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103 Halloween Riddles With Answers

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  1. Our dinner guests cry that we are evil when they notice their place in the meal. But it's no big deal why; we are just one big happy tribe! And we get really fed up with people! Who, What or Are we?
  2. Why did the game warden arrest the Ghost?
  3. What do you call an out-of-work Ghost?
  4. Why did Frankenstein's monster get indigestion?
  5. Untainted, Eternal, Marooned A place where the living will move. A shrine beneath the sun. Greeted by the morning's crest. Our sanctity, Our rest. For when our day is done. What am I?
  6. What should you say when you meet a ghost in your bedroom?
  7. What do ghosts do before they enter a haunted house?
  8. Which of the witch's friends eats the fastest?
  9. What kind of money do vampires use?
  10. I'm not sure where everyone is and there are graves here. Where am I?
  11. On which side of a church is the graveyard always situated?
  12. How can you tell if a ghost is about to faint?
  13. What is a five-letter word with no vowels?
  14. What did the zombie eat for breakfast?
  15. What kind of Doctors are like spiders?
  16. What do you call it when you walk into a spider web?
  17. What do you call a ghost with a broken leg?
  18. I am the creature that robs men of their dignity, pride, and will. I feast on children's dreams till' they have none. I am the monster in your head, waiting to strike. What am I?
  19. My hair is blue and pink, I am human, I am daddy's Lil monster. Who am I?
  20. When I looked at the lake, I saw my reflection, but yet I disappear from every picture I take. What am I?
  21. What do spiders eat with their dinner?
  22. What was written on Frankenstein's monster's grave?
  23. As destructive as life, As healing as death; An institution of strife, Just as prone to bless. It is all that is good, Yet with an evil trend; As it was the beginning of things, It can also be the end. What is it?
  24. Why did the skeleton climb up the tree?
  25. A ghost was painting a picture. What did he paint on his picture?
  26. I can make many people scream yet I can still be seen I make many things grow yet still I can melt the snow. What am I?
  27. What is a vampire's favorite car to drive in?
  28. Where is the popularity of spiders more visible?
  29. We are always found two in a coffin, when we are separated from each other, we love to start a fight, and also together, we make a difference. What are we?
  30. Compact creatures consistently caught, A waif woeful widow woven. A translucent template tense and taut, Can civilize and calmly cause cloven. What am I?
  31. Why is France like a skeleton?
  32. What did the ghost eat for breakfast?
  33. What is the scariest side of a haunted house?
  34. What is a ghost's favorite pepper?
  35. What time is it when you see a monster?
  36. How do monsters like their eggs?
  37. What is a vampire's favorite fruit?
  38. Why couldn't Dracula's wife go to sleep?
  39. Why do skeletons hate the cold?
  40. What does a vegetarian zombie say?
  41. What game do ghosts like to play at the top of the mountain?
  42. Why did the ghost cry?
  43. What kind of streets do zombies like?
  44. What did the skeleton order at the restaurant?
  45. What do you call a ghost without a host?
  46. Where do zombies go on vacation?
  47. How do you make a strawberry shake?
  48. What is a vampire's favorite boat to travel on?
  49. What do sea monsters eat for lunch?
  50. You walk into your house you see three doors you've never seen before. One vampire bat that will suck your blood. Two zombies who will eat your brain. Three a lion that hasn't eaten for over six months. Which one do you go through?
  51. I have no mind or soul. I've been eternally attached since man's dawn. My kind disappears on and off, to everyone I accompany them to their death, and buried with them, then I hide away when the casket shuts. What am I?
  52. I serve on a cross, to prevent loss. What am I?
  53. I am one with eight to spare, lest I lose my one. I'm not a number. What am I?
  54. What happens when a sea monster gets angry?
  55. What did the tourist say to a vampire?
  56. What type of dog does a vampire have?
  57. What are ghosts' favorite pants to wear?
  58. What do you get when you cross Purell with the devil?
  59. I scream, I can be almost any shape or color, but everyone seems to talk about screaming when they talk about me. What am I?
  60. Do vampires play tennis in their free time?
  61. I am the enemy of all that is good and right. Five letters--that is the length of my name. Remove the first and evil I remain.
  62. How do you spot a modern spider?
  63. I am dead but alive, I eat but am never satisfied, I consume knowledge but gain none. What am I?
  64. What did the first casket say to the second casket?
  65. What does a vegetarian zombie eat?
  66. How can you tell if a vampire is sick?
  67. Why did the skeleton go to the barbecue?
  68. What tops off a ghost's ice-scream sundae?
  69. Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. He who use it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
  70. Why did the spider get a job in I.T.?
  71. I move without wings, between silken strings, I leave as you find, my substance behind. What am I?
  72. What do spiders like with their hamburgers?
  73. Why are ghosts bad at lying?
  74. I'm under your face, I'm outside your mind; A biological case, Pressure brings pain sometimes. What am I?
  75. I can be hairy and itchy all over. I hang on a stick. I can be the scariest thing you have ever seen. I stand in the middle of nowhere. What am I?
