Tricky Questions For Smart Kids

RIDDLES

By
AMBY COOPER

Illustrated by
PAUL NONATO
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1. Q: When you take more, you leave more behind. What are they?
A: Footprints.
2. Q: What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A: A window.
3. In which month do monkeys play baseball?
A: Ape-ril
4. What is something you can put in your pocket that keeps it empty?
A: A large hole.
5. How many animals did Moses take on the ark?
A: Moses didn’t take anything on the ark. Noah did.
6. Q: What two keys can’t open any door?
A: A monkey and a donkey.
7. What's yours but used more by others?
A: Your name.
8. What gets wet when drying?
A: A Towel.
9. What comes once in minute, twice in moment, but never in a thousand years?
A: The letter M.
10. If 2 is a company, and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5?
A: 9!
11. How do rabbits travel?
A: By HarePlane.
12. Riddle: I go up but never come back down, I am?
A: Your age!
13. Riddle: What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
A: Shorter. (Short + ‘er’)
14. Riddle: What starts with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
A: A Teapot.
15. Riddle: What word spells wrong in every dictionary?
A: Wrong.
15. What is black, white, and pink all over?
A: An embarrassed zebra
16. David’s parents have 3 sons: Snap, Crackle and…?
A: David!
17. What is so fragile that saying the name breaks it?
A: Silence.
18. What starts with an E, but only has one letter?
A: An Envelope.
19. Riddle: How does a leopard change spots?
A: It moves from one spot to another.
20. Riddle: what's easy to get into but hard to get out of?
A: Trouble.
21. Have you heard about a restaurant on the moon?
A: Great food, but no atmosphere
22. Riddle: What's got 4 eyes but can’t see?
A: Mississippi
23. What 5-letter word becomes shorter when 2 letters is added to it?
A: Short.
24. Riddle: I am bought for dinner but never get eaten, what am I?
A: Cutlery.
25. Riddle: After a train crashed, every single person died. Who were the
survivors?
A: All the couples.
26. Why wasn’t the hot dog starred in the movies?
A: The roll was not good enough.
27. Riddle: Where does success come before work?
A: The Dictionary
28. Riddle: I travel around the world but stays in one spot, I am a?
A: A Stamp.
29. How many letters are there the alphabet?
A: 11, 3 in ‘the’, and 8 in ‘alphabet’
30. Q: What does this mean? I RIGHT I
A: Right between the I’s (eyes).
31. Where do cows go for their holidays?
A: Moo York.
32. Riddle: What's full of holes but still holds water?
A: A Sponge.
33. Riddle: What answer can't you answer yes to?
A: Are you asleep yet?
34. Riddle: When things get wrong, what can you always count on?
A: Your fingers.
35. Name 3 days consecutively where none of the seven days of the week
appear.
A: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
36. Why do bees hum?
A: Because they do not know the words
37. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
A: The Future.
38. Riddle: Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A: A Map.
39. What can make an octopus laugh?
A: Ten tickles (tentacles)
40. Why do lions eat raw meat?
A: Because they never learned to cook.
41. If you throw a White stone into the Red Sea, what would it become?
A: Wet.
42. What do lazy dogs do for fun?
A: Chase parked cars.
43. Why did Mickey Mouse become an astronaut?
A: He wanted to visit Pluto.
44. What's do you take off last before bed?
A: Your feet off the floor
45. Q: What gets sharper the more it's used?
A: The brain.
46. What has four legs, but can’t walk?
A: A Table
47. Q: What can be caught but not thrown?
A: A Cold.
48. How can I make the number one disappear?
A: Add the letter G and it’s “gone”
49. Why is the island like the letter T?
A: Because it's in the mid of water.
50. How can I empty my pants pocket and still have something in it?
A: It can have a hole in it.
51. Why did Miss Sarah wear a helmet at the dinner table?
A: Because of her Crash Diet.
52. Q: Which word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
A: An Envelope.
53. Q: Which cheese is made backwards?
A: Edam.
54. Riddle: I’m tall when young, and I’m short when old, what am I?
A: A Candle.
55. What word in the dictionary is spelt incorrectly?
A: Incorrectly.
56. What's a fairy yet to take a bath called?
A: Stinker Bell.
57. Suproliglicatiouspenuvaliancia – how do you spell it?
A: I T (it).
58. Q: What has hands but can’t clap?
A: A clock.
59. Q: What's ends the rainbow?
A: The letter W.
60. Q: What letter of the alphabet has the most water?
A: C.
61. Why are teddy bears never hungry?
A: Because they are always stuffed.
62. What's got a face and two hands, but has no arms or legs?
A: A clock.
63. What's full of keys but can’t open any door?
A: A Piano.
64. Q: I have a thumb and four fingers but I'm not alive, what am I?
A: A glove.
65. What did Mr. Gum say to the Mr. Shoe?
A: I am stuck on you.
66. Q: Which weighs more, a pound of chalk or a pound of bricks?
A: Neither. They both weigh one pound.
67. Q: How many months have 28 days?
A: All 12 months.
68. Why is Mississippi such an unusual river?
A: Because it has 4 “i’s” and it cannot even see!
69. Q: I go around and around the wood, but never go into the wood, I am?
A: The bark on a tree.
70. What does an outlaw get when he stole a calendar?
A: Twelve months.
71. Which football player wears the biggest helmet?
A: The one with the biggest head.
72. Q: Railroad crossing, watch out for cars. Can you spell that without any Rs?
A: T-H-A-T.
73. Why was the belt arrested?
A: For holding up the pants.
74. What's a funny book about eggs called?
A: Yolk book.
75. Q: How many seconds do we have in a year?
A: 12. January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, April 2nd …
76. Q: What type of tree can you carry in your hand?
A: A Palm.
77. What is the best cure for dandruff?
A: Baldness.
78. Why can’t you play basketball with pigs?
A: Because they hog the ball.
79. What's a man who doesn’t have all his fingers on one hand called?
A: Normal – He has fingers on both hands!
80. Q: What can run but can’t walk?
A: A drop of water.
81. What did the beach say when the tide came in?
A: Long time, no sea.
82. Q: What coat can only be put on when wet?
A: A coat of paint.
83. Q: there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have
now?
A: If you take two apples, then of course you have two.
84. Q: How is Europe like a frying pan?
A: it has Greece (grease) at its bottom.
85. Why couldn’t the sailors play cards?
A: The captain was standing on the deck.
86. How many animals did Moses take on the ark?
A: Moses didn’t take anything on the ark. Noah did.
87. Q: I'm full of holes but still holds water, I am a?
A: A sponge.
88. Q: Say Racecar backwards.
A: “Racecar backwards.”
89. What did Potato Chip A say to the Potato Chip B?
A: Shall we go for a dip?
90. Q: What does number 11, 69, and 88 have in common?
A: They can be read the same upside down.
91. Q: Why do birds fly towards south for the winter?
A: It’s too far a walk.
92. What does an invisible man drink at snack time?
A: Evaporated milk
93. Q: What has 3 feet but can't walk?
A: A Yardstick.
94. Q: What has one eye but can’t see?
A: A Needle.
95. Q: What never asks questions but is mostly answered?
A: A Doorbell.
96. Q: A boy fell off a 10-foot ladder but did not get hurt. Why not?
A: He fell off the bottom step.
97. Q: What word looks the same backwards and upside down?
A: SWIMS.
98. Q: Summing up only, how do you add eight 8s and get the number 1,000?
A: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
99. Q: How do dog catchers get paid?
A: By the pound.
100. Q: Why are ghosts called bad liars?
A: you can see right through them.
THE END