Sports Riddles
I’m a game played by two teams. I use a ball, but I’m not soccer. I’m played on a diamond, but I’m not jewelry. What am I?
Baseball
I’m a place where letters gather,
but I’m not a mailbox.
Book
If two’s company and three’s a crowd,
What are four and five?
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
I describe a noun and add detail,
Without me, your story might fail. What am I?
An adjective
What has a net but catches no fish?
A basketball hoop or tennis net
I start a sentence and make it grand,
But without me, it’s dull and bland.
What am I?
A capital letter
I’m an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
Seven
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"
I’m the part of a sentence that tells who or what,
Without me, the sentence will be cut. What am I?
A subject
I’m hit, but I never break. I can be served, but I’m not food. What am I?
Ball
I follow a question, but I am not an answer.
Question mark
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many sheep are left?
9 sheep
I am full of holes but still hold water. What am I?
A sponge
I show action or a state of being.
Without me, your sentence has no meaning. What am I?
A verb
have a face but no eyes, hands but no fingers. I run but I have no legs. What am I?
A stopwatch
What has a spine but no bones?
Book
I’m a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194
The more you take away, the bigger I get. What am I?
A hole
I’m a sentence with one main clause,
I’m easy to spot with no cause for pause. What am I?
simple sentence
I start with a whistle and end with a horn. I’m full of passes but have no cars. What am I?
A basketball game
I am made of letters but not a word,
I can stand alone or come in herds.
What am I?
A letter
I am a number that’s greater than 20.
When divided by 3, my remainder is 2.
When divided by 5, my remainder is 4.
What number am I?
29
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for very long. What am I?
Your breath
I’m used in lists, but I’m not the end.
Without me, your sentence may not blend. What am I?
A comma