417 riddles for age 12
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The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.
Hint: The strangest creature you’ll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more be…
The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
Hint: The sun bakes them…
The two dice in each pair are identical. As usual, the numbers on opposite sides add up to seven. On each pair, what is the total of the two hidden sides that face each other? CLUE:Dice A has a 5 and 3
Hint: The two dice in each pair are identical…
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?
Hint: There are 20 people in an empty…
There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.
Hint: There are four brothers in this world that were all born together…
There are four girls, and four apples in a basket. Every girl takes an apple, Yet one apple remains in the basket. How is this possible?
Hint: There are four girls…
There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
Hint: There are two bodies on the floor…
There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other side there is not a single person left. How is this possible?
Hint: There is a bus full of people travelling over San Francisco and no one gets off …
There is a certain family with both girl and boy children. Each of the boys has the same number of brothers as he has sisters. Each of the girls has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in this family?
Hint: There is a certain family with both girl and boy children…
There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
Hint: There is a clothing store in Bartlesville…
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?
Hint: There is a frog…
there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two masked men, who are they?
Hint: there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks…
There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink. The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink. What color are the stairs…
Hint: There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink…
There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?
Hint: There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a…
There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
Hint: There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that a…
There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself. Why?
Hint: There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light…
There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. One day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into the wizard’s garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly, he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?
Hint: There once was an evil wizard…
There was a buss with 26 people in it. Then, they decided to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. When they crossed the bridge, there was no single person left. Also, no one got out from the bus. What happened?
Hint: There was a buss with 26 people in it…
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies.
Hint: There was a green house…
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?
Hint: There was a man who was born before his father…