WorksheetsThe Great Grade 5 Riddle Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
What begins with an 'E' and ends with 'E' but only has one letter? a / an .....
Embrace
Earache
Elegance
Envelope
What has to be broken before it can be used? :D
a matches
an egg
a pencil
a piece of paper
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
a ball
a doll
an umbrella
a stamp
What comes down but never goes up?
Storm
Wind
Rain
Water
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?
The word is bringing! bringing, bringin, bringi, bring, brin, bri, br, B.
Is this real?
The word is moderate! moderate, moderat, modera, moder, mode, mod, mo, M.
The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
one
four
seven
David's father has three sons: Snap Crackle and (a) ??
Can you guess what I am? Tall I am young. Short I am old. While with life I glow, wind is my foe. What am I?
(a)
A computer
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Letter "C."
The letter "A."
The letter “R.”
Nothing
A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?
North
Down
When did roosters lay eggs?
It didn’t roll because the egg is cube shaped
How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft long and 4 ft wide?
One grain of dirt
6kg
More than 10kg
None. How is there dirt in a hole?...
Before Mt Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Everest
Mt. Rainier
Mt Aconcagua
How many triangles are there?
8
12
16
18
What comes next in this pattern: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?
15
17
19
21
How many months have 28 days?
All Of Them
1
February
What about leap years?
When I was 6 years old, my sister was half my age. Now I am 50 years old.
How old is my sister now?
25
3
47
Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child?
(10 seconds)
Thursday
Friday
Jimmy
Jim
Bob
How many blocks?
7
8
9
19
Crossroads
Two roads
Two white roads
Roads & roads
45
47
49
51
5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back out on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse was too fast
He took a shortcut home
The horse’s name was Friday.
What is the value of the circle?
3
7
10
14
