298 Riddles for Kids With Answers - page 3 of 3
What starts with 'P', ends with 'E' and has thousands of letters?
A "post office" handles thousands of mailed letters daily, and its name starts with P and ends with E.
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
You "hold" your breath internally, with no hands required.
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle has a narrow "neck" near its top opening but no head.
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
'Mushroom' ends in '-room' but is a fungus with no doors or windows, since it isn't an actual room.
What starts with 'E', ends with 'E' but only contains one letter?
The word "envelope" starts and ends with "e," and an envelope itself is used to hold just one letter inside.
I am a number that is 2 more than 3. What number am I?
Adding two to three gives five.
I am a shape with 8 sides. What shape am I?
An eight-sided polygon is called an octagon, like a stop sign.
I am a number that is 1 less than 5. What number am I?
Subtracting one from five leaves four.
I am a shape with 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angles, but not a square. What shape am I?
The riddle points to a four-sided shape with right angles that isn't a square — a rectangle, matching the classic kids'-riddle answer.
I am a number that is 1 more than 4. What number am I?
Adding one to four gives five.
I am a shape with 6 sides. What shape am I?
A six-sided polygon is called a hexagon.
I am a number that is 1 less than 3. What number am I?
Subtracting one from three leaves two.
I am a shape with 5 sides. What shape am I?
A five-sided polygon is called a pentagon.
I am a number that is 2 more than 1. What number am I?
Adding two to one gives three.
I am a shape with 4 sides, but only 2 sides are parallel. What shape am I?
A trapezoid is defined by having exactly one pair of parallel sides.
I am a number that is 2 less than 6. What number am I?
Subtracting two from six leaves four.
I am a shape with 3 sides. What shape am I?
A three-sided polygon is by definition a triangle.
I am a number that is one more than 3. What number am I?
Adding one to three gives four.
I am a shape with 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angles. What shape am I?
Equal sides plus right angles define a square specifically, unlike a rectangle which only needs right angles.
I am a number that is more than 5 but less than 7. What number am I?
The only whole number between 5 and 7 is 6.
What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
This describes a person's life stages: crawling as a baby (four legs), walking as an adult (two legs), and using a cane in old age (three legs).
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Each step you take leaves a footprint behind you, so taking more steps creates more footprints left in your path.
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire needs constant fuel to keep burning, and touching it will burn (redden) your finger.
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Pencil "lead," graphite, is mined from the earth and permanently encased in a wooden pencil, yet used constantly for writing.
What can you break without touching it?
A promise is an intangible commitment that can be broken without any physical contact.
What has a face that doesn't smile, a mouth that doesn't talk, and a bed but doesn't sleep?
A house has a "face" (its front), a "mouth" (the doorway), and a "bed"room, all without literally doing any of those things.
What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses?
A coconut's brown, fuzzy shell is playfully imagined as "hairy," fitting a beach vacation theme with sunglasses.
What is light as a feather but even the world's strongest man can't hold it for long?
Holding your breath feels effortless at first, but even the strongest person must eventually breathe again.
What has a heart that doesn't beat?
The "heart" of an artichoke is a real part of the vegetable, but it has no pulse since it isn't alive in the animal sense.
What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
A river has a "bed," its channel, and a "mouth," where it meets the sea, both geographic terms.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
A glove is shaped exactly like a hand, with a thumb and four fingers, but isn't a living thing.
What has a tail and a head, but no body?
A coin has "heads" and "tails" sides but no body between them.
What has a face and hands but no arms or legs?
A clock has a "face" with numbers and moving "hands" to show time, but no actual limbs.
Why do mummies like Christmas so much?
Mummies are wrapped in bandages, so they'd relate to Christmas presents being 'wrapped.'
What does a ghost use to wash its hair?
A pun on 'shampoo' and the sound a ghost makes.
What do elves learn at school?
A pun on the 'alphabet' for elves.
What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
A pun combining the cold (frost) and the vampire's bite.
What do you call an elephant in Antarctica?
Elephants don't live in Antarctica, so he would be lost.
What kind of music do bunnies listen to?
A pun on the way bunnies move (hop).
Nobody empties me, but I never stay full for long. What am I?
The moon cycles through phases, changing how full it looks.
I have no wings, but I can fly. And I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
A cloud moves in the sky (flies) and produces rain (cries).
I have storms that rage for hundreds of years. My winds are the fastest. What am I?
The blue planet known for the Great Dark Spot and extremely high winds.
I'm closest to the Sun, but I don't get much attention. What am I?
The planet closest to the Sun's intense heat.
I'm red all over, with dust in the air. What am I?
The Red Planet known for its dusty and iron-rich surface.
I'm your home and the third from the Sun. What am I?
Our planet is the third from the Sun in our solar system.
