Riddles With Answers + Audios From 30+ Different Countries
By CONNECTPALS
With the intention of compiling the most popular riddle in each country, this blog is the end result! A compilation of riddles with answers (including audios) provided by different nationalities from 30+ countries.
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CHALLENGE OF THE DAY
As you all know, a RIDDLE is a form of statement or question having a double or hidden meaning to be solved like a puzzle. To know more about riddles, feel free to ask Google or Wikipedia.
Here is an all-new challenge made for everyone.
1 โ Prepare a โRIDDLEโ popularly known in your native language and in your country. Add also its English translation.
2 โ Send your riddle to the group.
3 โ Send its audio version (both in your native language and then in English.) No need to introduce yourself, just get on with it.
4 โ Send the answer to your riddle after an hour or two so everyone can guess while still unsolved.
With 30+ nationalities participating in this challenge, here are the audios shared by each participant while revealing the most popular in their country. So get your earphones ready!
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Riddles with Answers from Different Countries
NOTE: All non-English riddles have English translation.
๐ฆ๐ด Angola: Riddle in Portuguese
Se eu tenho, compartilho. Se eu compartilho, eu nรฃo tenho. O que รฉ?
If I have it, I donโt share it. If I share it, I donโt have it. What is it?
Um segredo.
A secret.
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: Riddle in Spanish
El que lo pica se hace pez
The one who bites it becomes a fish.
Anzuelo
Fish hook
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: Riddle in English
Twenty (20) people jump into an empty pool filled with water and nothing else. After, they jumped in 24 heads came back up. How is this possible?
The answer is because each person has 24 heads (20 foreheads)
๐ง๐ท Brazil: Riddle in Portuguese
O que รฉ, o que รฉ? Mesmo atravessando o rio nรฃo se molha.
What is it, what is it? Even crossing the river, you donโt get wet.
Ponte.
Bridge.
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi: Riddle in Kirundi
Ndahamanuka ariko sindahaduga.
I can go down but i canโt go up.
Uruzi.
River.
๐จ๐ฑ Chile: Riddle in Spanish
Cinco hermanos muy unidos que no se pueden mirar, cuando riรฑen aunque quieras no los puedes separar
Five very close brothers who canโt look at each other, when they brawl even if you want, you canโt separate them.
Los dedos.
The fingers.
๐จ๐ด Colombia: Riddle in Spanish
Pequeรฑo como un ratรณn y cuida la casa como un leรณn
Little like a mouse and keeps your house safe like a lion.
El candado.
The lock.
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica: Riddle in Spanish
Cual es el animal muerto que aun da vueltas?
What is the dead animal that is still spinning?
Pollo asado.
Roast Chicken.
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Rep: Riddle in Czech
Jedna hlaviฤka, jedna noลพiฤka.
Noลพiฤka kdyลพ zฤervenรก,
konec noลพky znamenรก
One head, one leg.
When head turns red,
The leg is dead.
Sirka or Zรกpalka.
Match or fire stick.
๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Rep: Riddle in Spanish
Si me nombras desaparezco, ยฟquiรฉn soy?
If you name me I disappear, who I am?
El silencio
The Silence
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt: Riddle in Arabic
yumkinuk โan tarani fi almaโ , lakanani la โartib abdana. ma โana?
You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Aineikas.
Reflection.
๐ซ๐ท France: Riddle in French
Quโest ce qui tombe mais ne se casse jamais ?
What falls but never breaks?
La nuit.
Night.
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: Riddle in German
Was lรคuft morgens auf 4 Beinen, Mittags auf 2 Beinen und Abends auf 3 Beinen?
What does walk on 4 legs in the morning, on 2 legs at noon and on 3 legs in the evening?
Humans (crawls, walks and then walks with a stick)
๐ฌ๐ท Greece: Riddle in Greek
To รฉxo-รฉxo petiรฉtai kai to ypรณloipo mageirรฉvetai.
Metรก to รฉxo-รฉxo trรณgetai kai to ypรณloipo petiรฉtai. Ti eรญnai?
The outside is thrown away and the inside is being cooked.
Then you eat the outside and you throw away whatโs inside. What is it?
Kalaboki.
Corn.
๐ญ๐บ Hungary: Riddle in Hungarian
Zรถld istรกllรณban fekete lovak piros szรฉnรกt esznek.
Black horses eating red hay in a green stable. What is that?
Gรถrรถgdinnye.
Watermelon.
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: Riddle in Indonesian
Jika gajah jadi ayam, sapi jadi ayam, domba jadi ayam, anjing jadi ayam, ayam jadi apa?
If the elephant becomes a chicken, the cow becomes a chicken, the sheep becomes a chicken, the dog becomes a chicken, what will chicken be?
Ayam jadi banyak.
There will be many chickens.
๐ฎ๐ท Iran: Riddle in Farsi
Az yek soorakh vared mishavid va az do soorakh biroon miaeed. An chist?
You get through the one hole and get out of two holes. What is it?
Shalvar.
Trousers / Pants.
๐ฏ๐ต Japan:ย Riddle in Japanese
Iu dake de kowarete shimau mono wa, na ฬ nda?
What is it? If you say it you break it.
Chinmoku.
