Solutions and explanations for Classic Riddles Set 4. If the last two caught you out, the explanations spell out the misdirection each one relies on.
I have keys but open no doors, space but no room, and I let you enter but not go in. What am I?
Answer: a keyboard
A keyboard has keys, a space bar and an enter key, but none of them work on a door.
What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: a needle
A needle's eye is the small hole the thread passes through.
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: a river
A river runs to the sea, meets it at its mouth, and flows along its bed.
What is so fragile that simply saying its name breaks it?
Answer: silence
The moment you say the word out loud, the silence is gone.
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
Answer: a map
A map shows cities, forests and rivers as marks on paper, without containing any of the real things.
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
Answer: a secret
A secret stops being a secret the moment you pass it on.