  76. What is a ghost's favorite fruit?
  77. With pointed fangs, it sits in wait, With piercing force, its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I?
  78. Where do wolves stay on vacation?
  79. Why don't zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?
  80. What instrument does a skeleton play?
  81. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
  82. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
  83. Who was the most famous Skeleton detective?
  84. I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty. What am I?
  85. You're in a room and there is a ghost in the room, but you're the only one in the room. How is this possible?
  86. Where do baby ghosts go while their parents work?
  87. What did the spider say to the fly on Halloween?
  88. How do spiders communicate?
  89. What do you call a wizard from outer space that can fly?
  90. What kind of makeup is a ghost's favorite to wear?
  91. How do vampires like their food served?
  92. I scream, You scream, We all scream. For what?
  93. Why did the vampire take an art class?
  94. Why do skeletons go on vacations alone?
  95. How do you fix a broken jack-o-lantern?
  96. What kind of candy would a prisoner want before he is executed?
  97. Why didn't the monster eat the crazy person?
  98. Which three letters can frighten a ghost away?
  99. What is a ghost's favorite dessert?
  100. What is harder to catch the faster you run?
  101. Why did Snap, Crackle, and Pop get scared?
  102. Which part of a road do Ghosts love to travel the most?
  103. How do you spell candy in 2 letters?

Answers

  1. Cannibals!The riddle's play on 'getting fed up with people' and guests realizing their 'place in the meal' point to cannibals eating people.
  2. He did not have a current haunting license.This puns on a hunting license, required for game wardens to enforce, replaced with a 'haunting' license for ghosts.
  3. Lazy Bones.This puns on 'lazy bones,' an idiom for an idle person, fitting a skeletal or ghostly figure without a job.
  4. He bolted down his food.'Bolted down his food' means eating too fast, punning on the neck bolts of Frankenstein's monster.
  5. A Graveyard.The clues about eternal rest, sanctity, and where the living eventually 'move' to describe a graveyard.
  6. "How do you boo?"This puns on the greeting 'How do you do?' replacing 'do' with 'boo,' a ghost's spooky sound.
  7. Wipe their sheets.This puns on 'wipe their feet,' a common courtesy before entering a house, replaced with a ghost's sheet costume.
  8. The goblin.Pun on "goblin" sounding like "gobblin'," as in gobbling food quickly.
  9. Blood money!"Blood money" is a real term for ill-gotten gains, fittingly reimagined for a blood-drinking vampire.
  10. A graveyard.The description of graves and confusion about the missing living people simply describes standing in a graveyard.
  11. On the outside, of course.The riddle plays on a literal reading: graveyards are outside the church building, not on any particular interior side.
  12. He gets pale as a sheet.This puns on 'pale as a sheet,' an idiom for looking faint, referencing the white sheet a ghost is depicted wearing.
  13. Crypt (others are accepted).'Crypt' is five letters long and uses no standard vowels (a, e, i, o, u), fitting the Halloween theme of a burial vault.
  14. Raisen Brain!'Raisen Brain' puns on the cereal 'Raisin Bran,' swapping in a zombie's craving for brains.
  15. Spin Doctors.'Spin doctor' is a term for someone who manages public perception, punned with a spider spinning webs.
  16. Free Karate lessons.Frantically swatting away a sticky spider web resembles the arm movements of karate.
  17. A Hoblin Goblin.This puns on 'hobbling goblin,' referencing a limping walk due to a broken leg, playfully rhymed.
  18. I am fear, SO FEAR ME!Fear undermines confidence and pride and can consume a child's hopeful dreams, existing only as a mental threat.
  19. Harley Quinn.Harley Quinn is famously depicted with blue and pink hair and calls herself 'Daddy's Lil Monster.'
  20. A ghost.Ghosts are traditionally said to have no reflection in photographs even though they might appear in water or mirrors in folklore.
  21. Corn on the cobweb.'Corn on the cobweb' puns on 'corn on the cob,' swapping in a spider's web.
  22. "Rust in peace."'Rust in peace' puns on 'rest in peace,' fitting the monster's metal bolts that would rust.
  23. It is fire!Fire can destroy or warm/heal, bless with light or curse with destruction, and both create (the start of civilization) and end (via burning) things.
  24. Because the dog was after his bones.The humor comes from a literal reading: dogs chase bones, and a skeleton is made entirely of bones.
  25. A picture!This is a circular, absurdist joke where the answer simply restates the question's premise.
  26. I am fire.Fire is visible, can cause screams from fear or pain, helps things grow when controlled, and melts snow with its heat.
