1. ITALIAN RIDDLES
European Schools Without Stereotypes Promoting European Interculturality

2. There is a being walking at sunrise with four legs, at noon with two and at sunset with three. When the number of legs is greater, its strength makes less.
Who is it?

3. A man

4. There are three brothers
There are three brothers. Sometimes they are ugly, sometimes they are good-looking. The first is not because he is leaving, the second is not because he is coming, then there is the third who is the smallest of the three, but when he misses the other two also misses.
Who are they?

5. Past, present and future

6. What are three dogs doing?

7. The encyclopedia

8. There is a barrel which weighs less if you fill it more.
What is it filled of?

9. It’s full of holes

10. What do two chairs do
in a big room?

11. A settlement

12. He has a lot of teeth
and he never eats.
Who is it?

13. A comb

14. He has a tail and he
doesn’t move it.
Who is it?

15. The piano

16. What is it? If you see it, it is enough ugly.
If you touch it, it is a bit hairy.
If you smell it,
it is a bit stinky.
If you eat it, it’s savory.
What is it?

17. A pig

18. Who is it? He is a king but he has not got a crown.
He is not a clock but
he rings the hours.
Who is it?

19. A cock

20. you can’t use it unless it’s broken,
What is it?

21. An egg

22. It begins with an «E» but
it has got only a letter.
What is it?

23. An envelope

24. It is an insect which can always come first.

25. because it is always at the front.
A louse
because it is always at the front.

26. If you brought a bundle like mine, you’d have a broken back.
I’m not rich,
but I leave silver.
What am I?

27. A snail

28. but it hasn’t got any masks.
It has six faces,
but it hasn’t got any masks.
It has got 21 eyes but
it can’t see.
What is it?

29. A dice

30. He repeats all the time and
he is never wrong.
Who is it?

31. A printer

32. What’s the name of
the bird who flies
but he dives
into the sea?

33. Martin Pescador

34. It is worth on the right, he is not worth on the left.
What is it?

36. You put it on the table, but you can’t eat it.
What is it?

37. A card deck

38. What does the mouse say to the nut?

39. Give me time and I’ll pierce you.

40. What is it? If you make it, you sell it.
If you buy it, you don’t use it.
If you use it, you don’t see it.
What is it?

41. A coffin

42. What’s the name
of the most famous
Prehistoric scholar?

43. Dino Saur

44. What is it? It gets shorter in front of you
and it gets longer behind you.
What is it?

45. The street

46. I touch it when I walk.
What is it?

47. The pocket

48. Many people touch it and it is very worth
Many people touch it and it is very worth. If you throw it, it doesn’t break. It lasts for a little time.
What is it?

49. A banknote

50. What is it? When it comes in, it’s hard.
When it comes out, it’s soft and dripping.
What is it?

51. Pasta

52. If you touch me, you string yourself. When I get undressed, you eat me.
What am I?

53. Prickly Pears

54. Rounded, spherical and bottomless. It’s not a glass.
What is it?

55. A ring

56. It hasn’t got a mouth, but it speaks. It hasn’t got feet but it walks.
What is it?

57. A letter

58. You take me everywhere, but you don’t want me in bed.
What am I?

59. Shoes

60. You pull it and it gets shorter.
What is it?

61. A cigarette

62. It has a wooden bust, a leather stomach and it sings in the streets.
What is it?

63. The drum

64. In the sun, it bends.
In water, it gets rough.
What is it?

65. A rope

66. Who paints perfect portraits withouth arts and colours?

67. A mirror

68. When it moves, you have to take your hat off.
What is it?

69. A comb

70. It’s not soft, it’s not hard but it penetrates through walls.
What is it?

71. The voice

72. You cut its head and its tail and you see a beautiful woman.
What is it?

73. A prickly pear

74. I lick it so many times and I put it through the hole.
What is it?

75. A thread through a needle’s eye 

76. It’s long and outstretched
and it is put near
dead people.
What is it?

77. A candle

78. He works for a full
day withouth wool
and needles.
Who is he?

79. A spider

80. A leopard can't change its spots.

81. The vicious man