I'm hot and bright, but don't touch! I shoot up from the Earth in a big rush. What am I?
A mountain that erupts with hot lava.
I live in the sky but fall to the ground. I'm cold and white and make no sound. What am I?
Frozen precipitation that falls silently from the sky.
I'm not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Fire consumes oxygen (needs air) and spreads (grows).
A mother frog croaks "Ribbet-Ribbet." How does a baby frog croak?
A baby frog is a tadpole and hasn't developed a croak yet.
I have a thousand needles but I do not sew. What am I?
An animal covered in sharp quills that look like needles.
I have a hole in my back and legs I lack. I live where I can't breathe and I eat without teeth. What am I?
A mammal with a blowhole (hole in back) and no legs.
I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?
A common pet that lives in a bowl and has fins.
I hide my treasure in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy. If you spot me in a tree, please don�t call me scruffy. What am I?
They bury nuts (treasure) and have bushy tails.
I have horns but I can't beep. I like to bleat but I'm not a sheep. What am I?
Goats have horns and make a 'bleat' sound.
I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?
The fastest land animal, but they don't climb well like leopards.
I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
A goose makes a loud honking call that sounds remarkably like a car horn, even though it has no horn at all.
I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
A mammal that flies at night and has skin wings.
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
'Slide' puns on the playground equipment and the classic 'other side' punchline of the chicken-crossing-the-road joke.
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
This puns on 'gummy,' meaning both a toothless gum-only mouth and the candy called gummy bears.
Who wears shoes while sleeping?
Horses wear iron shoes (horseshoes) even while sleeping.
The alphabet goes from A to Z but I go Z to A. What am I?
An animal whose name starts with Z, representing the end of the alphabet.
I'm an animal that carries my house on my back. I never run fast; I'm known to be slack. What am I?
A slow creature that carries its shell (house) on its back.
How do you catch a school of fish?
A pun on 'school' of fish and someone who loves books (a bookworm).
I bear the weight of knowledge on my shoulders every day. You'll find me full at dawn and lighter by the hallway. What am I?
Students carry their books in it; it gets lighter as books are used.
I ring when it's time to start or end. I'm not a phone, but I'm every student's friend. What am I?
It signals the transition between classes at school.
Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?
Since the situation is imaginary, the solution is too.
I make a loud sound when I'm changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Kernels pop loudly, expand in size, and become lighter.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
A cupcake is a dessert shaped like it should hold liquid, but being cake, it obviously can't hold water like a real cup.
When the water comes down, I go up. What am I?
When rain falls, you open it up to stay dry.
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
This puns on the word 'palm' -- the tree's name matches the palm of your hand, which you can literally carry things in.
What room do ghosts avoid?
This puns on 'living room,' since ghosts, being dead, avoid anything associated with the 'living.'
Kids can make it, but never hold it or see it. What is it?
You can make it with your voice, but you can't touch it.
My teddy bear is never hungry. Why?
A 'stuffed' animal doesn't need to eat food.
What has a bark but no bite?
The protective outer layer of the trunk and branches of a tree.
What has a spine but no bones?
A book's "spine" is the bound edge, unlike the bony spine of an animal.
I have a heart that doesn't beat?
A green vegetable whose center is called the heart.
I'm full of words and pictures too. Open me up to learn something new. What am I?
A collection of pages used for education or leisure.
I'm not a teacher, but I help you write. What am I?
An instrument made of wood and graphite.
What has a foot but no legs?
A snail's single muscular base is literally called its "foot," though it has no legs.
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Combustion creates heat and light, consuming fuel as it goes.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light fills a room by illuminating it without occupying physical volume.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
The moment you speak the word "silence" aloud, you've already broken it by making a sound.
It stalks the countryside with ears that can't hear. What is it?
It grows on tall stalks in agricultural fields.
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
You rarely say your own name out loud, but everyone else uses it constantly to refer to and address you.
If you're running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
You take the position of the person you just overtook.
What goes up and down but doesn't move?
You walk up and down these steps to change floors.
What can't be put in a saucepan?
It is designed to sit on top of the pan, not inside it.
If you've got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven't kept me. What am I?
If you tell someone, the information is no longer private.
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
This opening is literally built into a wall to let light and sight pass through.
Where does today come before yesterday?
In a book of definitions, words are listed alphabetically.
I'm found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
It's a ball of string often used for knitting.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?
It's the air you take in and let out to live.
What gets bigger when more is taken away?
Think of what happens when you dig soil out of the ground.
What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty?
You write on it with white chalk in a classroom.
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
It's a part of your own body that you physically cannot reach with its own hand.
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
It's a large musical instrument with black and white keys.
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
It appears on the ground when you block a light source.
David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son?
The answer is hidden right at the beginning of the question.