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Riddles

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Parrots repeat everything you say. Davey bought the parrot but the parrot didn't say anything. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper didn't lie.t How can this be?

a)

The parrot was died.

b)

The parrot was sad.

c)

The parrot was deaf.

d)

The parrot didn't have any sense.

2.

I was 12 years in 2020. And now it is 2059. How old am I?

(a)  

3.

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

(a)  

4.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

(a)  

5.

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

(a)  

6.

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

a)

Wind

b)

Echo

c)

Air

7.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

a)

Land Design

b)

Map

c)

Picture

8.
What two things can you never eat for breakfast
a)
Lunch and Dinner
b)
Dirt and Soil
c)
Nothing
d)
Yourself
9.
What is a as light as a feather, as big as a barn, but 50 horses can't pull it.
What am i
a)
A gigantic feather
b)
A barn Shadow
c)
The Air
d)
Man
10.

In a race, if you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

a)

Third

b)

First

c)

Second

d)

Fourth

11.
During what month do people sleep the least?
a)
February
b)
December
c)
July
d)
April
12.

I weigh nothing, but you can still see me. If you put me in a bucket, I make the bucket lighter. What am I?

a)

A feather

b)

A hole

c)

Air

d)

Dirt

13.

What disappears the moment you say its name?

a)

A word

b)

Ghosts

c)

Silence

d)

Nothing

14.

A girl has no sight. She lost her favorite book and her pencil, her wallet(with all of her money), some of her clothes, some cosmetics, and her purse. What did she loose first?

a)

her wallet

b)

her favorite book

c)

her pencil

d)

her sight

15.

What goes in the water black and comes back out red?

a)

shrimp

b)

crawfish

c)

a crab

d)

a lobster

16.

what asks but never answers?

a)

nothing

b)

an owl

c)

a fox

d)

you sometimes

17.

A man parks his car in an opposite hotel and already knows hes bankrupt. How?

a)

he knows that he has bad luck

b)

he is playng monopoly

c)

He doesn't care and parks in the wrong spot

d)

He has no money already

18.

What has a face and two hands

a)

mothing

b)

a human

c)

a watch

d)

a clock

19.

It's not a baby though you hold in the arms close to your bosom. It's not an Indian man though it has long beard. It's not a monkey though its tail is bent. It's not a bird though it has beautiful voice. What am I?

a)

a harp

b)

a human

c)

a tiger

d)

a baby turtle

20.

What flies when it is born, lies when its alive, and runs when its dead

a)

a machine

b)

sleet

c)

a snowflake

d)

rain

21.

When is 99 more than 100?

a)

never

b)

A microwave.Generally when you run a microwave for '99' it runs for 1 minute and 39 seconds. '100' runs for 1 minute.

c)

always

d)

whenever you say it is

22.

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Show Answer

a)

Tuesday

b)

Tues, Wed, Thurs

c)

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

d)

Fri, Sat, Sun

23.

A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?

Show Answer

a)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

b)

It the other one!!

24.

What room do ghosts avoid?

a)

The spooky one

b)

The alive room

c)

the living room

d)

the light room

25.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

a)

Every second year

b)

Every third year

c)

in the alphabet

d)

in the dictionary