45 Riddles and Brain Teasers for Kids
What starts with the letter t, is filled with t and ends in t? Youll hear this question and many
other riddles being tossed around at the dinner table in our house. The kids cant get enough of
them. I love that they get the kids thinking differently which is always a great skill to learn. Here
are 45 of our favourite riddles to share with your family.
Q: Im tall when Im young and Im short when Im old. What am I?
A: A candle.
Q: In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink
computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower everything was
pink! What color were the stairs?
A: There werent any stairs, it was a one storey house.
Q: What has hands but can not clap?
A: A clock.
Q: A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south,
and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?
A: The house is on the north pole, so the bear is white.
Q: What is at the end of a rainbow?
A: The letter W.
Q: What starts with the letter t, is filled with t and
ends in t?
A: A teapot
Q: A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights
on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is
reading. How?
A: The woman is blind and is reading braille.
Q: You walk into a room with a match, a karosene lamp,
a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
A: The match.
Q: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A: A Towel.
Q: You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you
make the line longer?
A: You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer
line.
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Q: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of
bricks?
A: Neither, they both weigh one pound.
Q: How many months have 28 days?
A: All 12 months.
Q: Name four days of the week that start with the letter
t?
A: Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.
Q: A train leaves from Halifax, Nova Scotia heading
towards Vancouver, British Columbia at 120 km/h. Three
hours later, a train leaves Vancouver heading towards
Halifax at 180 km/h. Assume theres exactly 6000
kilometers between Vancouver and Halifax. When they
meet, which train is closer to Halifax?
A: Both trains would be at the same spot when they meet
therefore they are both equally close to Halifax.
Q: What goes around and around the wood but never
goes into the wood?
A: The bark on a tree.
Q: Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat,
everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were
eaten in all. How is this possible?
A: They were a grandmother, mother and daughter.
Q: A man was outside taking a walk, when it started to
rain. The man didnt have an umbrella and he wasnt
wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a single
hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
A: The man was bald.
Q: A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three
days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?
A: His horses name was Friday.
Q: You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of
people yet there isnt a single person on board. How is
that possible?
A: All the people on the boat are married.
Q: A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room.
The ER doctor saw the boy and said, I cannot operate
on this boy. He is my son. But the doctor was not the
boys father. How could that be?
A: The doctor was his mom.
Q: What can run but cant walk?
A: A drop of water.
Q: How far can a dog run into the woods?
A: The dog can run into the woods only to the half of the wood
than it would run out of the woods.
Q: If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many
do you have?
A: If you take 2 apples, than you have of course 2.
Q: Beths mother has three daughters. One is called
Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the
third daughter?
A: Beth.
Q: You have a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket with
as much water as you need, but no other measuring
devices. Fill the 5 gallon bucket with exactly 4 gallons of
water.
A: Fill the 5 gallon bucket all the way up. Pour it into the 3
gallon bucket until it is full. Empty the 3 gallon bucket. Pour the
remaining 2 gallons into the 3 gallon bucket. Fill the 5 gallon
bucket all the way up. Finish filling the 3 gallon bucket.
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Q: Whats full of holes but still holds water?
A: A sponge.
Q: If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour
and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the
smoke from the train drift?
A: There is no smoke coming from electric trains.
Q: Say Racecar backwards.
A: Racecar backwards
Q: What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in
common?
A: The read the same right side up and upside down.
Q: How can you throw a ball as hard as you can, to only
have it come back to you, even if it doesnt bounce off
anything?
A: Throw the ball straight up in the air.
Q: My name is Ruger, I live on a farm. There are four
other dogs on the farm with me. Their names are Snowy,
Flash, Speedy and Brownie. What do you think the fifth
dogs name is?
A: Ruger.
Q: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I
become even. What number am I?
A: Seven (take away the s and it becomes even).
Q: What word looks the same backwards and upside
down?
A: SWIMS.
Q: A boy fell off a 30 meter ladder but did not get hurt.
Why not?
A: He fell off the bottom step.
Q: Using only addition, how do you add eight 8s and get
the number 1000?
A: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
Q: How do dog catchers get paid?
A: By the pound.
Q: What never asks questions but is often answered?
A: A doorbell.
Q: What belongs to you but other people use it more
than you?
A: Your name.
Q: I have a large money box, 48 centemeters square and
42 centemeters tall. Roughly how many coins can I place
in my empty money box?
A: Just one, after which it will no longer be empty.
Q: What does this mean? I RIGHT I
A: Right between the eyes.
Q: What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add
two letters to it?
A: Short.
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Q: Imagine youre in a room that is filling with water.
There are no windows or doors. How do you get out?
A: Stop imagining.
Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What
are they?
A: Footprints.
Q: What two keys cant open any door?
A: A monkey and a donkey.
Q: What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A: A window.
If you liked these riddles, you might enjoy our list of 50 tongue
twisters for the family. These are just a handful of the riddles
and brain teasers weve enjoyed being stumped over. Do your
kids enjoy a good riddle? Do they have a favourite?
