Tall when Young

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




Similar Riddles

If a shopkeeper can only place the weights on one side of the common balance. For example, if he has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1, 3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and names of the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000? This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.

Asked by Neha on 29 Oct 2023


What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?

Asked by Neha on 09 Feb 2025

John and Jacob are twin brothers. One of them is a liar whereas the other one is a truth-teller.

I called their home number and one of them picked up.
I asked. 'Does John lie?' The person replied with a yes.

Whom did I talk with, John or Jacob?

Asked by Neha on 23 Nov 2024


What can you see in the middle of March and April that you can never see in any other month?

Asked by Neha on 13 Oct 2021

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

Asked by Neha on 17 May 2021

Which number should replace the question mark?

Triangular Logic

Asked by Neha on 11 Aug 2023


On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

Asked by Neha on 26 Oct 2024

How can you write nineteen in a manner that if we take out one, it becomes twenty?

Asked by Neha on 23 Nov 2023

Can you solve this amazing hard number series problem?
7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 ?

Asked by Neha on 18 Apr 2024


Replace the question mark with the correct number.

2 + 2= 4
3 + 3= 18
4 + 4= 48
5 + 5= ?

Asked by Neha on 15 Aug 2023

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Crossword

The day before the 1996 U.S. presidential election, the NYT Crossword contained the clue “Lead story in tomorrow’s newspaper,” the puzzle was built so that both electoral outcomes were correct answers, requiring 7 other clues to have dual responses.