Riddles for 10 Year Olds — Page 9

I love ramps, concrete bowls, and handrails. If you tap my tail against the ground just right, we can jump into the air together without any wings. What am I?

I’m a god, a planet, and measurer of heat. Who am I?

I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils O red fruit, Ivory, fine timber! The loaf’s big with it’s yeasty rising Money’s new minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag of green apples Boarded the train there’s no getting off.

Hint: I’m a riddle in nine syllables…

I’m as big as an elephant, but lighter than a feather. What am I?

I’m not really more than holes tied to more holes; I’m strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole. What am I?

Hint: I’m not really more than holes tied to more holes; I’m strong as good steel…

I’m related to you. I’m really close to you! I’m your cousins aunt. Who am I?

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Hint: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky…

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of all times…

I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience even as you grow cold, i dwell with the weak and easily the brave but with out me who could tell the difference. Who am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe…

I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

Hint: I never was…

I protect the most important thing you own. Skaters think they’re too cool for me, but one bad fall and they wish they’d worn me. What am I?

I say everything I hear to others around. I’m not an animal, nor part of the human race. I will, immediately, repeat after you; But only if my tail is in place. What am I?

Hint: I say everything I hear to others around…

I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I’ve traveled the universe to and fro. I’ve conquered the world, yet I’ve never been anywhere but home. Who am I?

Hint: I soar without wings…

I spin beneath you but never get dizzy. The faster you go, the faster I turn. Change me when I get too smooth to grip. What am I?

I spin the board a full 360°, yet your feet never leave it. Wheels to the sky, then back to the ground. What trick am I?

I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

Hint: I turn around once…

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble. If you sqeeze me, I’ll pop. If you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you guess the riddle? 97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.

Hint: I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry…

I’ve got ten or more daughters. I’ve got less than ten daughters. I’ve got at least one daughter. If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters have I got?

Hint: I’ve got ten or more daughters…

I was framed, yet I didn’t commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?

Hint: I was framed…

If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?