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Kids Riddles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What has to be broken before you use it?

a)

A window

b)

These broken wings

c)

An egg

d)

A heart

2.

How many eggs would a rooster lay over three weeks, provided it is adequately fed and housed?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3+

3.

If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

a)

Because 7, 8, 9

b)

4:05

c)

9

d)

-1

4.

What happens once in a lifetime, twice in a moment, but never in one hundred years?

a)

The letter M

b)

A solar eclipse

c)

Halley's Comet

d)

The magnetic poles reverse

5.

A phone and case cost $110 total. The phone costs $100 more than the case. How much is the case?

a)

$10

b)

$100

c)

$5

d)

$15

6.

What becomes wetter the more it dries?

a)

A puddle

b)

The sky

c)

A towel

d)

The polar icecaps

7.

What has a neck but no head and arms but no hands?

a)

A guitar

b)

A clock

c)

A turtle in its shell

d)

A shirt

8.

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

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

9.

David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and…?

a)

Pop

b)

David

c)

Crunch

d)

Whistle

10.

What room do ghosts avoid?

a)

The living room

b)

The kitchen

c)

The playroom

d)

The bathroom

11.

Mr. Blue lives in the blue house. Mrs. Yellow lives in the yellow house. Mr. Orange lives in the orange house. Who lives in the White House?

a)

The President

b)

Mr. White

c)

All of the colors

d)

None of the colors

12.

What begins with an E and ends with an E but only has one letter?

a)

Eleven

b)

Ewe

c)

An envelope

d)

E!

13.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A tree

c)

A giraffe

d)

A memory

14.

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

a)

Bones

b)

Glass

c)

Eggshells

d)

Silence

15.

What word is spelled wrong in the dictionary?

a)

Gullible

b)

Wrong

c)

Phonetic

d)

Orangutan

16.

What has eyes, a tongue, and a soul but can’t see, taste, or die?

a)

A shoe

b)

A skeleton

c)

A doll

d)

A starfish

17.

What has 13 hearts but can’t love?

a)

An earthworm

b)

An octopus

c)

A cockroach

d)

A deck of cards

18.

Why can’t you trust atoms?

a)

They make up everything

b)

They lie around all day

c)

They're too small

d)

They're positive and negative

19.

Why should you stand in the corner if you get cold?

a)

It's warmer

b)

Less wind

c)

It's always 90°

d)

For wall support

20.

What did one tectonic plate say to the other tectonic plate?

a)

My fault!

b)

Sup bro!

c)

Opa!

d)

Excuse me!