Riddles to Challenge Your Mind

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

• A shadow

• An echo

• A cloud

• A leaf

I am not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

• A fire

• A plant

• A balloon

• A wave

What has keys but can't open locks?

• A map

• A piano

• A door

• A clock

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

• A stamp

• A compass

• A satellite

• A book

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What has a heart that doesn't beat?

• A clock

• A tree

• A stone

• A river

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.L.3.5A

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

• Silence

• Glass

• A promise

• A bubble

What has a bottom at the top?

• A mountain

• A leg

• A river

• A hat

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

• The letter 'M'

• A second

• A blink

• A breath

What has many teeth but can't bite?

• A comb

• A saw

• A zipper

• A rake

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What can you catch but not throw?

• A ball

• A cold

• A fish

• A shadow

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A