutes later, the girl thanked the man and walked out. Why? [11]
    • Hint: Think of the possible reasons that someone would need a glass of water.
    • Answer: The girl needed water because she had the hiccups. The man scared the hiccups away by throwing the big, hairy spider at her.
  15. 15
    A woman is at her mother's funeral when suddenly she sees a man so handsome, that she instantly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, she never got a chance to talk to the man. The next day, the woman kills her sister. What was the motive?
    • Hint: If she knows he was at her family funeral, when would she expect to see him again?
    • Answer: The woman was hoping to see the man again at her sister’s funeral.
  16. 16
    A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, atop a tender strand. Rising from the land 'til killed by a maiden's hand. Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye. What am I?
    • Hint: What beautiful thing is actually “killed” when we use it?
    • Answer: A flower.
  17. 17
    Every month someone dies, and there are five suspects. The suspects are, Jason, Lily, Nathan, Elizabeth, and Erin, and the months of the murders are July, August, September, October, and November. Who's the murderer?
    • Hint: Pay attention to the first letter of each proper noun in the riddle.
    • Answer: Jason. The months of the murders spell out his name: J, July. A, August. S, September. O, October. N, November.
  18. 18
    A man moved into a new house and decided he was tired after the journey. He turned off all the lights and went to bed. The next morning, after a deep sleep from which he didn’t wake or move even once, he had killed 365 people. How could this be?
    • Hint: In what context are lights essential to keeping people alive at night?
    • Answer: He lived in a lighthouse.
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Section 5 of 8:

Dark Humor Riddles

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  1. 1
    What’s much better staying down than it is going up?
    • Hint: Think about something you might do when you’re sick with the flu.
    • Answer: Vomit.
  2. 2
    Where do skeletons walk their dogs?
    • Hint: What do dogs like to chew on?
    • Answer: The boneyard.
  3. 3
    What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple?
    • Hint: Consider why you wouldn’t want a worm to be in your apple.
    • Answer: Finding half a worm.
  4. 4
    What’s red and bad for your teeth? [12]
    • Hint: The answer is a type of construction material.
    • Answer: A brick.
  5. 5
    Why did the orphaned child bring a ladder to class?
    • Hint: Think about what it means to “reach” something figuratively.
    • Answer: Because they wanted to reach their parents’ expectations…for once.
  6. 6
    Why did the cannibal dump his girlfriend?
    • Hint: The cannibal’s girlfriend was likely very slim or slender.
    • Answer: She didn’t have enough meat on her bones.
  7. 7
    Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
    • Hint: Consider what a skeleton might be lacking that would help it in a fight.
    • Answer: They don’t have the guts.
  8. 8
    What’s black, white, and red all over?
    • Hint: Start with something that’s normally black and white. What could make it red?
    • Answer: A penguin in a blender.
  9. 9
    What has four wheels and flies?
    • Hint: Think of “flies” as a noun, not a verb.
    • Answer: A garbage truck…or a hearse on a bad day.
  10. 10
    Why did the doctor carry a red pen?
    • Hint: Consider the double meaning of the word “draw.”
    • Answer:
  11. 11
    What’s the worst advice you can give someone on a rollercoaster?
    • Hint: What are you supposed to do to stay safe on a rollercoaster? What’s the opposite of that?
    • Answer: “Just let go.”
  12. 12
    Why did the zombie end things with her boyfriend?
    • Hint: The zombie’s boyfriend likely wasn’t very intelligent.
    • Answer: Because he had no brains.
  13. 13
    What goes up but never comes down?
    • Hint: Think about gravity…and remember that these are dark jokes!
    • Answer: Your body after falling off a cliff.
  14. 14
    Why did Molly fall off the swing?
    • Hint: What do you need to hold onto a swing?
    • Answer: Because she had no arms.
  15. 15
    What’s the best way to lose a few pounds instantly?
    • Hint: This method would probably lose you your whole body, not just a few pounds.
    • Answer: Step on a landmine.
  16. 16
    I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?
    • Hint: Consider what a “rock group” could mean if it wasn’t related to music.
    • Answer: Mount Rushmore.
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Section 6 of 8:

