Looking for music riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 9 kid-safe music riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.
9 music riddles
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A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
Hint: A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique…
At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep.
Hint: At the sound of me…
Four men sat down to play. They played all night till break of day. They played for gold and not for fun. With separate scores for everyone. When they had come to square accounts. They all had made quite fair amounts. Can you the paradox explain. If no one lost, how all could gain?
Hint: Four men sat down to play…
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…
You can play me with all ten fingers, and though I’m full of keys, none of them will open a single door.
Hint: Think about something musical you press to make sound.
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…
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
Hint: My voice is tender…
What demands an answer, but asks no question?
You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?
Hint: You hear it speak…