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Riddles & Jokes

Riddles & Jokes

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All the riddles and jokes, with answers

🌱 Easy riddles (Preschool to K)
  1. I say moo. I give you milk. What am I? 🐮 cow
  2. I say quack. I swim on the pond. What am I? 🦆 duck
  3. I say meow. I love to chase mice. What am I? 🐱 cat
  4. I hop and I say ribbit. I live near a pond. What am I? 🐸 frog
  5. I am big and round and yellow. I shine in the sky in the day. What am I? ☀️ sun
  6. I come out at night. Sometimes I look like a banana in the sky. What am I? 🌙 moon
  7. I have two wheels. You pedal me with your feet. What am I? 🚲 bike
  8. I am red and round. I grow on a tree. A worm might live in me. What am I? 🍎 apple
  9. I am long and yellow. Monkeys love to eat me. What am I? 🍌 banana
  10. I fall from the clouds. Put on your boots and splash in me! What am I? 🌧️ rain
  11. I am cold and white. You can roll me into a snowman. What am I? ❄️ snow
  12. I have a long trunk and big ears. What am I? 🐘 elephant
  13. I have a big mane. I say ROAR! What am I? 🦁 lion
  14. I fly at night and I say hoot. What am I? 🦉 owl
  15. I live in the water. I have fins and a tail. What am I? 🐟 fish
  16. I have long ears and I hop. I love carrots. What am I? 🐰 bunny
  17. I buzz around the flowers and make honey. What am I? 🐝 bee
  18. You wear me on your feet. I come in a pair. What am I? 👟 shoes
  19. You wear me on your head when the sun is hot. What am I? 👒 hat
  20. I wag my tail and bark. I fetch sticks. What am I? 🐶 dog
  21. I am sweet and cold. You lick me on a hot day. What am I? 🍦 ice cream
  22. I have eight legs. I spin a web. What am I? 🕷️ spider
  23. I tell you the time. I have a face and two hands. What am I? 🕐 clock
  24. I have pages and a story inside. You read me. What am I? 📖 book
  25. I have four wheels and I go beep beep on the road. What am I? 🚗 car
  26. I have wings and I fly high. I am not a bird. People ride inside me. What am I? ✈️ airplane
  27. I am tall. I have leaves and a trunk. Birds make nests in me. What am I? 🌳 tree
  28. I am green and I hop. I eat bugs with my long tongue. What am I? 🐸 frog
🌿 Medium riddles (1st and 2nd)
  1. What has hands but cannot clap? a clock
  2. What goes up when the rain comes down? an umbrella
  3. What has teeth but cannot bite? a comb
  4. What has a bed but never sleeps? a river
  5. What can you catch but not throw? a cold
  6. What has one eye but cannot see? a needle
  7. What gets wetter the more it dries? a towel
  8. What has a neck but no head? a bottle
  9. What has legs but cannot walk? a table
  10. What runs but has no legs? water
  11. I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I? a candle
  12. What has to be broken before you can use it? an egg
  13. What kind of room has no doors or windows? a mushroom
  14. What is full of holes but still holds water? a sponge
  15. What has keys but cannot open a door? a piano
  16. What has a bark but no bite? a tree
  17. What has words but never speaks? a book
  18. What has a tail and a head but no body? a coin
  19. What can you hear but never see or touch? a sound
  20. What has four legs and a back but cannot walk? a chair
  21. What goes into the water black and comes out red? a lobster
🌳 Hard riddles (3rd to 5th)
  1. I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I? a map
  2. What gets bigger the more you take away from it? a hole
  3. What goes up but never comes down? your age
  4. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? footsteps
  5. What has thirteen hearts but no other organs? a deck of cards
  6. What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do? your name
  7. What can you break without ever touching it? a promise
  8. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty? a chalkboard
  9. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive? a glove
  10. What has one head, one foot and four legs? a bed
  11. Which month has twenty-eight days? all of them
  12. Which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? they weigh the same
  13. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many are left? 9
  14. What building has the most stories? a library
  15. What can you serve but never eat? a tennis ball
  16. What has a ring but no finger? a telephone
  17. What is always coming but never arrives? tomorrow
  18. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? lunch and dinner
  19. What goes up and down the stairs without moving? the carpet
  20. What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right hand? your right elbow
