200+ Riddles with Answer for kids and adults

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

As Kushal and Riya travel further into the scary forest of wildfire, they come across a map at a crossroad. This map is supposed to guide them on the correct path. The map had a riddle scribbled on the back of it. ''We have to be careful, this riddle is tricky''agreed Kushal and Riya. It goes like this - "How far can a squirrel run into the woods? Can you guess the answer? "

I'm a detective who travels around to solve cases and mysteries. I always wear a hat and a coat. Who am I?

 I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

An old priest fell then the bottom of the well of a church.
The well is 20 inches deep.
In the day time, the old priest climbs 5 inches but when in at dark he slips back 4 inches.
In how many days priest will come out of the well?

A plane crashed between the border of India and Nepal. Detective Mehul carried out the rescue mission. Where did he bury the survivors?

Aalia, Mehul, Riya, Jagga, Gogo were eating apples i.e, A, B, C, D, and E respectively.  A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

What gets wetter as it dries?

Aalia asks Riya, I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

 What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

What is always coming but never arrives?

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?

What question can you never answer yes to?