  27. A bloodmobile?'Bloodmobile' puns on a mobile blood donation vehicle, fitting a vampire's thirst for blood.
  28. On the web-sight (website)'Web-sight' puns on 'website,' tying a spider's physical web to internet popularity.
  29. The letter "F"."Coffin" contains two F's, "fight" begins with F, and "difference" contains F's, tying all the clues to the letter F.
  30. A spider's web.The alliterative clues describe a taut, woven, translucent structure that traps small creatures, i.e. a spider's web.
  31. Because only the *bony part* is left. This is a play on words referring to Napoleon Bonaparte who played a key role in the 1789 French Revolution and was the first Emporer of France from 1804-15.The riddle plays on "Bony" sounding like a shortened, punny reference to skeletal remains (bones) left behind, similar to how history/ruins are described.
  32. Dreaded Wheats.This puns on 'Shredded Wheat,' a breakfast cereal, replacing 'Shredded' with 'Dreaded' for a spooky twist.
  33. The inside.The joke subverts expectation: instead of naming a specific side, the answer is simply the interior.
  34. A ghost pepper.This is a play on words since 'ghost pepper' is a real, extremely spicy pepper variety sharing the ghost's name.
  35. Time to run.The joke plays on the literal 'what time is it' question with a practical, non-time answer about fleeing.
  36. Terri-Fried.This puns on 'terri-fried,' combining 'terrified' with 'fried,' a way of cooking eggs.
  37. A neck-tarine!Wordplay — "neck-tarine" combines "neck," where vampires bite, with "nectarine."
  38. Because of his "coffin"!'Coffin' sounds like 'coughing,' implying Dracula kept her awake by coughing, punned with his actual coffin.
  39. The wind goes right through them!The joke relies on the literal fact that skeletons have gaps and no flesh, so wind can pass straight through their ribcage.
  40. 'G'rainsss!The zombie's usual cry of 'Brains!' becomes 'Grains!' to suit a vegetarian diet.
  41. Peak-a-boo!This puns on 'peekaboo,' the children's game, combined with 'peak,' the top of a mountain.
  42. He had a booboo.'Booboo' is a childish word for a minor injury, and it starts with 'boo,' a ghost's sound.
  43. Dead ends!'Dead end' streets suit zombies, who are members of the undead.
  44. Spare ribs!"Spare ribs" is a pun since a skeleton literally has ribs, and "spare" ribs is also a popular food dish.
  45. G.Removing the letters 'host' from 'ghost' leaves only the letter 'G.'
  46. The Dead Sea.'The Dead Sea' is a real body of water whose name suits a zombie, a member of the undead.
  47. Tell it a scarystory!Telling the strawberry a scary story would make it 'shake' from fear, punning on a milkshake.
  48. A blood vessel.'Blood vessel' puns on 'vessel' meaning both a boat and a blood vein, fitting a vampire's theme.
  49. Fish and ships.This puns on the popular dish 'fish and chips,' swapping 'chips' for 'ships' since sea monsters attack vessels.
  50. Three a lion that hasn't eaten for over 6 months because he would be dead.A lion that hasn't eaten in six months would have starved to death, making that door safe.
  51. A shadow.A shadow follows a person their whole life, disappears in darkness, and vanishes once they're buried and no light reaches them.
  52. A scarecrowA scarecrow is mounted on a cross-shaped frame in a field to prevent crop loss from birds.
  53. A Cat. ( Nine Lives )Cats are said to have nine lives, so having 'eight to spare' means losing the final, ninth one.
  54. It causes a comm-ocean.'Comm-ocean' puns on 'commotion,' with 'ocean' fitting the sea monster's habitat.
  55. Do you know a good place to get a bite?Wordplay — "get a bite" means both grabbing a meal and a vampire's literal bite.
  56. A Bloodhound!Pun on 'Bloodhound', a real dog breed whose name evokes a vampire's love of blood.
  57. Boo-jeans.'Boo-jeans' puns on blue jeans with a ghost's 'boo.'
  58. Hand Satanizer.'Hand Satanizer' puns on hand sanitizer, swapping in 'Satan.'
  59. An Ice Cream.'Ice cream' sounds like 'I scream,' matching the riddle's opening line.
  60. No they prefer bat-minton.Wordplay — "bat-minton" sounds like "badminton," and vampires turn into bats.
  61. The devil. (D-evil)Removing the 'D' from 'devil' leaves the word 'evil,' matching the riddle's clue.
  62. She has a Web Site.'Web site' puns on a website (internet) and a spider's physical web.
  63. A Zombie.A zombie is undead (dead but moving/'alive'), endlessly hungry, and mindlessly consumes brains without learning anything.
