Fun Quiz -1

Fun Quiz -1

Simple Fun Riddles

1. What has to be broken before you can use it?

2. I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens, and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

3. What has many teeth but can’t bite?

4. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

5. What comes down but never goes up?

Animal Riddles

6. I’m an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?

7. I have wings, I’m able to fly, I’m not a bird yet I soar high in the sky. What am I?

8. The more you take out of me, the bigger I get. What am I?

9. What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

10. What has an ear but cannot hear?

Brain Teasers

11. What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never talks?

12. If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

13. I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

14. People buy me to eat, but they never eat me. What am I?

15. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

Tricky Riddles

16. What begins with an E but only contains one letter?

17. You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

18. What can fill a room but takes up no space?

19. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

20. What goes up but never comes down?

Word Riddles

21. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

22. I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?

23. What has one head, one foot, and four legs?

24. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

25. What’s black, white, and red all over?

Food Riddles

26. What has an eye but can’t see?

27. I’m a fruit, a bird, and a person. What am I?

28. What has hands but can’t clap?

29. What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, and goes up but never grows?

30. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

Nature Riddles

31. What can you catch but not throw?

32. What has roots but no soil, and stands without growing?

33. The more you take away from me, the larger I become. What am I?

34. What gets wetter the more it dries?

35. What has hands but no thumbs?

Logic Riddles

36. The person who makes it doesn’t need it. The person who buys it doesn’t use it. The person who uses it doesn’t know they’re using it. What is it?

37. What can fill a room but takes up no space?

38. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

39. What has one eye but can’t see?

40. I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

Tricky Riddles

41. If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

42. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

43. What has a neck but no head?

44. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

45. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

School-Themed Riddles

46. The more of this you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?

47. What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?

48. What begins with T, ends with T, and is filled with T?

49. I’m always on the dinner table, but you don’t eat me. What am I?

50. What’s full of holes but still holds water?

Answer with Explanation:

Simple Fun Riddles

1.       What has to be broken before you can use it?

Answer: An egg.

Explanation: You must crack or break the shell of an egg to access the contents inside and use it for cooking.

2.       I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens, and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

Answer: Yarn.

Explanation: Yarn is a material used in making socks, scarves, and mittens, and it is also something kittens love to play with.

3.       What has many teeth but can’t bite?

Answer: A comb.

Explanation: A comb has teeth that are used for grooming hair, but it cannot actually bite like an animal.

4.       What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

Answer: A stamp.

Explanation: A stamp can be placed on a letter and mailed around the world, but the stamp itself remains in the same corner of the envelope.

5.       What comes down but never goes up?

Answer: Rain.

Explanation: Rain falls from the sky but does not go back up once it hits the ground.

Animal Riddles

6.       I’m an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?Answer: Seven.

Explanation: "Seven" is an odd number. If you remove the "s," it becomes "even," which is an even number.

7.       I have wings, I’m able to fly, I’m not a bird yet I soar high in the sky. What am I?Answer: An airplane.

Explanation: An airplane has wings, can fly, but is not a bird. It soars high in the sky.

8.       The more you take out of me, the bigger I get. What am I?

Answer: A hole.

Explanation: As you take material away from a hole (digging or cutting), the hole itself becomes larger.

9.       What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?Answer: A human.

Explanation: This riddle refers to the stages of human life: crawling as a baby (four legs), walking on two legs as an adult, and using a cane in old age (three legs).

10.   What has an ear but cannot hear?

Answer: A cornfield.

Explanation: A cornfield has "ears" of corn, but they cannot hear.

Brain Teasers

11.   What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never talks?

Answer: A river.

Explanation: A river runs, has a riverbed, and a mouth (where it meets the sea), but it doesn't walk, sleep, or talk.

12.   If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back. What am I?

Answer: A mirror.

Explanation: If you drop a mirror, it will crack, but when you smile at it, it reflects your smile back.

13.   I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

Answer: A battery.

Explanation: A battery has no life of its own, but it "dies" when it runs out of power.

14.   People buy me to eat, but they never eat me. What am I?

Answer: A plate.

Explanation: People buy plates to serve food, but they don’t eat the plate itself.

15.   I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?

Answer: A barber.

Explanation: A barber shaves or trims others' beards every day but does not shave his own.

Tricky Riddles

16.   What begins with an E but only contains one letter?

·         Answer: An envelope.

·         Explanation: An envelope starts with the letter "E" and contains one letter (a piece of mail).

17.   You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

·         Answer: The letter "e."

·         Explanation: The letter "e" appears once in "June," twice in "November," and not at all in "May."

18.   What can fill a room but takes up no space?

·         Answer: Light.

·         Explanation: Light can illuminate a room, making it seem full, but it doesn’t physically take up space.

19.   If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

·         Answer: Nine.

·         Explanation: The riddle is playing on numbers. Four and five together make nine.

20.   What goes up but never comes down?

·         Answer: Your age.

