Clever Riddles

What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

How can you make six into an odd number?

How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?

I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold.
Who am I?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not.
What am I?

A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel.
He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?

What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

A taxi driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street.
He passes four police officers, yet none of them stop him.
Why?

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes.
What does he weigh?

You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp,
a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

You will always find me in the past.
I can be created in the present,
But the future can never taint me.
What am I?

I am a mother and a father, but have never given birth.
I'm rarely still, but I never wander.
What am I?

A murderer is condemned to death.
He has to choose between three rooms:
the first is full of raging fires;
the second, assassins with loaded guns;
and the third lions who haven’t eaten in years.
Which room is the safest?

A boy and a doctor went fishing.
The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor wasn't the boy's father.
Who is the doctor?

Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not.
What am I?

It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard and can't be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills and empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after, ends life and kills laughter.
What is it?

You should keep me as straight as can be, yet very few do.
Most of the time, I am slightly bent or curved.
Your sadness usually causes me to bend further,
but don't bend me for too long,
or I may never be able to straighten out again fully.
What am I?

When liquid splashes me, none seeps through.
When I am moved alot, liquid I spew.
When I am hit, color I change.
And color, I come in quite a range.
What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex.
What am I?

There is a house. One enters it blind and comes out seeing.
What is it?

I have a big mouth and am quite loud.
I'm not gossip, but I get involved in everyone's dirty business.
What am I?

The price of a duck is $9, a spider costs $36 and a bee was priced $27.
By taking into account this information, what will be the price of a cat?

Thirty men and only two women, but they hold the most power.
Dressed in black and white, they could fight for hours.
Who are they?

I am a protector. I sit on a bridge.
One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide.
What am I?

I only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me.
What am I?

I am the son of your grandmother and grandfather but not your uncle.
Who am I?

What liquid can contain the soul?

I can tear down mountains, or build them up.
I can blind a man, or enable him to see.
What am I?

When I point up, it’s bright.
When I point down, it’s dark.
What am I?

Two men are playing chess. They play five games.
Each man wins three games. How is that possible?

What can be big, white, dirty and wicked?