Short Riddles with Answers What kind of words are the following: Level, civic, madam and eye. Ans: They are palindromes – they read the same forward and backwards.  What goes around the world but stays in a corner? Ans: A Stamp. What can go up a chimney down but not down a chimney up? Ans: An umbrella! I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs... 

What goes around the world yet stays in a corner? Answer: A postage stamp on an envelope. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it? Answer: A secret. The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today? Answer: Friday The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? Answer: Darkness What doesn’t exist,...