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HARD RIDDLES

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

No sooner spoken than broken

what is it ?

a)

silence

b)

trust

c)

lies

d)

promises

2.

This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

a)

a waterfall

b)

a pool

c)

pond

d)

sea

3.

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

a)

water

b)

fire

c)

heat

d)

cold

4.

A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter, and twelve remains. What am I?

a)

million

b)

billion

c)

dozens

d)

infinity

5.

When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don't have me. What am I?

a)

age

b)

name

c)

promise

d)

secret

6.

With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short, I'm quite at ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can't lose me, For I am the center of gravity!

a)

letter v

b)

earth

c)

space

d)

food

7.

What question can you never answer yes to?

a)

are you asleep yet?

b)

are you awake?

c)

are you hungry?

d)

are you bored?

8.

You can see nothing else, when you look in my face, I will look you in the eye, and I will never lie.

a)

shadow

b)

house

c)

your reflection

d)

light

9.

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

a)

your

b)

four

c)

queue

d)

twelve

10.

It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?

a)

the letter e

b)

mistakes

c)

problems

d)

happiness

11.

When things go wrong, what can you always count on?

a)

your head

b)

your fingers

c)

you phone

d)

you tv

12.

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exactly three eggs, each person had an egg. Explain how?

a)

its a trick question

b)

i dont understand

c)

One of the 'fathers' is also a grandfather. Therefore, the other father is both a son and a father to the grandson. In other words, the one father is both a son and a father.

d)

one person dosent eat eggs so they got a chocolate egg