Silence.
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan: Riddle in Kazakh
Qysta kiyimin tastaydi, Koktemde kiyine bastaydฤฑ?
In winter, it throws clothes, however it begins to dress in the spring?
Aฤฃash.
Tree.
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: Riddle in Spanish
Somos muchos hermanitos, en una sola casa vivimos, si nos rascan la cabeza al instante morimos.
We are a lot of brothers, we live in the same house. If someone scratches our heads we will immediately die.
El posporo
The Match
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco: Riddle in Arabic
La taakol hatta tachbaa,Lakin idha sharibat tamout!
It eats and not satiated, but if it drinks, it would die!
Annar.
Fire.
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Riddle in Igbo
Gwam gwam gwam, gwam ihe si na ala kuru mmiri jee na elu?
Can someone tell me what carries water up?
Aki bekee.
Coconut.
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: Riddle in Urdu
Woh kya cheez hai jo hamesha uper jati hai jab barish hoti hai?
What always goes up when it rains?
Chatri.
Umbrella.
๐ต๐พ Paraguay: Riddle in Guarani
Maravichu maravichu, mbaโemotepa? Ndaipepoi ha oveve, huguรกi ha ndahaโei mymba
Wonder wonder, what would it be? It flies with no wings, it has a tail but it ainโt an animal.
Kuatiaveve
A kite.
๐ต๐ช Peru: Riddle in Spanish
Estoy dentro de รฉl y no puedo entrar en รฉl.
Iโm inside him and I cannot enter him.
El espejo.
The mirror.
๐ต๐ญ Philippines: Riddle in Tagalog
Isang balong malalim, punong-puno ng patalim.
A deep well, full of chisels.
Bibig.
Mouth.
๐ท๐บ Russia: Riddle in Russian
Chto lyubishโ, togo ne kupishโ, a chego ne lyubishโ โ ne prodashโ. Chto eto?
You canโt buy what you love, and you canโt sell what you hate. What is it?
Itโs age. You canโt buy your โyouthโ and you canโt sell โold ageโ.
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: Riddle in Afrikaans
Maak my dood dan leef ek langer, laat my leef dan dood ek gouer.
Kill me and I will live longer, let me live and I will die quicker.
Kers.
Candle.
๐ช๐ธ Spain: Riddle in Spanish
Tres mujeres en traje de baรฑo, dos de ellas estรกn tristes pero sonrรญen, una de ellas estรก contenta pero llora, ยฟPor quรฉ?
Three women on swimwear, two of them are sad but they are smiling, one of them is happy but she is crying. Why?
Concurso de belleza.
Beauty Contest (the winner is crying out of so much happiness.)
๐น๐ฟ Tanzania: Riddle in Swahili
Muuaji ameshtakiwa kifo , sasa anatakiw achague Moja ya vyumba vitatu , cha kwanza kimejaa Moto , cha pili wauaji wakiwa na bunduki zilizojaa risasi , na chatatu kimejaa Simba ambao hawajala kwa siku tatu , je chumba gan ni salama kwake?
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins
with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that havenโt eaten in 3
years. Which room is the safest for him?
The answer is the room with lions which havenโt eaten for three years (theyโre already dead.)
๐น๐ญ Thailand: Riddle in Thai
arแป รจy yลซฬ rahฬแบฤng kฬhฤ lรฆa rฤkhฤ phรฆng.
It is between our legs and is also expensive. What is it?
A motorcycle.
๐น๐ท Turkey: Riddle in Turkish
Evde 5 kardeล var.
Cemil, mรผzik dinliyor.
Arzu kitap okuyor.
Hakan, uyuyor.
Seyma, masa tenisi oynuyor.
Peki 5. kardeล olan รzge ne yapฤฑyor?
There are 5 siblings live at home.
Cemil is listening to music.
Arzu is reading a book.
Hakan is sleeping.
ลeyma is playing a table tennis
So what is the fifth sibling who is รzge doing?
รzgeย is playing table tennis with Seyma.
๐ฌ๐ง U.K.: Riddle in English
There are two doors, one leads to safety the other to certain death. The doors each have one guard, one always tells the truth and one always lies but you donโt know which one is the liar or which one is honest. You may only ask one question and only to one guard to figure out which door leads to safety. What do you ask?
If you ask any guard the question โIf I ask the other guard which door is correct what would he say?โ No matter if they are the honest guard or the liar you will be told the wrong door and know to use the other door.
๐บ๐ธ U.S.A.: Riddle in English
Look in my face, I am somebody; look in my back, I am nobody. What am I?
I am a mirror.
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam: Riddle in Vietnamese
Cรกi gรฌ mร ngฦฐแปi mua biแบฟt, ngฦฐแปi bรกn biแบฟt mร ngฦฐแปi dรนng thรฌ ko biแบฟt?
What is the buyer knows, the seller knows but the user doesnโt know?
Quan tร i.
Casket/ Coffin.
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Qima, Qama,
Tukutuku la mata…..
“Tau na uca, sega ni suasua”
“When it rains, I do’nt get wet”
what am I ?
Qima, Qama,
Tukutuku la mata…..
“Tau na uca, sega ni suasua”
“When it rains, I do’nt get wet”