Fun Quiz - 4
Math Riddles
If a rooster lays an egg on a roof, which way will it roll?
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish. Each person gets one fish. How is this possible?
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
A farmer has 15 sheep, and all but 8 run away. How many are left?
Tricky Riddles
What has four eyes but can’t see?
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What’s bright during the day but hides during the night?
What can go up a chimney down but can’t go down a chimney up?
General Fun Riddles
What has a lock but no door?
What has a mouth but doesn’t speak, a bed but doesn’t sleep, and runs but doesn’t walk?
What is always moving but never leaves its place?
What has a back but no body?
What has a spine but no bones?
Funny Riddles
What kind of band never plays music?
What has legs but cannot walk?
Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
What has three letters and starts with gas?
Logic Riddles
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
What gets wetter as it dries?
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
What is yours but mostly used by others?
What comes at night without being called and is lost in the day without being stolen?
Animal Riddles
What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
What has no teeth but can bite?
I can fly without wings. What am I?
What has fur, purrs, and is often found on a warm lap?
What is black and white and read all over?
Nature-Themed Riddles
What can fly but has no wings?
What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet it never grows?
What has a ring but no fingers?
What can grow smaller the more you use it?
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Tricky Riddles
What has an eye but cannot see?
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Math Riddles
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde except two, all brunettes except two, and all redheads except two.” How many daughters does he have?
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are left?
If a plane crashes on the border of two countries, where do they bury the survivors?
Word Play Riddles
What starts with an “F” and ends with a “U” but only has three letters?
What starts with “T,” ends with “T,” and is full of “T”?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What starts with a “W” and ends with an “E” but has only one letter?
What has many words but never speaks?
Answer with Explanation:
Math Riddles
If a rooster lays an egg on a roof, which way will it roll?
Answer: Roosters don’t lay eggs.
Explanation: Only hens lay eggs, not roosters.
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch three fish. Each person gets one fish. How is this possible?
Answer: There are only three people: a grandfather, his son, and his grandson.
Explanation: The grandfather and father are the two fathers, and the father and son are the two sons.
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?
Answer: You have two apples.
Explanation: You take away two apples, so you have two.
If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
Answer: There is no smoke.
Explanation: Electric trains don’t produce smoke.
A farmer has 15 sheep, and all but 8 run away. How many are left?
Answer: 8 sheep.
Explanation: The phrase "all but 8" means all the sheep ran away except for 8.
Tricky Riddles
What has four eyes but can’t see?
Answer: A pair of glasses.
Explanation: Glasses have "four eyes" (two lenses), but they can’t see.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny.
Explanation: A penny has a "head" (the face side), a "tail" (the opposite side), is brown (copper), and has no legs.
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 "minute," twice in "moment," and never in "a thousand years."
What’s bright during the day but hides during the night?
Answer: The sun.
Explanation: The sun is visible during the day and hides at night.
What can go up a chimney down but can’t go down a chimney up?
Answer: An umbrella.
Explanation: An umbrella can be pushed up a chimney (when closed) but can’t go down (when open).
General Fun Riddles
What has a lock but no door?
Answer: A notebook.
Explanation: A notebook can have a lock (like a journal), but it doesn’t have a door.
What has a mouth but doesn’t speak, a bed but doesn’t sleep, and runs but doesn’t walk?
Answer: A river.
Explanation: A river has a "mouth," a "bed" (riverbed), and it "runs" but doesn’t walk.
What is always moving but never leaves its place?
Answer: A clock.
Explanation: A clock's hands are always moving, but the clock stays in place.
What has a back but no body?
Answer: A chair.
Explanation: A chair has a back (the part you lean against) but no body.
What has a spine but no bones?
Answer: A book.
Explanation: A book has a "spine" (the edge where pages are bound) but no bones.
Funny Riddles
What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: A rubber band.
Explanation: A rubber band is a band, but it doesn’t play music.
What has legs but cannot walk?
