Building Riddles for Kids

My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions, yet get many answers.

Hint: My voice rises above the din…

{ People walk on me day and night. I never sleep… Who am I?

so your in a mansion and the powers out. you see a green door and a red door which do you go through (It does’nt matter which door). Now you see a purple door and a orange door which do you go through. now you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle which door do you go through no you finally come to some signs 1 says death from drowning another says death from machine guns and the last 1 says death from electric chair (all the signs are on doors). then you see a big sign that says or stay in the mansion and starve to death. which do you do and also live.

Hint: so your in a mansion and the powers out…

The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?

Hint: The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart…

there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks, when he comes back home their are two masked men, who are they?

Hint: there is a man he leaves home and runs around three blocks…

There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink. The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink. What color are the stairs…

Hint: There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink…

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

Hint: There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that a…

There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself. Why?

Hint: There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light…

Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?

Hint: Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain…

Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can’t reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?

Hint: Two convicts are locked in a cell…

What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?

What force and strength cannot get through I with a gentle touch can do, And many in the street would stand were I not a friend in hand.

Hint: What force and strength cannot get through I with a gentle touch can do…

What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?

When I point up it’s bright, but when I point down it’s dark. What am I?

Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: TABLE - - - - HOUSE

Hint: Which word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: T…

Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?

You are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides, including the ceiling and floor. You have nothing but a mirror and a wooden table in the room with you. How do you get out?

Hint: You are in a room that is completely bricked in on all four sides…

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…

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“…

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…