Elect 3 - Riddles

Things Around Us

1

I have hands but cannot clap. What am I?

A clock

2

I’m full of holes but I still hold water. What am I?

A sponge

3

I have a neck but no head, and sleeves but no arms. What am I?

A shirt

4

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

A map

5

I have keys but no locks, I have space but no room, you can press me but not hurt me. What am I?

A keyboard

Nature Wonders

1

I fall but never get hurt. What am I?

Rain

2

I have no mouth but sometimes roar; I can bend trees though you cannot touch me. What am I?

Wind

3

I rise without being born, bring light without a flame, and mark the start of every day. What am I?

The sun

4

I sleep under the earth, and when I wake I breathe fire and reshape the land. What am I?

A volcano

5

 The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?

Darkness

Animals & Creatures

1

I can swim without fins, hop without legs, and sing without a voice. Who am I?

A frog

2

I’m the king without a crown, feared for my roar. Who am I?

A lion

3

I’m feathered but flightless, excellent at swimming, and found mostly in cooler southern waters — I waddle on land. Who am I?

A penguin

4

I lay eggs yet nurse my young, have a duck-like bill and webbed feet, and males possess venomous spurs. Who am I?

A platypus

5

I’m the only insect that produces food eaten by humans, and my complex dances tell others where to find it. Who am I?

A honeybee

Food & Drink

1

I start as beans, loved by millions each morning, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet. What am I?

Coffee

2

I’m a grain that feeds half the world, yet I die if I don’t grow in water. What am I?

Rice

3

I’m red when ripe, often mistaken for a vegetable, but I’m really a fruit. What am I?

A tomato

4

I’m a drink made from leaves, sometimes green, sometimes black, and often shared hot or iced. What am I?

Tea

5

I’m a drink born from grain, yeast, and patience, loved for centuries but aged to perfection. What am I?

Beer

Numbers & Logic

1

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M

2

I’m an odd number. Remove one letter from my name and I become even. What number am I?

Seven (remove the “s” → “even”)

3

What is the next prime number after 11?

13

4

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?

194

5

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They each catch one fish, yet there are only three fish caught. How is that possible?

They are three generations — grandfather, father, and son.