Looking for object riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe object 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.
172 object riddles
Page 1 of 9
A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
Hint: A blue house is made of blue bricks…
One feels light in your hands. The other makes you grunt. But the scale never lies.
Hint: Two pounds is two pounds, no matter how it feels.
A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?
Hint: A little pool with two layers of wall around it…
A man buys a rope from a woman for $3.00 and hands the woman a $10 bill. The woman goes into the grocery store next door to get change. She returns and gives the man $7.00. After the man leaves, the clerk from the store comes and says, “Hey, that was a counterfeit bill you gave me.”The woman gives the clerk a good bill. How much has the woman lost?
Hint: A man buys a rope from a woman for $3…
A man is in a solid metal room. Solid metal floor, ceiling and walls. The ONLY thing in the room is a table. How does he get out?
Hint: A man is in a solid metal room…
A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his nearest hardware shop. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches. As a result of this, the rope was only 30 percent of the length that the man wanted. What length did he want and what length did he get?
Hint: A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his nearest hardware shop…
A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?
Hint: A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds…
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?
Hint: A man was found murdered on Sunday morning…
A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?
Hint: A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn…
a person was building a house, and then it fell down, he did not get hurt nor get mad,on the count on, he knew it was going to fall and he did not expect any one to live in it.what happened?
Hint: a person was building a house…
Big cars: 6 fit in a box. Small bears: 10 per box. The store packed 78 toys with extra cars. Count the full boxes—no half ones!
Hint: Try different combos of car boxes and bear boxes until the total makes 78.
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Hint: A white dove flew down by the castle…
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Hint: A woman shoots her husband…
A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea. The waiter took her cup and went into the kitchen and returned with a fresh cup of tea. She shouted, “You brought me the same tea!”How did she know?
Hint: A woman was horrified to find a fly in her tea…
A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight. The young boy weighs 98 pounds. The young boy also has 3 balls that each weigh 1 pound each. The yougn boy needs to get across the bridge with all the balls at the exact same time. How does he get across the bridge with all 3 balls at the same time?
Hint: A young boy needs to cross a bridge that can only hold 100 pounds of weight…
Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?
Hint: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me…
An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn’t know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father’s fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?
Hint: An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons…
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
Hint: As I went across the bridge…
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can’t fill it up. What is it?
Nine tiny tiles form a grid. But four make a medium square, and all nine make one large. Overlap your counts.
Hint: Combine squares of different sizes.