Riddles About Darkness

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  1. 1
    What falls down but never breaks?
    • Hint: Think about intangible, non-physical things that can “fall.”
    • Answer: Nightfall.
  2. 2
    They are dark and always on the run. Without the sun, there would be none. What are they?
    • Hint: Think of something that follows you everywhere you go.
    • Answer: Shadows.
  3. 3
    Your eyes are open, and I’m there. Close them. I’m there too. What am I?
    • Hint: Close your eyes. What do you see?
    • Answer: The dark.
  4. 4
    I come without being seen. I leave without a trace. I fill the air but take no space. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of intangible things that can actually be all around you.
    • Answer: Darkness.
  5. 5
    I vanish when the light appears but return when it’s gone. I follow you everywhere but never speak. What am I?
    • Hint: If you block out light with an object, what would appear?
    • Answer: A shadow.
  6. 6
    I am your constant companion, yet you can never catch me. I stretch and shrink, but always remain. What am I?
    • Hint: What’s something that’s always with you but that you can’t ever touch?
    • Answer: Your shadow.
  7. 7
    I watch as you sleep, yet I have no eyes. I stand beside you but disappear when you turn on the light. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of what’s all around you when you sleep at night.
    • Answer: Darkness.
  8. 8
    The deeper I am, the harder it is to escape. I’m feared by those who lose themselves in me. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of something like a hole…but deeper and more terrifying.
    • Answer: The abyss.
  9. 9
    The closer you get to me, the less you can see. What am I?
    • Hint: What intangible thing would make it more difficult for you to see around you?
    • Answer: Total darkness.
  10. 10
    I whisper in the dark, creeping closer as fear fills your heart. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a fearful story or thought you might have only when you’re alone at nighttime (aka, asleep).
    • Answer: A nightmare.
  11. 11
    I live in the corner of your eye, appearing only when you’re alone at night. What am I?
    • Hint: You might write off this spooky thing as a trick of the light (or the dark).
    • Answer: A shadowy figure.
  12. 12
    I devour all but leave nothing behind. I swallow light, sounds, and time. What am I?
    • Hint: I’m usually found in outer space.
    • Answer: A black hole.
  13. 13
    How many emo kids does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
    • Hint: Consider whether emo kids would even want to screw in a lightbulb.
    • Answer: None, they all just sit in the dark and cry.
  14. 14
    It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, kills laughter. [13]
    • Hint: Think of the night sky. If you remove the stars from it, what’s left?
    • Answer: The dark.
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Section 7 of 8:

Riddles About Death

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  1. 1
    Why do cemeteries have fences?
    • Hint: Think of an idiom for when people really want to go somewhere.
    • Answer: Because people are dying to get in.
  2. 2
    Why did the man miss the funeral?
    • Hint: Consider who might be at a funeral who’s not an invited guest.
    • Answer: Because he wasn’t invited…he was the one in the casket.
  3. 3
    You’re certain to be wearing your best outfit or something special when you come to stay with me. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of occasions in your life where you might where a suit or nice dress.
    • Answer: A coffin.
  4. 4
    What’s the one place you can be sure you’ll never read your name?
    • Hint: Think of somewhere where your name would be written after it’s too late for you to see it.
    • Answer: Your gravestone.
  5. 5
    Which dogs never go to heaven?
    • Hint: What type of dog is not a dog at all, but a type of food?
    • Answer: Hot dogs.
  6. 6
    Why are hair salons so terrifying?
    • Hint: Think of the different services that are offered at a hair salon.
    • Answer: Because people are always dying there.
  7. 7
    Why don’t graveyards have WiFi?
    • Hint: Think of what you need for WiFi to work properly.
    • Answer: Because the signal is dead.
  8. 8
    What’s the quietest room in a house?
    • Hint: Imagine if someone were in that room…why are they so quiet?
    • Answer: The one with the dead body.
  9. 9
    Why did the corpse go to school?
    • Hint: Sumerian, Sanskrit, Latin, and Ancient Greek have this in common.
    • Answer: To study dead languages.
  10. 10
    I wait for all, patient and still. No man can outrun me, yet many try. What am I?
    • Hint: What’s a thing or experience that all humans go through, no matter what?
    • Answer: Death.
  11. 11
    I hold the memories of those long gone, yet I am filled with silence and stone. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a place where you can find people who are gone alongside large stones.
    • Answer: A graveyard.
  12. 12
    I take without asking, and no man can buy me off. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a universal and unavoidable experience. Who’s “in charge” of that experience?
    • Answer: The Grim Reaper.
  13. 13
    I call for you at the end of your road. You can try to run, but you’ll still meet my load. What am I?
    • Hint: What inevitable thing happens at the end of one’s life?
    • Answer: Death.
  14. 14
    I welcome all with open arms, yet none return my embrace. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a place where all people arrive eventually, but they never leave.
    • Answer: The grave.
  15. 15
    I mark the end of your journey, but my door only swings one way. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a container with a door that you’ll one day enter but never leave.
    • Answer: A coffin.
  16. 16
    No doors, no windows, yet people enter and never leave. What am I?
    • Hint: Think of a building that people would go into and never come out of.
    • Answer: A tomb.
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      4. ↑ https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/subjects/literature/what-are-the-riddles-that-gollum-asked-bilbo-in-the-hobbit

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