MediumClassic
"I am the window through which you see the world. I never lie yet I am always deceived. Cover me and your world goes dark. What am I?"
Answer
An Eye
Explanation
The eye is how we perceive the world visually. Yet optical illusions show that our eyes can be easily tricked — we see what our brain expects rather than reality. Close or cover the eye and vision disappears.
This is a medium riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
Tags:bodysensesclassic
✦
More Classic Riddles
Keep going — other riddles in this category:
- I have no bones yet I am one of the strongest muscles. I help you eat and speak. I can wound without drawing blood. What am I?
- I beat all your life and never rest. Stop me and everything stops. I am the size of your fist but I power everything. What am I?
- There are two of us and we never touch each other. We work together all day and night. We take in the invisible and give back the invisible. What are we?
- I am harder than wood yet I am alive. I hold you up but you cannot see me. Break me and I heal — but slowly. What am I?
- I travel the entire body every minute of the day. I carry life to every corner. I am red but I started darker. What am I?
- You use me every moment of your life yet you rarely think of me. I am invisible but essential. Take me away and nothing survives. What am I?