Riddles for kids with answers

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

In a one-storey pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink!What color were the stairs?

What has hands but can not clap?

A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?

What is at the end of a rainbow?

What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?

A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?

You walk into a room with a match, a karosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

How many months have 28 days?

Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?

A train leaves from Halifax, Nova Scotia heading towards Vancouver, British Columbia at 120 km/h. Three hours later, a train leaves Vancouver heading towards Halifax at 180 km/h. Assume there’s exactly 6000 kilometers between Vancouver and Halifax. When they meet, which train is closer to Halifax?

What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood?

Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten in all. How is this possible?

A man was outside taking a walk, when it started to rain. The man didn’t have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, “I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son.” But the doctor was not the boy’s father. How could that be?

What can run but can’t walk?

How far can a dog run into the woods?

If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?

You have a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket with as much water as you need, but no other measuring devices. Fill the 5 gallon bucket with exactly 4 gallons of water.

What’s full of holes but still holds water?

If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift?

Say Racecar backwards.

What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, to only have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything?

My name is Ruger, I live on a farm. There are four other dogs on the farm with me. Their names are Snowy, Flash, Speedy and Brownie. What do you think the fifth dog’s name is?

I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

What word looks the same backwards and upside down?

A boy fell off a 30 meter ladder but did not get hurt. Why not?

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

How do dog catchers get paid?

What never asks questions but is often answered?

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

I have a large money box, 48 centimetres square and 42 centimetres tall. Roughly how many coins can I place in my empty money box?

What does this mean? I RIGHT I

What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Imagine you’re in a room that is filling with water. There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

What two keys can’t open any door?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

I am the biggest alphabet, as I contain the most water in the world. Who am I?

have all the knowledge you have. But I am small as your fist that your hands can hold me. Who am I?

What has hands but cannot clap?

I am tall when I am young and I am short when I am old. What am I?

What is at the end of a rainbow?

In a one-story blue house, there was a blue person, a blue cat, a blue fish, a blue computer, a blue chair, a blue table, a blue telephone, a blue shower – everything blue! What color were the stairs?

What starts with then letter ‘t’, is filled with ‘t’ and ends in ‘t’?

Which weighs more, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?

You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make it longer?

Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?

How many months have 28 days?

What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood?

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

What can run but cannot walk?

If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

If an electric train is moving towards east at 60 miles an hour and there is strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift?

Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?

How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, to only have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything?

I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

A boy fell off a 30 meter ladder but did not get hurt. Why not?

What word looks the same backwards and upside down?

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

What never asks questions but is often answered?

What does this mean? I RIGHT I

Imagine you are in a room filling with water. There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?

What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

What two keys can’t open any door?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

What is the easiest way to double your money?

What has a neck but no head?

What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?

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

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Everyone has it and no one can lose it. What is it?

What goes up and doesn’t come down?

What is the word that is spelled incorrectly in all dictionaries?

Scientists are trying to find out what is between earth and heaven. Can you find me?

Everyone in the world break me when they speak every time. Who am I?

I start with ‘P’ and end with ‘E’, but I have thousands of letters. Find me!

Railroad crossing, watch out of cars. Can you spell that without any “r’s”?

When you look for something. Why is it always in the last place you look?

How can a man go eight days without sleep?

I am full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday?

What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

I am light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?

If you are running in a race and you pass the person in the second place, what place are you in?

A horse is on a 24 foot chain and wants an apple that is 26 feet away. How can the horse get to the apple?

What has a horn but does not honk?

What can honk without a horn?

Why do dragons sleep all day?

What fur do we get from Tiger?

What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing at all?

What always sleeps with its shoes on?

What has two heads, four eyes, six legs and a tail?

What does a cat have no other animal has?

It is easy to get into, but hard to get out of? What is it?

It has a neck but no head, and wears a cap? What is it?

This can clap without any hands. What is it?

It wears a jacket, but no pants. What is it?

It flies around all day but never goes anywhere? What is it?

This bet can never be won. What is it?

This type of dress can never be worn. What is it?

It has eyes that cannot see, a tongue that cannot taste, and a soul that cannot die. What is it?

You can serve it, but never it. What is it?

It has hundred limbs, but cannot walk. What is it?

It comes down but never goes up. What is it

It gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries. What is it?

You can catch it, but not throw it. What is it?

It has four eyes but cannot see. What is it?

It has eighty-eight keys but can’t open a single door. What is it?

It is always coming but never arrives. What is it?

It gets broken without being held. What is it?

You can hear it, but not touch or see it. What is it?

If I have it, I do not share it, If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?

The more you take away, the larger it becomes. What is it?

It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born in air. What is it?

It has been around for millions of years, but it is no more than a month old. What is it?

You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

You will throw me out when you want to use me. You will take me in when you don’t want to use me. What am I?

People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

I have no life, but I can die, What am I?

I have no legs. I will never walk, but always run. What am I?

I have a lots of memories, but I own nothing, What am I?

I go around all the places, cities, towns and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

I do not speak, cannot hear or speak anything, but I will always tell the truth. What am I?

I do not have wings, but I can fly. I don’t have eyes, but I will cry! What am I?

I am a word. If you pronounce me rightly, it will be wrong. If you pronounce me wrong it is right? What word am I?

Why did the woman wear a helmet at the dinner table?

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

Why are teddy bears never hungry?

Why was the belt arrested?

What can make an octopus laugh?

Why do lions eat raw meat?

What do lazy dogs do for fun?