Tom's mom has three children. The first two are named Penny and Nickel. What's the third child's name?
Hint: Read the first two words again.
Answer
Tom
The riddle starts with "Tom's mom," so her third child is Tom, not Dime.
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A clock reads exactly 3:15. What's the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?
Hint: The hour hand doesn't sit still.
Answer
7.5 degrees
At 3:15 the minute hand is on the 3, but the hour hand has moved a quarter of the way to 4, which is 7.5 degrees.
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I have a head and a tail but no body, and people flip me when they can't decide. What am I?
Hint: Call it in the air.
Answer
A coin
Coins have heads and tails sides and get flipped to settle decisions.
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I'm big and yellow, I light up the sky every day, and you should never stare right at me. What am I?
Hint: I go down at night.
Answer
The sun
The sun lights up the day, and looking straight at it hurts your eyes.
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Kids carry me from door to door, and I always come home much heavier than when I left. What am I?
Answer
A trick-or-treat bag
Trick-or-treat bags fill up with candy as kids go house to house.
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I wear a bow, I hide under the tree, and everyone shakes me to guess what I am. What am I?
Hint: Wait until Christmas morning.
Answer
A present
Presents are wrapped, placed under the tree and often shaken for clues.
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The more pictures you take, the less of me you have, and when I run out you start deleting your vacation. What am I?
Hint: Your phone keeps warning you about me.
Answer
Phone storage
Photos and videos fill up a phone's storage until you have to delete things.
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The more people I'm shared with, the less I'm worth. What am I?
Answer
A secret
A secret loses its value the more people know it.
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What do you call a dinosaur that's fast asleep?
Hint: Listen to it breathe.
Answer
A dino-snore
It's a pun on "dinosaur": a sleeping dinosaur snores.
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You walk into a dark cabin with one match. There's a candle, an oil lamp and a fireplace. What do you light first?
Hint: You can't light anything without it.
Answer
The match
You have to light the match before you can light anything else.
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Multiply me by any number you like, and the answer is always me. What number am I?
Hint: Think nothing of it.
Answer
Zero
Any number times zero equals zero.
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I'm right in front of you every time you drive, but you only notice me when I'm dirty. What am I?
Answer
A windshield
You look through the windshield constantly but only notice it when it's dirty.
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