tricky riddles for kids
Tricky Riddles for Kids
These tricky riddles for kids are funny, challenging, and call for out of the box thinking. Attempt to figure them out, and then pose them to others. You are sure to bring a smile to everyone's face with these.
Try your answers for each riddle before clicking the "show answer" link.
- Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Show Answer
Answer: Racecar
- What do sea monsters eat?
Show AnswerAnswer: Fish and ships
- What do you call a kitten who drinks lemonade?
Show AnswerAnswer: A sourpuss
- Why did the clock in the cafeteria always run slow?
Show AnswerAnswer: Every lunch it went back four seconds
- Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because it was not peeling well!
- Why won't bikes stand up by themselves?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because they are two tired (too tired).
- What do you get when you cross SpongeBob with Albert Einstein?
Show AnswerAnswer: SpongeBob SmartyPants!
- Why is six afraid of seven?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because seven, eight, nine!
- What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law?
Show AnswerAnswer: Mom!
- How much is a skunk worth?
Show AnswerAnswer: One s(cent).
- What do you call a song about a car?
Show AnswerAnswer: A car tune (cartoon)
- Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because he was feeling crummy
- Why did the cake like to play baseball?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because it was a good batter.
- What kind of monkey can fly?
Show AnswerAnswer: A hot air baboon.
- What did the banana do when it heard the ice scream?
Show AnswerAnswer: It split.
- Jenny gave Ally as many dollars as Ally started out with. Ally then gave Jenny back as much as Jenny had left. Jenny then gave Ally back as many dollars as Ally had left, which left Jenny broke and Ally with a total of 80.00 dollars. How much did Jenny and Ally have at the beginning of their exchange?
Show AnswerAnswer: Jenny had 50 dollars and Ally had 30 dollars.
- King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was King Tut born?
Show AnswerAnswer: King Tut was born in 20 B.C. There were 120 years between the birth of King Eros and the death of King Tut, but since their ages amounted to only 100 years, there must have been 20 years when neither existed. This would be a period between the death of King Eros, 40 B.C., and the birth of King Tut, 20 B.C.
- Bruce owns a pet store. He puts one canary per cage, but has one bird too many. If he puts two canaries in each cage, he has one cage too many. How many cages and canaries does he have?
Show AnswerAnswer: Bruce has 3 cages and 4 canaries.
- What number am I? 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.
Show AnswerAnswer: Number 194
- What gets wetter the more it dries?
Show AnswerAnswer: A towel!
- What building has the most stories?
Show AnswerAnswer: The library!
- What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?
Show AnswerAnswer: Holes!
- What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
Show AnswerAnswer:A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells!
- What grows down when it grows up?
Show AnswerAnswer: A goose!
- If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
Show AnswerAnswer: Wet!
- If there are three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?
Show AnswerAnswer: Two. (You took two)
- Why do sharks only swim in salt water?
Show AnswerAnswer: Because pepper water makes them sneeze.
- Why don't African animals play games?
Show AnswerAnswer: There are too many cheetahs (cheaters)!
- What do you call a zipper on a banana?
Show AnswerAnswer: A fruit fly!
- What do lazy dogs do for fun?
Show AnswerAnswer: Chase parked cars!
- What do you get when you cross a parrot with a tiger?
Show AnswerAnswer: I don't know, but when it talks, you better listen carefully!
- If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?
Show AnswerAnswer: K9P!