🚀 Super riddles (6th to 8th)
  1. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I? an echo
  2. The more of me there is, the less you can see. What am I? darkness
  3. I am light as a feather, yet the strongest person cannot hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I? your breath
  4. What can fill a whole room but takes up no space? light
  5. I am always hungry and I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I? fire
  6. What is cut on a table but never eaten? a deck of cards
  7. Where does Friday come before Thursday? in the dictionary
  8. I shave every day, but my beard stays just as long. What am I? a barber
  9. Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini and Nono. What is the fifth daughter's name? Mary
  10. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? short
  11. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, and has a bed but never sleeps? a river
  12. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me. What am I? a secret
  13. What word starts with E, ends with E, and usually has only one letter in it? envelope
  14. What breaks when you say its name? silence
  15. Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? a ton
  16. What is the beginning of the end, the end of time and space, and the end of every place? the letter E
  17. I have branches but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I? a bank
  18. What has a head and a tail but no body, and is worth more when it is flipped? a coin
😂 Jokes
  1. What do you call a sleeping dinosaur? A dino-snore!
  2. Why did the cookie go to the doctor? It was feeling crummy!
  3. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!
  4. Why can't a bike stand up by itself? It is two tired!
  5. What is a cat's favorite color? Purr-ple!
  6. Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert? She was already stuffed!
  7. Why was the math book sad? It had too many problems.
  8. What did the ocean say to the shore? Nothing. It just waved!
  9. What do you call a fish wearing a bow tie? So-fish-ticated!
  10. What is a ghost's favorite dessert? I scream! (Ice cream!)
  11. Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field!
  12. How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together!
  13. What kind of tree fits in your hand? A palm tree!
  14. Why did the student eat her homework? The teacher said it was a piece of cake!
  15. What do you call a dog magician? A labracadabrador!
  16. What did one wall say to the other wall? I'll meet you at the corner!
  17. Why couldn't the pony sing in the choir? She was a little hoarse!
  18. What has ears but cannot hear? A cornfield!
  19. Why are fish so smart? They live in schools!
  20. What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? Time to get a new fence!
  21. Why did the banana go to the doctor? It wasn't peeling well!
  22. Why did the orange stop in the middle of the road? It ran out of juice!
  23. What do you call a dinosaur that crashes his car? Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!
  24. Why did the tomato turn red? It saw the salad dressing!
  25. Knock knock. Who's there? Boo. Boo who? Don't cry, it's only a joke!
  26. Knock knock. Who's there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce in, it's cold out here!
  27. Knock knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad to see me?
  28. Knock knock. Who's there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting cow who? MOO!
  29. Why do birds fly south for the winter? It's too far to walk!
  30. How do you catch a squirrel? Climb a tree and act like a nut!
  31. What kind of books do ghosts read? Boo-ks!
  32. What did the pencil say to the paper? I'm drawing a blank!
  33. Why was the broom late? It over-swept!
  34. What do you call a snowman in the summer? A puddle!
  35. Why did the computer go to the doctor? It had a virus!
  36. What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor!
  37. What did the zero say to the eight? Nice belt!
  38. Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine!
  39. What do you call a bee that can't make up its mind? A maybe!
  40. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator!

For grown-ups

Hand-written riddles and jokes, sorted by how hard they are, each with three answer boxes and a peek button. A riddle you have seen waits until you have seen them all. Easy riddles have picture answers for pre-readers; Super ones take real thinking. They practise inference, vocabulary and a sense of humour. Every line is read aloud on request.

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