Riddles
I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old.
A candle 🕯️
I live in the ocean and I’m very big. Water sprays from the top of my head when I breathe.
A whale 🐋
I am red or green and grow on trees. Many students bring me to school for lunch.
What am I?
An apple 🍎
I write, but I am not a pen. I have pages, but I am not a tree.
What am I?
A book 📖
I am a very tall tower in a city called Paris. Many people visit me and take photos.
Eiffel Tower
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock ⏰
I have very long ears and love to hop around. Many people think I love carrots.
A rabbit 🐰
I am long and orange, and rabbits love to eat me. I grow under the ground.
A carrot 🥕
You use me to unlock doors. I am small and made of metal.
What am I?
A key 🔑
I am a huge wall that stretches across a country in Asia and was built a long time ago to protect the land.
Where am I?
The Great Wall of China
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg 🥚
I move very slowly and carry my home on my back. When I’m scared, I hide inside.
A turtle 🐢
I am yellow on the outside and monkeys love to eat me. You peel my skin before eating me.
What am I?
A banana 🍌
I have a screen, buttons or apps, and people use me to call or send messages.
What am I?
A phone 📱
I am a famous statue in a harbor in New York. I hold a torch and welcome people coming to America.
Where am I?
The Statue of Liberty
I go up but never come down.
Your age 🎂
I say “moo,” live on a farm, and give people milk.
A cow 🐄
I am green on the outside and red on the inside with many black seeds. People love to eat me in summer.
What am I?
A watermelon 🍉
The more you take from me, the bigger I get.
What am I?
A hole 🕳️
I am a large desert in Africa and one of the hottest places on Earth.
Where am I?
The Sahara Desert
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock ⏰
I am a mammal, but I can fly.
I sleep upside down during the day and come out at night to hunt insects using sound.
What am I?
A bat 🦇
I have many layers, and I might make you cry when you cut me.
What am I?
An onion 🧅
I follow you all the time, but I disappear in the dark.
What am I?
A shadow 👤
I am a famous leaning tower in Italy that looks like it might fall over.
Where am I?
Leaning Tower of Pisa