  64. Is that you coffin?'Coffin' sounds like 'coughing,' making a pun on caskets talking about a cough.
  65. Graaaaaaaains!The zombie's classic groan for 'Brains!' is replaced with 'Grains!' to fit a vegetarian diet.
  66. By how much he's coffin.Wordplay — "coffin" sounds like "coughing," a sign of sickness, and vampires sleep in coffins.
  67. To get some spare - ribs.'Spare ribs' is a barbecue dish, but a skeleton also literally has ribs to spare.
  68. Whipped Scream.This puns on 'whipped cream,' replacing 'cream' with 'scream,' fitting a ghost theme.
  69. A Coffin.The maker (a carpenter) doesn't need it, the buyer purchases it for someone else, and the person who 'uses' it (the deceased) is beyond sensation.
  70. Because he was a great web designer.'Web designer' puns on both building websites and a spider's talent for spinning webs.
  71. A SpiderA spider has no wings but travels along the silk threads of its own web, leaving that web (its silk) behind wherever it goes.
  72. French flies.'French flies' puns on French fries, swapping in the insects spiders eat.
  73. Because you can see right through them.This puns on 'see right through them,' meaning both detecting a lie and a ghost's transparent appearance.
  74. Your skull.The skull sits beneath the face and encases the brain, and pressure or trauma to it can cause pain, such as headaches.
  75. A scarecrow!A scarecrow is stuffed with hairy straw, is mounted on a wooden stick, and stands alone in a field.
  76. BOO-BERRIES!This puns on 'blueberries,' replacing 'blue' with 'boo,' a ghost's spooky sound.
  77. I'm a Stapler.The 'fangs' and 'bite' describe a stapler's pins piercing and joining papers together.
  78. At a howl-iday inn.'Howl-iday Inn' puns on the hotel chain Holiday Inn and a wolf's howl.
  79. Because they prefer to eat their fingers separately.Zombies are known for eating body parts, so they'd rather eat their own fingers than use them to eat popcorn.
  80. Trombone.The trombone's sliding sound is jokingly linked to rattling bones, and it visually resembles a long bone.
  81. Frostbite."Frostbite" combines "frost" from the snowman with "bite," the vampire's signature act.
  82. Because it didn't have the guts.'Didn't have the guts' means lacking courage, but a skeleton literally has no internal organs.
  83. Sherlock Bones."Sherlock Bones" is a pun combining the famous detective Sherlock Holmes with "bones," a skeleton's main feature.
  84. I am a skull.A skull once held the eyes and brain of a living person but is now hollow bone.
  85. You're the ghost.The riddle's twist reveals that the reader themselves is the ghost, resolving the apparent contradiction.
  86. To day-scare!This puns on 'daycare,' sounding like 'day-scare,' fitting a ghost's scary nature.
  87. The web is the trick and you are the treat.The line reworks 'trick or treat' with the spider's web as the trick and the fly as the treat.
  88. Through the worldwide web.This is a pun on 'World Wide Web,' punning the spider's web with the internet.
  89. A flying sorcerer!'Flying sorcerer' is a pun on 'flying saucer,' the classic term for a UFO.
  90. Mas-scare-a.'Mascara' is split to reveal the hidden word 'scare,' fitting a ghost's job of scaring people.
  91. In bite-size pieces.Pun on 'bite-size', referencing both small food portions and a vampire's bite.
  92. Ice cream.The phrase 'I scream' sounds identical to 'ice cream' when spoken aloud.
  93. He wanted to learn how to draw blood.'Draw blood' means to injure and bleed someone, punned with drawing as an art skill.
  94. Because they have no-body to go with.'No-body' puns on skeletons literally having no body/flesh and idiomatically having 'nobody' to travel with.
  95. With a pumpkin patch.This puns on 'pumpkin patch,' meaning both a farm field of pumpkins and a literal patch to repair the broken shell.
  96. A Life Saver.'Life Saver' is both a brand of candy and literally something that would save the prisoner's life.
  97. He was allergic to nuts.This puns on the slang word 'nuts,' meaning crazy -- the monster avoided the 'crazy' (nuts) person because of an allergy.
  98. I C U.Saying the letters 'I C U' sounds like 'I see you,' which would startle a hiding ghost.
  99. Ice Scream.This puns on 'Ice Scream,' sounding like 'ice cream,' combined with a ghost's frightening scream.
  100. Your breath!Running faster makes you more out of breath, so your breath becomes 'harder to catch.'
  101. They heard there was a cereal killer on the loose.The Rice Krispies mascots are cereal characters, so 'cereal killer' puns on 'serial killer.'
  102. The Dead End.This puns on 'dead end,' a road term, fitting since ghosts are the spirits of the dead.
  103. c and y c(and)y.The word 'candy' hides the word 'and' inside c-AND-y, so 'C' plus 'Y' with 'and' implied spells it in two letters.