Riddles Level 1
Level 2
Allusion
5th grade
Pop classics
100

A woman builds a house with all four walls facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?

A polar bear

100

I have hands, but I cannot shake your hands. I have a face, but I cannot smile at you. What am I?

A clock

100

"Through the Looking Glass" 

Alice in Wonderland

100

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N

Nitrogen

100

Finish the lyric 

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag...

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

200

What do you break before you use it?

An egg

200

Kate’s mother has four daughters: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and _____. What is the name of the fourth daughter?

Kate

200

"He keeps pushing that boulder"

Sisyphus

200

How many adjectives are in this sentence: "Billy made a rude noise in class."

Two: A rude

200

Finish the lyric: Kids were laughing in my classes
While I was 

scheming for the masses
Who do you think you are?

300

Trees are my home, but I never go inside. When I fall off a tree, I am dead. What am I?

A leaf

300

Name three consecutive days that aren’t the days of the week.

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

300

Red pill or blue? 

The matrix

300

Between 1 and 100, how many multiples of 7 are odd numbers

7

300

Second thing second
Don't you tell me

what you think that I could be
I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh
The master of my sea, oh-ooh

400

How many books can you pack inside an empty backpack?

One, it's not empty after that. 

400

An electric train is traveling from east to west, and the wind is blowing from north to south. In which direction does the smoke go?

Nowhere, it's electric. 

400

When someone got struck by an "arrow" it alludes to:

Cupid

400

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo DaVinci

400

Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to

the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

500

I have no doors, but I have keys. I have no rooms, but I have space. You can enter, but you cannot leave. What am I?

A keyboard

500

I am made of water, but I die when you put water on me. What am I?

Ice

500

The Great Task

Abraham Lincoln

500

What whole number is closest to the square root of 65?

8

500

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy