Skip to content
← Back to medium

Medium Riddles for Kids — Just the Right Challenge — Page 4

165 medium riddles

Page 4 of 9

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
L2 · what am i
Permalink →

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
L3 · brain teaser
Permalink →

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)
L2 · skate
Permalink →

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
L3 · brain teaser
Permalink →

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
L2 · math
Permalink →

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)
L2 · impossible
Permalink →

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
L2 · math
Permalink →

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
L2 · math
Permalink →

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
L3 · impossible
Permalink →

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
L3 · brain teaser
Permalink →

I'm born in a halfpipe, high above the coping. Gravity pulls me back but I defy it — arms out, board beneath my feet, soaring. What trick am I?

I’m born in a halfpipe, high above the coping. Gravity pulls me back but I defy it — arms out, board beneath my feet, soaring. What trick am I?

✨ An Aerial (Vert trick)
L2 · skate
Permalink →

I'm the metal heart between board and wheel. Tighten me for control, loosen me to turn. Every skater has to find my perfect balance. What am I?

I’m the metal heart between board and wheel. Tighten me for control, loosen me to turn. Every skater has to find my perfect balance. What am I?

✨ A truck (skateboard truck)
L2 · skate
Permalink →

I'm the part of the board that curves upward. Without me, no ollie, no flip, no pop. Skaters kick me to make the magic happen. What am I?

I’m the part of the board that curves upward. Without me, no ollie, no flip, no pop. Skaters kick me to make the magic happen. What am I?

✨ The tail (or nose)
L2 · skate
Permalink →

I'm the rail that runs along the edge. Skaters slide their boards along my spine. Sparks and wax are my best friends. What am I?

I’m the rail that runs along the edge. Skaters slide their boards along my spine. Sparks and wax are my best friends. What am I?

✨ A grind rail
L2 · skate
Permalink →

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn’t get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.

Hint: In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers…

✨ 4 bees and 3 flowers
L2 · math
Permalink →

In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear,

In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold— Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

Hint: In marble walls as white as milk…

✨ An egg
L2 · what am i
Permalink →

In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling o

In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. What am I?

Hint: In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colde…

✨ A Tree
L2 · what am i
Permalink →

It runs and runs but can never flee

It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?

Hint: It runs and runs but can never flee…

✨ Time, which is often watched when you stare at a clock
L2 · what am i
Permalink →

It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old

It’s been around for millions of years, but it’s no more than a month old. What is it?

Hint: It’s been around for millions of years…

✨ The moon
L2 · what am i
Permalink →

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it

Hint: It walks on four legs in the morning…

✨ Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as a man and uses two legs and a cane when he's old
L2 · what am i
Permalink →