A set that leans on everyday objects and one very old riddle that has been asked for about two and a half thousand years. Two easy, two medium, two hard.
#1easyUnsolved What has teeth but cannot bite?
Hint: You use it on your hair.Answer: a combA comb's teeth are the row of thin prongs that run through your hair.
#2easyUnsolved What has four legs in the morning, two at midday and three in the evening?
Hint: Think about a whole lifetime, not a single day.Answer: a personA baby crawls on all fours, an adult walks on two legs, and in old age a walking stick makes three.
#3mediumUnsolved What can you catch but never throw?
Hint: You are far more likely to get one in winter.Answer: a coldYou catch a cold from someone else, but there is nothing solid to throw back.
#4mediumUnsolved What goes up but never comes back down?
Hint: It changes once a year, on the same date.Answer: your ageAge only ever increases, no matter how much anyone might wish otherwise.
#5hardUnsolved What can fill a whole room without taking up any space?
Hint: Flick a switch and it arrives instantly.Answer: lightLight reaches every corner of a room, yet it has no volume and displaces nothing.
#6hardUnsolved I am always in front of you, but I can never be seen. What am I?
Hint: It arrives one second at a time, and then it is gone.Answer: the futureThe future is permanently ahead of you and never visible, because the moment it arrives it becomes the present.