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Riddles

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

I am round, a size of a fist, sweet but has so many seeds

a)

Papaya

b)

Pomegranate

c)

Mango

d)

Jack Fruit

3.

What month do people sleep the least

a)

December

b)

they are all the same

c)

January

d)

February

4.

What has many keys, but can't even open a single door?

a)

A small key

b)

A large key

c)

A monKEY

d)

Piano

5.

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

a)

Shovel

b)

Pencil Lead

c)

Wooden Pole

d)

Spade

6.

What is often returned but never borrowed

a)

thanks

b)

gifts

c)

socks

7.

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

8.

What is as fast as a cheetah as slow as a turtle and can transform into any shape or object?

a)

cheetah

b)

shadow

c)

lifetime

d)

turtle

9.

Some months have thirty days and some have thirty-one. How many have twenty-eight days?

a)

March

b)

all of the above

c)

all of them

d)

none of them

10.

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

a)

towel

b)

sink

c)

yourself

d)

name

11.

What can taste better than it can smell?

a)

vegetables

b)

a hamburger

c)

a nose

d)

a tongue

12.

How can a pants pocket be empty but still have something in it?

a)

it has a crumb

b)

it has a hole in it

c)

there is no pocket

d)

it has a rock in it

13.

What word becomes sorter when you add two letters?

a)

for

b)

bee

c)

short

d)

and

14.

What has hands but cannot clap?

a)

clock

b)

time

c)

person

d)

monkey

15.

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a lifetime?

a)

the letter m

b)

life

c)

time

d)

a second

16.

What goes up and down abut doesn't move?

a)

the water

b)

the road

c)

clowds

d)

the wind

17.

What should you do when you see a green man?

a)

Put your hands on top of your head.

b)

Raise your hand

c)

Cross the road

d)

Run!

18.

How can you place a pencil on the floor so no one can see it?

a)

Put it vertically

b)

Put it horizontally

c)

Next to the wall

d)

Have it face the light

19.

I like to do magic and ride on a broomstick

a)

wizard

b)

queen

c)

king

d)

witch

20.

Your body has two, it’s put in a shoe

a)

eyes

b)

ears

c)

foot

d)

arms

21.

Of these you will need a pair if you want to cut some hair

a)

scissors

b)

shoes

c)

pants

22.

Timmy's dad has 3 daughters: the first one is Jimmy, the second is Jonny, what is the third?

a)

Slonny

b)

Monni

c)

Clonni

d)

Timmy

23.

What are two things you can never eat for breakfast?

a)

Fish and Tomato soup

b)

Lunch and Dinner

c)

Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner

d)

Glue

24.

A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room." He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

a)

She has seen the man before

b)

The man was her ex- husband

c)

The man didn't have a key

d)

You don't knock on your own hotel door and the man did.