Ready to test your brain to new limits? These clock riddles are just what you have been searching for. See how many you can solve before the clock strikes 12.
Clocks are one of the most used things in the world. They help you to know if you are running late when you have to be somewhere and if you are fashionably late for the party you are attending. But clocks are so much more than that.
They are a great way to connect with others, especially with these clock riddles. They transform an ordinary ticking clock into a perfect brain teaser and puzzle to solve.
So prepare yourself to journey through time with these clock riddles and see if you can tick closer to the answer. Remember! Time waits for no one, especially with a good riddle. So get ready to tick tock your way through these clock riddles and let the fun begin.
For more riddles, be sure to explore your way through our Car Riddles and our Water Riddles.
Best Clock riddles
- I have a face but no eyes and hands but no arms. What am I? Clock
- I have two hands, but I can not scratch myself. What am I? A clock
- Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what I’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold. What am I? An alarm clock.
- I am something that has a face but I don’t ever wear a cap. I am something that tells the time although I do not have a strap. I’m a? Clock
- A grandfather clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in another room and heard the clock chime just once, what would be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time? Assuming you had absolutely no clue what time it was. You would have to wait 90 minutes between 12:15 and 1:45. Once you had heard seven single chimes, you would know that the next chime would be two chimes for 2 o’clock.
- What has hands but can not clap? A clock.
- Although this item has a face, it’s not able to smile. An old version of one of these was known as a sundial. What is this? A clock.
- A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most? An hourglass, with thousands of grains of sand.
- A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most? An hourglass, with thousands of grains of sand.
- Five add six is eleven, but six add seven is one. How is that possible? When you are looking at a clock.
- When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer? When you add two hours to eleven o’clock, you get one o’clock.
- Why did the pilot sit on her alarm clock? She wanted to be on time.
- What’s the difference between love and marriage? Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.
- It regulates our daily movements, but it feels no interest in our lives. It directs us when to come and go, but does not care if we pay attention. What is it? A clock.
- What stays where it is when it goes off? An alarm clock.
- A grandfather’s clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in another room and hear the clock chime just once, what would be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time? You would have to wait 90 minutes between 12:15 and 1:45. Once you had heard seven single chimes, you would know that the next chime would be two chimes for 2 o’clock.
- A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds? 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds.
- How many times do a clock’s hands overlap in a day? 22 times. AM: 12:00, 1:05, 2:11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49,10:55. PM: 12:00, 1:05, 2:11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49, 10:55
- I’m something that is often round But I’m not a pizza base. I have hands but don’t have fingers and have numbers on my face. What am I? A clock.
- Can you make 10 plus 4 = 2? Yes. 10 o’clock + 4 hours = 2 o’clock.
- Hard at work day and night, it counts the numbers over and over. Although it counts all its life, it never gets past twelve. What am I? A Clock.
Do you have other clock riddles that you love that we missed? Share them in the comments so we can try to solve them!
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