Answer: A table.
Explanation: A table has legs but cannot walk.
Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
Answer: Because then it would be a foot.
Explanation: A foot is 12 inches long, so if your nose were 12 inches long, it would be a foot.
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole.
Explanation: The more material you remove from a hole, the bigger it becomes.
What has three letters and starts with gas?
Answer: A car.
Explanation: A car has three letters and runs on gas.
Logic Riddles
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano.
Explanation: A piano has many keys but none that open locks.
What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel.
Explanation: A towel gets wetter as it dries something else.
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: A glove.
Explanation: A glove has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t alive.
What is yours but mostly used by others?
Answer: Your name.
Explanation: Your name belongs to you, but other people use it more often than you do.
What comes at night without being called and is lost in the day without being stolen?
Answer: A star.
Explanation: Stars appear at night and are not visible during the day.
Animal Riddles
What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer: A human (the stages of life).
Explanation: As a child (morning of life), we crawl on four legs; as an adult (afternoon), we walk on two legs; as an elderly person (evening), we use a cane, which counts as a third leg.
What has no teeth but can bite?
Answer: A mosquito.
Explanation: A mosquito doesn’t have teeth, but it can bite.
I can fly without wings. What am I?
Answer: Time.
Explanation: Time flies without wings.
What has fur, purrs, and is often found on a warm lap?
Answer: A cat.
Explanation: A cat has fur, purrs, and loves to sit on a warm lap.
What is black and white and read all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
Explanation: A newspaper is black and white and is "read" all over (instead of "red").
Nature-Themed Riddles
What can fly but has no wings?
Answer: A time (clock).
Explanation: Time flies without wings.
What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet it never grows?
Answer: A mountain.
Explanation: A mountain has "roots" (deep into the earth), is taller than trees, and doesn’t grow like living things.
What has a ring but no fingers?
Answer: A phone.
Explanation: A phone rings, but it has no fingers.
What can grow smaller the more you use it?
Answer: A pencil.
Explanation: A pencil gets shorter as you use it.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
Explanation: A sponge has many holes but can absorb and hold water.
Tricky Riddles (Continued)
What has an eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle.
Explanation: A needle has an "eye" (the hole through which the thread passes) but cannot see.
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Answer: Charcoal.
Explanation: Charcoal is black when bought, turns red when burning, and turns gray after use.
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
Answer: Darkness.
Explanation: The more darkness there is, the less you can see.
What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence.
Explanation: Saying anything breaks the silence.
What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke.
Explanation: A joke can be cracked, made, told, and played.
Math Riddles (Continued)
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
Answer: You have four apples.
Explanation: You took away four apples, so you have four.
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Answer: Nine.
Explanation: Four and five are numbers that add up to nine.
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde except two, all brunettes except two, and all redheads except two.” How many daughters does he have?
Answer: Three daughters.
Explanation: He has one blonde, one brunette, and one redhead. This satisfies the conditions of the riddle.
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are left?
Answer: 12 fish.
Explanation: Fish can’t drown, so all 12 are still there.
If a plane crashes on the border of two countries, where do they bury the survivors?
Answer: Survivors are not buried.
Explanation: The survivors are alive, so they don’t get buried.
Word Play Riddles
What starts with an “F” and ends with a “U” but only has three letters?
Answer: Fun.
Explanation: The word "fun" starts with "F," ends with "U," and has three letters.
What starts with “T,” ends with “T,” and is full of “T”?
Answer: A teapot.
Explanation: A teapot starts with "T," ends with "T," and is full of "T" (tea).
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Answer: Short.
Explanation: When you add "er" to "short," it becomes "shorter."
What starts with a “W” and ends with an “E” but has only one letter?
Answer: A envelope.
Explanation: An envelope starts with "W" and ends with "E" and contains only one letter (a piece of mail).
What has many words but never speaks?
Answer: A book.
Explanation: A book contains many words, but it doesn't speak.
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