Girl BFF Squad by cynthiaren321

1. How many months of the year have 28 days?

Answer: All of them! Every month has *at least* 28 days.

2. What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?

Answer: A clock.

3. It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?

Answer: Your name.

4. Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Answer: Kate! It’s Kate’s mother, after all. (This is a good example of how riddles use your existing expectations to trick you. Even though the answer is right in front of you, you’re tempted to continue the pattern instead.)

5. If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?

Answer: A promise.

6. There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

Answer: The word “wrong.” It’s the only word that’s spelled W-R-O-N-G.

7. You’re running a race and at the very end, you pass the person in 2nd place. What place did you finish the race in?

Answer: You finished in 2nd place.

8. I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?

Answer: A coin.

9. What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?

Answer: Lunch and dinner.

10. Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?

Answer: The word “short.”

11. What’s the capital of France?

Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.

Math Riddles

1. When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?

Answer: His brother is 10. Half of 8 is 4, so Grant’s brother is 4 years younger. This means when Grant is 14, his brother is still 4 years younger, so he’s 10.

2. Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each of them to have one fish. How is this possible?

Answer: There were only 3 people fishing. There was one father, his son, and his son's son. This means there were 2 fathers and 2 sons, since one of them is a father and a son.

3. Liam was 11 the day before yesterday, and next year he’ll turn 14. How is this possible?

Answer: Today is January 1st, and Liam’s birthday is December 31st. Liam was 11 the day before yesterday (December 30th), then turned 12 the next day. This year on December 31st he’ll turn 13, so next year he’ll turn 14.

4. Mrs. Brown has 5 daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?

Answer: They have 6 children. Each daughter has the same brother. There are 5 daughters and 1 son.

5. It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there be sunny weather in 48 hours?

Answer: No, it won’t be sunny because it will be dark out. In 48 hours, it will be midnight again.

6. There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?

Answer: You have 2 apples. You took away 2 apples and left 1 in the basket.

7. What can you put between 7 and 8, to make the result greater than 7, but less than 8?

Answer: A decimal point. Your result would be 7.8, which is between 7 and 8.

8. A new clothing store has a unique method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, a tie costs $15, a blouse costs $30, and underwear costs $45. How much would pants cost?

Answer: $25. The pricing method charges $5 for each letter needed to spell the item.

9. 81 x 9 = 801. What do you need to do to make this equation true?

Answer: Turn it upside down. 108 = 6 x 18.

10. Double it and multiply it by 4. Then divide it by 8 and you’ll have it once more. What number is it?

Answer: Any number. If a number is doubled and multiplied by 4, it’s actually been multiplied by 8, so dividing by 8 will get you the original number again.

11. What 3 numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

Answer: 1, 2, and 3 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6).

12. Zoey has a very big family. She has 20 aunts, 20 uncles and 50 cousins. Each of her cousins has an aunt who is not Zoey’s aunt. How is this possible?

Answer: Their aunt is Zoey’s mom!

Hard riddles

1. I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?

Answer: A stamp.

2. You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?

Answer: The letter “R.”

3. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

Answer: An umbrella. If your umbrella is “down,” it can fit through a chimney, but if it’s “up,” it won’t fit!

4. I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?

Answer: Popcorn.

5. A bus driver was heading down a busy street in the city. He went past three stop signs without stopping, went the wrong way down a one-way street, and answered a message on his phone. But the bus driver didn’t break any traffic laws. How?

Answer: He was walking, not driving. (This riddle adds irrelevant information to deceive the reader. You expect that since he’s a bus driver, he’s currently driving the bus — but it never actually says that!)

6. It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?

Answer: A keyboard.

7. I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?

Answer: Light.

8. It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?

Answer: The dictionary.

9. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?

Answer: A secret.

10. What goes away as soon as you talk about it?

Answer: Silence.

11. A railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R’s?

Answer: T-H-A-T (This one is tricky! It makes readers think they’re supposed to describe the scenario without using the letter “R.” But the first sentence was actually used to distract the reader from the rea

Funny riddles

1. What can jump higher than a building?

Answer: Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump, silly!

2. An elephant in Africa is called Lala. An elephant in Asia is called Lulu. What do you call an elephant in Antarctica?

Answer: Lost.

3. Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?

Answer: Stop imagining.

4. A group of bunnies were having a birthday party. What kind of music were they listening to?

Answer: Hip hop music.

5. Where would you take a sick boat?

Answer: To the dock.

6. What kind of room has no doors or windows?

Answer: A mushroom.

7. I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

Answer: A Carrot.

8. What fruit can you never cheer up?

Answer: A blueberry.

9. What did the zero say to the eight?

Answer: “Nice belt!”

How to Create Your own Riddle

1. Start with the answer

Come up with the solution to your riddle first, then work backwards to create your question. Your solution can be almost anything, but choosing a physical object is an easy way to start.

Ex. The answer to my riddle is “carrot.”

2. Brainstorm

Write down any words or phrases that could be associated with your answer.

Consider:

Synonyms
Similar things
Things it does
Features it has
How to describe it

Ex. Carrots are orange with green leaves on top.

3. Think like your answer

If your answer were a person, what would they think? What would they do? How would they describe themselves? How would they see the world around them?

Ex. If I were a carrot, I might think I was wearing a green hat.

4. Think outside the sentence

Use figurative language — like a metaphor, simile, personification or hyperbole — to make comparisons or describe your answer in new ways. This is often what makes the riddle tricky for the reader to solve.

Ex. A carrot sounds like “a parrot.”

5. Write your riddle!

Now that you have the backbone of your riddle, the only thing left to do is write! Use clear, descriptive language to write out your riddle, then share it with friends and family to see if they can solve it.

Ex. I’m orange, wear a green hat and sound like a parrot. What am I?

A carrot!

How many riddles did you get right? Which one was your favorite?

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