452 riddles for age 10
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I’m the part of the board that curves upward. Without me, no ollie, no flip, no pop. Skaters kick me to make the magic happen. What am I?
I’m the rail that runs along the edge. Skaters slide their boards along my spine. Sparks and wax are my best friends. What am I?
Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches. In an adjacent room there are 3 bulbs (let’s say in lamps which are on a regular table), each switch belongs to one bulb. All are off at the moment. It is impossible to see from one room to another. No help from anybody else is allowed. How can you find out which switch belongs to which bulb, if you may enter the room with the bulbs only once?
Hint: Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches…
In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly. The Question: How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly?
Hint: In a contest…
In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn’t get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.
Hint: In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers…
In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold— Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Hint: In marble walls as white as milk…
In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. What am I?
Hint: In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colde…
In the NBA, how many men are on the basketball court for each team?
Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire’s too much to take!
Hint: Inside a burning house…
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It’s present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?
Hint: It goes up…
It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every space. What is it?
Hint: It is the beginning of eternity…
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?
Hint: It runs and runs but can never flee…
It’s been around for millions of years, but it’s no more than a month old. What is it?
Hint: It’s been around for millions of years…
It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it
Hint: It walks on four legs in the morning…
its is the beginning of existence and the end of time, its the beginning of everything and the end of space, what am i?
Hint: its is the beginning of existence and the end of time…
Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Joe was watching T.V, his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Joe decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?
Hint: Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night…
Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Tony lose the bet?
Hint: Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it …
John was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since John fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm woke him?
Hint: John was very tired after a long day of work…
Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen.
Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
Hint: Many things can create one…