What Am I? Riddles with Answers – Fun Brain Teasers for Students

Riddle: I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot. I cover floors, but I am not a rug. What am I? 
Answer: Carpet
Riddle: I am a silent guardian, warding off unseen threats. I am the first line of defense, yet I stand apart. What am I?
Answer: A door
Riddle: I am the architect of sound, the conductor of silence. I can shatter glass, yet I cannot be held. What am I? 
Answer: Sound (or vibration, contextually)
Riddle: I am a paradox of motion, moving without leaving my place. I connect worlds, yet I remain stationary. What am I? 
Answer: A door (or possibly a bridge)
Riddle: I am a silent witness, observing all but never speaking. I protect secrets, yet reveal the truth. What am I? 
Answer: A wall
Riddle: I am a silent companion, always there to lend a hand. I can help you create and destroy, yet I am just a tool. What am I? 
Answer: A hand
Riddle: What do you call a nose with no body? 
Answer: Nobody knows
Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 
Answer: An echo
Riddle: What has no legs but gets around? 
Answer: A wheel

Riddle: I have hands but no fingers, I tell time but cannot talk.
Answer: A clock
Riddle: I fly without wings, I cry without eyes.
Answer: A cloud
Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Answer: Footsteps
Riddle: I have keys but open no locks, I have space but no room.
Answer: A keyboard
Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played.
Answer: A joke
Riddle: I am full of holes but still hold water.
Answer: A sponge
Riddle: The more you use me, the less you have.
Answer: Time
Riddle: I get sharper the more you use me.
Answer: A pencil
Riddle: I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms.
Answer: A clock
Riddle: I can be long, short, hot, or cold. People love me in different forms.
Answer: A shower
Riddle: I go up but never come down.
Answer: Your age
Riddle: I can be cracked, dropped, and told, but I never break.
Answer: A promise
Riddle: I can be written, spoken, broken, or played.
Answer: A word
Riddle: I have a heart that doesn’t beat.
Answer: An artichoke
Riddle: I go through cities and fields but never move.
Answer: A road
Riddle: I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap.
Answer: A bottle
Riddle: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck
Riddle: The more you remove from me, the bigger I get.
Answer: A hole
Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
Riddle: I have one eye but can’t see.
Answer: A needle
Riddle: You answer me but I never ask questions.
Answer: A telephone
Riddle: What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin
Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old.
Answer: A candle
Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg
Riddle: I can be cracked, made, told, and played.
Answer: A joke