Tricky Riddles
Animal Riddles
Funny Riddles
Food Riddles
Math Riddles
100

Q: Give me a drink, and I will die. Feed me, and I'll get bigger. What am I?

A: A fire.

100

Q: A rooster is sitting on the roof of a barn facing west. If it laid an egg, would the egg roll to the north or to the south?

A: It's impossible — roosters don't lay eggs.

100

Q: Cats have four, bugs have four, but school has six. What are they?

A: Letters.

100

Q: What kind of room has no windows or doors?

A: A mushroom

100

Q: If there are seven oranges and you take three away, how many oranges do you have?

A: Three, since that's how many you took.

200

Q: What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?

A: The letter "M."

200

Q: What’s bright orange with green on top and sounds like a parrot?

A: A carrot.

200

Q: What animal can jump higher than a building?

A: Any animal that can jump — buildings don’t jump, silly!

200

Q: When I’m ripe, I’m green, when you eat me, I’m red, and when you spit me out, I’m black. What am I?  

A: A watermelon.

200

Q: How many letters are there in the alphabet?

A: There are 11: three in "the" and eight in "alphabet."

300

Q: What goes up but never comes back down?

A: Your age.

300

Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?

A: A gummy bear.

300

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

A: A candle.

300

Q: What has to be broken before you can use it?

A: An egg

300

Q: Ms. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many kids are there in total?

A: Five, there are four daughters and one son. Each daughter has the same brother.

400

Q: What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

A: Lunch and dinner.

400

Q: What kind of dog has no bark? 

A: A hot dog. 

400

Q: What can fill a room but takes up no space? 

A: Light. 

400

Q: You cut me, slice me, dice me, and all the while, you cry. What am I?

A: An onion.

400

Q: What month of the year has 28 days?

A: All of them!

500

Q: What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish? 

A: A map.

500

Q: What kind of animal can you never play games with?

A: A cheetah (because it always cheats).

500

Q: What gets wetter the more it dries?

A: A towel. 

500

Q: I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same. What am I? 

A: Pasta. 

500

Q: Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1,000?

A: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. 

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