What has a neck but no head?

A popular yet confusing riddle is the one that asks, “What has a neck but no head?”

As usual with riddles, the key to coming up with the answer is to think laterally rather than literally.

You naturally tend to think of living creatures when you hear the word “neck” and that throws you off from finding the true solution to the riddle. Think outside the box though and you soon realize that the riddle isn’t necessarily referring to an animal.

So can you think of an inanimate object that has a neck but no head?

Still struggling for the answer? Here’s the solution:

What has a neck but no head?

A bottle has a neck but no head.

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