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Riddles

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Tree

b)

Candle

2.

What month of the year has 28 days?

a)

February

b)

March

c)

All of them

3.

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

a)

Glass

b)

Mirror

c)

Promise

4.

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

a)

Yellow

b)

White

c)

Rainbow

d)

There aren't any

5.

What goes up but never comes down?

a)

Helium balloons

b)

Hot air balloon

c)

Age

6.

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

a)

He was using a cap

b)

He was using a raincoat

c)

He was bald

7.

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?

a)

Candle

b)

Kerosene lamp

c)

Fireplace

d)

Match

8.

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

a)

A Baby

b)

A dog

c)

An echo

9.

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

(a)  

10.

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

(a)  

11.

If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?

(a)  

12.

What goes up and down but doesn’t move?

a)

Elevator

b)

Lift

c)

Escalator

d)

Stairs

13.

What has legs, but doesn’t walk?

(a)  

14.

What kind of band never plays music?

(a)  

15.

What can you catch, but not throw?

(a)  

16.

What has many teeth, but can’t bite?

(a)  

17.

What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?

(a)  

18.

What has a head and a tail but no body?

(a)  

19.

Which building has the most stories?

(a)  

20.

Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?

a)

One

b)

Eight

c)

Four

d)

Five

21.

Which is heavier: a kilogram of bricks or a kilogram of feathers?

a)

Brick

b)

Feathers

c)

Neither

22.

A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?

a)

9

b)

0

c)

3

d)

6

23.

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?

(a)  

24.

People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

(a)  

25.

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

(a)