Riddles

What has to be broken before you can use it?

• A plate

• Wood

• An egg

• A pen

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

• A tree

• A Candle

• Pineapple

• A stool

What month of the year has 28 days?

• February

• August

• All of the above

• April

What goes up and comes back with a hat?

What has hands, but can’t clap?

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

• A tree
• A candle
• A book
• A shadow

What has a head and a tail but no body?

• A book
• A river
• A snake
• A coin

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

• mirrors
• footsteps
• shadows
• reflections

Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?

• He stood under a tree.
• He is bald.
• He was wearing a raincoat.
• He had a waterproof jacket.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? 

• the letter 'm'
• the letter 'o'
• the letter 'e'
• the letter 'a'