EasyClassic
"What goes up but never comes down?"
Answer
Your Age
Explanation
Every birthday your age increases by one. It has never in history gone backwards. Unlike almost everything else that goes up — a ball, a price, a temperature — age is a one-way journey.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
Featured in: Easy Riddles
Tags:classictimeparadox
✦
More Classic Riddles
Keep going — other riddles in this category:
- I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap. What am I?
- I have four legs but I cannot walk. What am I?
- You can catch me but you cannot throw me. What am I?
- I travel all around the world but I never leave the corner. What am I?
- I am always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?
- I have six strings but I am not a puppet. I have a body but no organs. Press me in the right places and I sing. What am I?