Riddles 9

What can taste better than it can smell?

• vegetables

• a hamburger

• a nose

• a tongue

What runs around the whole yard without moving?

• grass

• fence

• insects

• dirt

• the mower

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

• An animal

• A mouth

• An echo

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

• He was using a cap

• He was using a raincoat

• He was bald

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

• An echo

• Whispers

• A phone

• The thought of your mind

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

• The monkey, obviously!
• The squirrel, of course!
• The bird - it's got wings!
• You can't get a banana from a coconut tree!

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Where do fish keep their money?

• Under the sea

• In the stomach

• In seashells

• At the riverbanks

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?

• Potato

• Onion

• Hero

• Dog

Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.

• Egg

• Corn

• Onion

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Breathe

• Air