·         Explanation: As time passes, your age increases, but it never decreases.

Word Riddles

21.   What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

·         Answer: Short.

·         Explanation: The word "short" becomes "shorter" when you add the letters "er."

22.   I am always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?

·         Answer: The future.

·         Explanation: The future is always ahead of you, but you can never see it.

23.   What has one head, one foot, and four legs?

·         Answer: A bed.

·         Explanation: A bed has one head (headboard), one foot (footboard), and four legs (the bedposts).

24.   What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

·         Answer: A teapot.

·         Explanation: A teapot starts and ends with "T" and is full of tea (T).

25.   What’s black, white, and red all over?

·         Answer: A newspaper.

·         Explanation: A newspaper is black and white due to print, and "red" refers to the wordplay of the color "read" (a newspaper is read all over).

Food Riddles

26.   What has an eye but can’t see?

·         Answer: A potato.

·         Explanation: A potato has "eyes" (the small buds on its surface), but they cannot see.

27.   I’m a fruit, a bird, and a person. What am I?

·         Answer: A kiwi.

·         Explanation: A kiwi is a fruit, a bird (the kiwi bird), and a nickname for a person from New Zealand (Kiwi).

28.   What has hands but can’t clap?

·         Answer: A clock.

·         Explanation: A clock has "hands" to indicate time, but it cannot clap.

29.   What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, and goes up but never grows?

·         Answer: A mountain.

·         Explanation: A mountain has roots deep in the earth (which are unseen), is taller than trees, and rises but does not grow in the traditional sense.

30.   What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

·         Answer: A carrot.

·         Explanation: A carrot is orange, and "carrot" sounds similar to "parrot."

Nature Riddles

31.   What can you catch but not throw?

·         Answer: A cold.

·         Explanation: You can catch a cold, but you can’t physically throw it.

32.   What has roots but no soil, and stands without growing?

·         Answer: A mountain.

·         Explanation: A mountain has roots in the earth but does not grow like a plant.

33.   The more you take away from me, the larger I become. What am I?

·         Answer: A hole.

·         Explanation: When you take material away from a hole, the hole becomes larger.

34.   What gets wetter the more it dries?

·         Answer: A towel.

·         Explanation: A towel gets wetter as it dries something else.

35.   What has hands but no thumbs?

·         Answer: A clock.

·         Explanation: A clock has "hands" to tell the time but no thumbs.

Logic Riddles

36.   The person who makes it doesn’t need it. The person who buys it doesn’t use it. The person who uses it doesn’t know they’re using it. What is it?

·         Answer: A coffin.

·         Explanation: The maker (carpenter) doesn't need it, the buyer (family member) doesn’t use it, and the user (deceased) doesn’t know they’re using it.

37.   What can fill a room but takes up no space?

·         Answer: Light.

·         Explanation: Light can fill a room without occupying physical space.

38.   What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

·         Answer: The future.

·         Explanation: The future is always ahead but can’t be seen yet.

39.   What has one eye but can’t see?

·         Answer: A needle.

·         Explanation: A needle has an "eye" (the hole where the thread passes through), but it cannot see.

40.   I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

·         Answer: Fire.

·         Explanation: Fire can grow in size, it doesn’t have lungs, but it requires air (oxygen) to burn.

Tricky Riddles (Continued)

41.   If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

·         Answer: Fire.

·         Explanation: Fire goes out if it "drinks" (gets water) but continues to burn if it "eats" (fuel such as wood).

42.   I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

·         Answer: An echo.

·         Explanation: An echo can "speak" (reproduce sound), "hear" (respond to sounds), and is created when sound waves bounce off surfaces, often carried by wind.

43.   What has a neck but no head?

·         Answer: A bottle.

·         Explanation: A bottle has a neck (the narrow part), but no head.

44.   What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

·         Answer: A penny.

·         Explanation: A penny has a "head" (the side with a person's image), a "tail" (the other side), is brown (made of copper), and has no legs.

45.   What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

·         Answer: The letter "M."

·         Explanation: The letter "M" appears once in the word "minute," twice in the word "moment," and never in the phrase "a thousand years."

School-Themed Riddles

46.   The more of this you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?

·         Answer: Footsteps.

·         Explanation: As you take more steps, you leave more footsteps behind you.

47.   What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?

·         Answer: The post office.

·         Explanation: The post office starts with "P" and ends with "E" and handles thousands of letters (mail).

48.   What begins with T, ends with T, and is filled with T?

·         Answer: A teapot.

·         Explanation: A teapot begins and ends with "T," and it is filled with tea (which sounds like "T").

49.   I’m always on the dinner table, but you don’t eat me. What am I?

·         Answer: A plate.

·         Explanation: A plate is a common item on a dinner table but isn’t eaten.

50.   What’s full of holes but still holds water?

·         Answer: A sponge.

·         Explanation: A sponge is full of holes but can still absorb and hold water.