586 riddles for age 8
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What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?
Hint: What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Ca…
Not from a cow, but from a tree, A milky drink that’s dairy-free. With cereal or in a smoothie glass, It’s made from a nut that’s a popular class.
Hint: nut milk
On pizza I stretch in gooey strings, A cheese that’s mild and brings A creamy bite to every slice, From mozzarella, a taste so nice.
Hint: pizza cheese
I come in a bottle with SPF numbers high. You squeeze me out and spread me on your thigh. I smell like coconut or maybe zinc, Without me, your skin might turn pink.
Hint: Reapply me after swimming.
What word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Hint: What word can be written forward…
What word contains all of the twenty six letters?
What word doesn’t belong in this group? That, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, or chat?
Hint: What word doesn’t belong in this group…
Dried grape, all shriveled and small, In oatmeal cookies, I stand tall. Some folks love me, some say no, In trail mix, I’m good to go.
Hint: Raisin is my name.
Hint: I’m not guacamole, though we’re good friends.
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
Start a timer at dawn. Add six hours to seven. You land on a number that seems wrong, until you check your watch.
Hint: Think about the face of a clock.
Train A leaves at 15:00, going 240 km/h. Train B leaves at 16:00, going 360 km/h. Both travel the same track. What time does B meet A?
Hint: Find how far ahead the first train is.
When I am young I am tall. When I am old I am short. What can I be?
When I point up it’s bright, but when I point down it’s dark. What am I?
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
Hint: When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark hi…
When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?
Hint: When they are caught…
Uncle is 42, cousin is 6. Someday Uncle’s age will be exactly four times cousin’s. How many years must pass?
Hint: Make an algebra sentence.
When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?
Hint: When you stop and look…
Most polygons have many sides. But imagine a shape with only two straight lines. It’s impossible on flat paper, yet exists on a curved surface.
Hint: Think round, like a ball.
Where on Earth do the winds always blow from the South?