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Yr 7 Riddles and Brain Teasers

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

a)

Plate

b)

Egg

c)

Door

d)

Lightbulb

2.

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

a)

Leaf

b)

Echo

c)

Whisper

d)

Feather

3.

What has hands but can't clap?

a)

Statue

b)

Clock

c)

Puppet

d)

Mirror

4.

What gets wetter the more it dries?

a)

Sponge

b)

Towel

c)

Raincoat

d)

Water bottle

5.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

a)

The letter M

b)

Time

c)

A blink

d)

A moon

6.

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

a)

Tree

b)

Candle

c)

Candle

d)

Ruler

7.

What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

a)

Tent

b)

Tooth

c)

Teapot

d)

Talent

8.

What has a neck but no head?

a)

Shirt

b)

Bottle

c)

Giraffe

d)

Guitar

9.

What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

a)

Globe

b)

Stamp

c)

WiFi

d)

Suitcase

10.

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

a)

Time

b)

Money

c)

Footsteps

d)

Mistakes

11.

What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?

a)

Wallet

b)

Shoes

c)

Your name

d)

Phone

12.

What has an eye but can't see?

a)

Needle

b)

Needle

c)

Cyclops

d)

Hurricane

13.

What goes up but never comes down?

a)

Balloon

b)

Smoke

c)

Your age

d)

Rain

14.

What has one head, one foot, and four legs?

a)

Human

b)

Bed

c)

Spider

d)

Table

15.

What comes down but never goes up?

a)

Price

b)

Sun

c)

Rain

d)

Smoke

16.

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

a)

Barber

b)

Barber

c)

Wizard

d)

Liar

17.

What runs, but never walks. Has a bed, but never sleeps?

a)

Dog

b)

River

c)

Train

d)

Time

18.

The more you take away from me, the bigger I become. What am I?

a)

Balloon

b)

Hole

c)

Shadow

d)

Cloud

19.

Forward I'm heavy, but backward I'm not. What am I?

a)

Rock

b)

Ton

c)

Truck

d)

Sack

20.

What has many keys but can't open any locks?

a)

Safe

b)

Piano

c)

Keychain

d)

Map

21.

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

a)

Light

b)

Light

c)

Water

d)

Sound

22.

What gets bigger the more you take away?

a)

Pit

b)

Hole

c)

Puzzle

d)

Puddle

23.

What comes at the end of everything?

a)

Stop

b)

The end

c)

The letter G

d)

Silence

24.

What is full of holes but still holds water?

a)

Cup

b)

Bag

c)

Sponge

d)

Hose

25.

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

a)

Letter V

b)

Letter E

c)

Letter N

d)

Letter U

26.

What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?

a)

Raincoat

b)

Paint

c)

Shadow

d)

Ice

27.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

a)

X-ray

b)

Window

c)

Door

d)

Mirror

28.

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

a)

Classroom

b)

Bathroom

c)

Mushroom

d)

Ballroom

29.

What has no life but can grow?

a)

Cloud

b)

Crystal

c)

Baby

d)

Fire

30.

What can be cracked, made, told, and played?

a)

Mirror

b)

Joke

c)

Song

d)

Game

31.

What is always moving but never actually goes anywhere?

a)

Clock

b)

Time

c)

Train

d)

Mind

32.

What can you catch but not throw?

a)

Fish

b)

Cold

c)

Shadow

d)

Star

33.

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

a)

Cactus

b)

Bank

c)

Treehouse

d)

Computer

34.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

a)

Oak

b)

Palm

c)

Birch

d)

Cedar

35.

What's easy to lift but hard to throw?

a)

Pillow

b)

Feather

c)

Feather

d)

Balloon

36.

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

a)

Eye

b)

Ease

c)

Envelope

d)

Echo

37.

What comes before thunder?

a)

Storm

b)

Lightning

c)

Clouds

d)

Wind

38.

What flies without wings and cries without eyes?

a)

Rain

b)

Cloud

c)

Wind

d)

Time

39.

What has teeth but can't bite?

a)

Bat

b)

Comb

c)

Snake

d)

Pencil

40.

If you drop me I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I?

a)

Friend

b)

Mirror

c)

Egg

d)

Balloon

41.

What has four wheels and flies?

a)

Helicopter

b)

Garbage truck

c)

Race car

d)

Bus

42.

What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?

a)

Wrong

b)

Incorrectly

c)

Typo

d)

Error

43.

Which month has 28 days?

a)

February

b)

None

c)

All of them

d)

December

44.

What can you hold in your right hand but not your left?

a)

Foot

b)

Elbow

c)

Left hand

d)

Thumb

45.

What type of music do mummies listen to?

a)

Jazz

b)

Wrap

c)

Classical

d)

Funk

46.

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

a)

Statue

b)

Clock

c)

Robot

d)

Puppet

47.

What building has the most stories?

a)

Library

b)

Library

c)

Bookstore

d)

Castle

48.

What do you call a bear with no teeth?

a)

Grizzly

b)

Gummy bear

c)

Soft bear

d)

Sleepy bear

49.

What has wheels and flies but isn't an aircraft?

a)

Buggy

b)

Garbage truck

c)

Bike

d)

Helicopter

50.

What goes up and down but never moves?

a)

Elevator

b)

Stairs

c)

Thermometer

d)

Seesaw