This classic riddle asks:
“What has a ring but no finger?”
At first, you might think of jewelry, but the answer is something completely different.
The answer is:
A telephone.
A telephone can “ring” when someone calls, but of course it does not have a finger.
That is what makes the riddle clever. The word “ring” immediately makes us think of something worn on a finger, but it can also describe the sound a phone makes.
So the correct answer is:
A telephone.
It is simple once you know it, but the wording makes it easy to overthink.
Did you guess it before checking the answer?
