Riddles for 10 Year Olds — Page 21

You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?

Hint: You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods…

You are on a ship, over the side hangs a rope ladder with half meter rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?

Hint: You are on a ship…

You are standing on the top one of two solid metal pillars. They are both exactly one kilometer apart from each other and they both stand one kilometer high. There is absolutely nothing around these pillars, but you have one small twig, one small rock and an unlimited supply of rope. Usuing only the materials named, how can you get from the top of the pillar that you are on to the top of the other pillar?

Hint: You are standing on the top one of two solid metal pillars…

You are walking down a road and you encounter a fork in the road and you do not know the correct way to go. There are two men standing at the junction and both know the correct road. One man always lies, and the other man always tells the truth, but you do not know who is the liar and who is the one who tells the truth. You can only ask each man one question, but it must be the same question for both. What is the question that would allow you to get the information necessary to choose the correct path?

Hint: You are walking down a road and you encounter a fork in the road and you do not …

You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?

You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie.

Hint: You can see nothing else When you look in my face…

You can spin, wheel and twist, but this thing can turn without moving. What is it?

Hint: You can spin…

You can’t keep this until you have given it.

You can take off all of my skin and I will not cry but YOU will Why ?

You give someone a dollar. You are this person’s brother, but the person is not your brother. How can that be?

Hint: You give someone a dollar…

You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 24 minutes every hour. It is now showing 3:00am and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock stopped 1 hour ago, what is the correct time now?

Hint: You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock…

You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

Hint: You have three stoves: a gas stove…

You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?

Hint: You hear it speak…

You heard me before, Yet you hear me again, Then I die, ‘Till you call me again.

You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“. What color would the stairs be?

Hint: You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“…

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

Hint: You must keep this thing…

You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What am I?

Hint: You pick it…

You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?

Hint: You use it between your head and your toes…

You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. How do you do it? Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied.

Hint: You want to send a valuable object to a friend…