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Riddles for 12 Year Olds — Page 21

417 riddles for age 12

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

tricky Age 10+ object brain teaser

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…

✨ The twig and the rock were simply distractions used to divert you from the real answer
L3 · brain teaser

You are walking down a road and you encounter a fork in the road and you do not know the correct way

hard Age 10+ brain-teaser logic

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 ask, “Which way would your companion say is the correct path?“
L3 · logic

You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy

easy Age 6+ wordplay what am i

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

✨ Your name
L2 · what am i

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

easy Age 6+ body what am i

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…

✨ I am your reflection
L2 · what am i

You can spin, wheel and twist, but this thing can turn without moving

medium Age 8+ object brain teaser

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

Hint: You can spin…

✨ Got milk?
L3 · brain teaser

You can't keep this until you have given it

medium Age 8+ wordplay what am i

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

✨ Your word
L2 · what am i

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

easy Age 6+ food what am i

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

✨ I'm an onion
L2 · what am i

You give someone a dollar

medium Age 8+ family logic

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…

✨ long hair It's your sister!
L3 · logic

You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock

hard Age 10+ time math

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…

✨ 6:00am: since the clock is losing 24 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will only show 36 minutes
L3 · math

You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match

easy Age 6+ object brain teaser

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…

✨ The match!
L2 · brain teaser

You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue

medium Age 8+ object what am i

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…

✨ A Bell
L2 · what am i

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

easy Age 6+ nature what am i

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

✨ Hello...Hello...Hello I am an echo
L2 · what am i

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

easy Age 6+ building brain teaser

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“…

✨ What stairs? You live in a one story house
L2 · brain teaser

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers

tricky Age 10+ body brain teaser

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…

✨ Your Temper
L3 · brain teaser

You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the insi

easy Age 4+ food what am i

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…

✨ Corn
L1 · what am i

You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows

easy Age 4+ object what am i

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…

✨ A Bar of Soap
L1 · what am i

You want to send a valuable object to a friend

tricky Age 10+ object logic

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…

✨ Attach a lock to the ring. Send it to her. She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock
L3 · logic