Middle School Riddles

The more you take the more you leave behind what am I?

• footsteps

• farts

• memories

• money

What goes up but never comes down?

• A rocket

• A flight of stairs

• Your height

• Your age

If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?

• A friend

• A secret

• A whisper

• A mobile phone

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

• An echo

• Whispers

• A phone

• The thought of your mind

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

• Your name

• Your toys

• Your life

• Your phone

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

• None
• 8
• 9
• 17

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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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Imagine you are in a room with no doors or windows, how do you get out?

• shout for help

• drill the ground

• stop imagining

• from the ceiling

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What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

• The letter 's'

• The letter 'n'

• The letter 'e''

• The letter 'a'

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Where do fish keep their money?

• Under the sea

• In the stomach

• In seashells

• At the riverbanks

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