Riddles for 12 Year Olds — Page 6

How many of each type of animal did Moses take on the Ark?

easy Age 6+ animal joke

How many of each type of animal did Moses take on the Ark?

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✨ None, it was Noah

L2 · joke

How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?

tricky Age 8+ math brain teaser

How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?

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✨ A dozen, although you probably said four

L3 · brain teaser

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

tricky Age 8+ math brain teaser

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

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✨ Only one time. After that, you would be subtracting from 20

L3 · brain teaser

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul

medium Age 8+ object what am i

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

Hint: I am a box that holds keys without locks…

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✨ A Piano

L2 · what am i

I am a fathers child and a mothers child, yet I am not a son

easy Age 6+ body logic

I am a fathers child and a mothers child, yet I am not a son. Who am I?

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✨ I am their daughter

L2 · logic

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red

medium Age 6+ nature what am i

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red.

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✨ I am Fire

L2 · what am i

I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air

medium Age 8+ building brain teaser

I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?

Hint: I am large as a castle…

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✨ The castle's shadow

L2 · brain teaser

I am like day, you can find me near the river any day, and you can make almost anything out of me

easy Age 6+ nature what am i

I am like day, you can find me near the river any day, and you can make almost anything out of me. who am I?

Hint: I am like day…

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✨ clay

L1 · what am i

I am only useful When I am full, Yet I am always Full of holes

easy Age 6+ object what am i

I am only useful When I am full, Yet I am always Full of holes.

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✨ I am a Sponge

L2 · what am i

I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four; Served small, white and round

medium Age 8+ object what am i

I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four; Served small, white and round. You’ll love some, And that’s part of the fun. What am I?

Hint: I am served at a table…

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✨ Ping Pong Balls

L2 · what am i

I am six letters

hard Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?

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✨ The word Dozens

L3 · brain teaser

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am u

easy Age 6+ object what am i

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

Hint: I am taken from a mine…

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✨ Pencil lead

L1 · what am i

I am that which is hunted, and this panes me

tricky Age 10+ wordplay brain teaser

I am that which is hunted, and this panes me. Do you dig, Stone? What am I?

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✨ Quarry

L3 · brain teaser

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness

hard Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

Hint: I am the beginning of sorrow…

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✨ The letter S

L3 · brain teaser

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven

hard Age 10+ nature what am i

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. Who am I?

Hint: I am the black child of a white father…

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✨ I am Smoke

L2 · what am i

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language

medium Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?

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✨ What am I? I am

L3 · brain teaser

I am thin, tall and I cannot walk but I have a tilted head

easy Age 6+ math what am i

I am thin, tall and I cannot walk but I have a tilted head . What am I!?

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✨ The number 1

L1 · what am i

I am thought to be everywhere, and I only have one rival

medium Age 8+ science brain teaser

I am thought to be everywhere, and I only have one rival. He hides within himself, and stays wherever I cannot reach. Who am I? and Who is my rival??

Hint: I am thought to be everywhere…

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✨ I am the light...... He is the dark

L2 · brain teaser

I am weightless, but you can see me

easy Age 6+ object what am i

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I’ll make it lighter. What am I?

Hint: I am weightless…

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✨ A hole

L2 · what am i

I can be cracked, I can be made

easy Age 6+ wordplay what am i

I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?

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✨ A Joke!

L2 · what am i