417 riddles for age 11
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A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel. Where is the best place for a claustrophobic person to sit?
Hint: A train just leaves a station and enters a tunnel…
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Hint: A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the …
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Hint: A white dove flew down by the castle…
A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?
Hint: A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister…
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Hint: A woman shoots her husband…
A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same tea!”How did she know?
Hint: A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea…
A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight. The young boy weighs 98 pounds. The young boy also has 3 balls that each weigh 1 pound each. The yougn boy needs to get across the bridge with all the balls at the exact same time. How does he get across the bridge with all 3 balls at the same time?
Hint: A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight…
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, “Well, yesterday was one of my lying days.”Alice can’t figure it out just from the lion’s answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, “Yesterday was also one of my lying days.”What day is it?
Hint: Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness…
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. What is it?
Hint: All about…
All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals had power. A dark limousine was cruising down the newly paved blacktop, with its headlights off. A young boy dressed totally in black (with no reflectors) stepped out to cross the street. The moon wasn?t out and the boy had no flashlight, yet the driver stopped to let the boy cross the street. How did the driver see the boy?
Hint: All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic sig…
Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?
Hint: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me…
An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn’t know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father’s fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?
Hint: An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons…
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
Hint: As a whole…
As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
Hint: As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives…
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
Hint: As I went across the bridge…
At dusk I come without being fetched. At dawn I disappear without being stolen. I’m a poet’s tears and a sailor’s guide. What am I ?
Hint: At dusk I come without being fetched…
At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen.
Hint: At night they come without being fetched…
At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep.
Hint: At the sound of me…
Be you ever so quick, with vision keen, by your eyes, we are never seen. Unless perchance it should come to pass, you see our reflection in a looking glass. What are we?
Hint: Be you ever so quick…