Spooky Halloween Riddle #1
1. With pointed fangs I sit and wait
With piercing force, I dole out fate
Over bloodless victims, I proclaim my might
I can eternally join with a single bite.
What am I?
Dracula, or a stapler.
6. I protect, I stand tall
my purpose is to strike fear in all.
What am I?
A scarecrow.
11. Darkness, dust, cobwebs, and creaking floors.
Secrets, spirits, strange noises, and occasional slamming doors.
What am I?
A haunted house.
16. A young woman is attending her mother’s funeral. While there, she meets a man she has never seen before and falls in love immediately. After the funeral, she tries to find him but cannot. Several days later she kills her sister. Why does she kill her sister?
She killed her sister hoping to see this man at her sister’s funeral.
21. I am present, but also past. I am wrapped, but not a gift. I am named after a parent but have no children.
A mummy.
2. I have a name but it isn’t mine
You don’t think about me while in your prime
People cry when I’m in their sight
Others lie with me all day and night.
What am I?
A tombstone.
7. I don’t have lungs, but I need air.
The more I eat, the more I grow.
I dance, I live, I drink, I die.
I’m always hungry, ready to eat.
I rarely thirst, I can barely drink.
Shoot me, stab me I don’t mind.
Suffocate or drown me, I’ll be no more.
Fire
12. In this place people lie and people cry.
Here the people all ask why.
In this place, the people sleep and the people weep,
people’s solitude they keep.
What is this place?
A graveyard or cemetery.
17. Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All-day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
A shadow.
22. I have a body, arms, legs, and a head, but I’m heartless and have no guts. What am I?
A skeleton.
3. You may see this hairy creature by the light of the moon.
You can start running but it will likely catch you soon.
You can hope for escape with the rising sun.
But you have a better chance with silver bullets and a gun.
What am I?
A Werewolf.
8. Ancient knowledge few can know,
in the night is where I roam.
Vermin I grab in my holy flight.
No one can hide from my sight.
An owl.
13. Sometimes in the dark when it’s late at night.
I like to float around and give everyone a fright.
I’m a shadow of the living, a specter of the dead.
People often fear me when they are lying in their bed.
I float, I wail, I go through walls, I like to use your sheets.
I’m also transparent, you see.
What am I?
A ghost.
18. Two girls ate dinner together.
They both ordered iced tea.
One girl drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took the other to drink just one.
The girl who drank one died while the other survived.
All of the drinks were poisoned.
How is that possible?
The poison was in the ice.
23. I sleep upside down and I fly through the night. I live in dark places and I don’t have good eyesight. What am I?
A bat.
4. Who makes it, has no need for it.
Whoever buys it won’t use it.
Who uses it, won’t care.
What am I?
A casket.
9. I am of different sizes, shapes, and colors.
Many can see my veins.
I don’t go inside.
The trees are where I reside.
If I fall to the ground, I will surely die.
What am I?
A leaf.
14. You’re in a room and there’s a ghost in the room, but you are the only one in the room. How is this possible?
You are the ghost.
19. A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped, he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Friday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening, he could see the man’s body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Tuesday’s newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?
The delivery man. The absence of Wednesday and Thursday’s newspaper indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to read it.
24. I’m tall when I’m young, I’m short when I’m old, and once a year, I make heavy pumpkins light. What am I?
A candle.
5. A cloaked man went out to get his nightly drink but died soon after because his watch stopped. What happened?
Count Dracula’s watch said it was 3 a.m. but it was actually 3 p.m. in the afternoon. The vampire thinks the darkness is night, goes out for a drink and gets caught in sunlight a few minutes later… which kills him.
10. There is a woman who goes out drinking every night. She stays out until the early morning hours but no matter how much she drinks, she never gets hungover. Her favorite drink is well-known, rarely consumed, and often served warmly directly from the source. The woman can’t live without drinking and she’s a sucker for a free drink, so she has never considered quitting. What does she drink?
She’s a vampire who drinks blood.
15. You are trapped in a haunted house with two of your best friends for the night. A sudden snowstorm overtook the creepy home. All the doors and windows have become barricaded with piles of snow. You and your friends need to find a way to keep warm or you will all die. After searching the entire haunted home you guys found three stoves! A coal stove, a wood stove, and a gas stove, but you’ve only found one match. Which one should you light first to survive the night?
The match.
20. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing
25. I always leave a trace, so you can see where I’ve been. I have some extra legs, and I make people scream. What am I?
A spider.