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I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Hint: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky…

✨ A shadow
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I protect the most important thing you own. Skaters think they're too cool for me, but one bad fall and they wish they'd worn me. What am I?

I protect the most important thing you own. Skaters think they’re too cool for me, but one bad fall and they wish they’d worn me. What am I?

✨ A helmet
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I say everything I hear to others around

I say everything I hear to others around. I’m not an animal, nor part of the human race. I will, immediately, repeat after you; But only if my tail is in place. What am I?

Hint: I say everything I hear to others around…

✨ A microphone
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I soar without wings, I see without eyes

I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I’ve traveled the universe to and fro. I’ve conquered the world, yet I’ve never been anywhere but home. Who am I?

Hint: I soar without wings…

✨ I'm your imagination
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I spin beneath you but never get dizzy. The faster you go, the faster I turn. Change me when I get too smooth to grip. What am I?

I spin beneath you but never get dizzy. The faster you go, the faster I turn. Change me when I get too smooth to grip. What am I?

✨ A skateboard wheel
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I spin the board a full 360°, yet your feet never leave it. Wheels to the sky, then back to the ground. What trick am I?

I spin the board a full 360°, yet your feet never leave it. Wheels to the sky, then back to the ground. What trick am I?

✨ A Kickflip (or Heelflip)
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I turn around once

I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?

Hint: I turn around once…

✨ A Key
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I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry

I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champane bubble. If you sqeeze me, I’ll pop. If you look at me, you’ll pop. Can you guess the riddle? 97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.

Hint: I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry…

✨ No
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I was framed, yet I didn't commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime

I was framed, yet I didn’t commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?

Hint: I was framed…

✨ I am a picture, and I was put in a picture frame
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If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

If a fire hydrant has H2O inside, what does it have on the outside?

✨ K9P (you'll get it eventually)
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If a man carried my burden He would break his back

If a man carried my burden He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track.

Hint: If a man carried my burden He would break his back…

✨ I am a Snail
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If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

✨ Roosters don't lay eggs
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If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?

If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?

✨ Your fingers!
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If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in

If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

Hint: If three cats catch three mice in three minutes…

✨ The same three cats would do. Since these three cats are averaging one mouse per minute, given 100 minutes, the cats could catch 100 mice
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If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?

If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?

✨ Nine (4 + 5 = 9)
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If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

✨ Wet, duh!
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If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or

If you go to the movies and you’re paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?

Hint: If you go to the movies and you’re paying…

✨ It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets
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if you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes are in the doghouse?

if you’re paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes are in the doghouse?

Hint: if you’re paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off…

✨ Green, because ice-cream doesnt have a celphone
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If you say my name I am no more

If you say my name I am no more.

✨ I am Silence. You are silent until u speak. When you say silence you break it. Therefore, silence does not exist when you say “it's”name
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If you spell out all the numbers, how far do you have to go until you use the letter a?

If you spell out all the numbers, how far do you have to go until you use the letter a?

Hint: If you spell out all the numbers…

✨ One thousand
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