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Riddle Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

My first wears my second; my third might be what my first would acquire if he went to sea. Put together my one, two, three, and the belle of New York is the girl for me. What one word am I?

a)

Manhattan

b)

Vancouver

c)

Massachusetts

d)

New York

e)

New Jersey

2.

I'm in you, but not in him, I go up, but not down, I'm in the Colosseum, but not a tower,

I'm in a puzzle, But not a riddle. What am I?

a)

Post office

b)

Book

c)

Glove

d)

Letter I

e)

Letter U

3.

I am a three digit number. My second digit is four times more than my third digit. My first digit is seven less than my second digit. What Am I?

a)

128

b)

281

c)

182

d)

812

e)

821

4.

A wise man once called me "the moist star", and in an infinite sea, I can be seen afar. I create motions in which you may ride on for sport, and am also used as a scientist's port. What am I?

a)

the sun

b)

the star

c)

the light

d)

the moon

e)

the sky

5.

What falls, but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall?

a)

night fall, day break

b)

a river

c)

waterfall

d)

silence

e)

tomorrow

6.

Pronounced as one letter. And written with three. Two letters there are. And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single. I'm black, blue, and grey. I'm read from both ends. And the same either way. What am I?

a)

smoke

b)

silence

c)

dark

d)

an eye

e)

night

7.

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

a)

smoke

b)

dark

c)

silence

d)

tomorrow

e)

library

8.

They have tongues,

But they can't talk with you

They have no legs,

But they can walk with you

What are they?

a)

Shoes

b)

Shorts

c)

Sneakers

d)

Trousers

e)

Socks

9.

I throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then I eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did I eat?

a)

a banana

b)

a watermelon

c)

a strawberry

d)

a coin

e)

a corn

10.

It is weightless, but you can see it. Put it in a bucket, and it will make it lighter. What is it?

a)

a sponge

b)

a donuts

c)

a hole

d)

a soil

e)

a cloud

11.

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

a)

a mountain

b)

a cloud

c)

a shadow

d)

a candle

e)

a tree

12.

The maker doesn’t need it, the buyer doesn’t use it, the user uses it without knowing. What is it?

a)

a coffin

b)

a mask

c)

a box

d)

a time

e)

a storage

13.

The more there is, the less you see

a)

silence

b)

darkness

c)

history

d)

time

e)

work

14.

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

a)

telephone

b)

telescope

c)

telegram

d)

greeting

e)

kettle

15.

What question can you never answer “yes” to?

a)

what time is it?

b)

are you asleep?

c)

where do you go?

d)

what's wrong?

e)

are you with me?