A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds
A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?
✨ 11 times. It chimes at zero and then once every second for 10 seconds
L2 · math
🧡 Time 🛡️ Kid-Safe ✨ With Answers
Time Riddles for Kids
Looking for time riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe time 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.
38 time riddles
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A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father
A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 50 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the daughter now?
Hint: A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father…
✨ 50 years old
L3 · math
A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?
A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible ?
Hint: A man was born in 1898 He is still alive now at the age 33 How is this possible…
✨ he was born in room 1898 in the hospital
L3 · brain teaser
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning
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…
✨ It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday!
L3 · logic
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, “Well, yesterday was one of my lying days.”Alice can’t figure it out just from the lion’s answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, “Yesterday was also one of my lying days.”What day is it?
Hint: Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness…
✨ Thursday
L3 · logic
All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals had power
All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic signals had power. A dark limousine was cruising down the newly paved blacktop, with its headlights off. A young boy dressed totally in black (with no reflectors) stepped out to cross the street. The moon wasn?t out and the boy had no flashlight, yet the driver stopped to let the boy cross the street. How did the driver see the boy?
Hint: All the electricity was out in town and none of the street lights or traffic sig…
✨ The driver saw the boy because it was during the daylight hours
L2 · logic
An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B
An archaeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
✨ BC is before Christ. Christ was not yet born when the coin would have been made and the date would be impossible
L3 · brain teaser
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fr
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Hint: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday…
✨ Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
L2 · brain teaser
For some I go fast for others I'm slow
For some I go fast for others I’m slow. To most people, I’m an obsession relying on me is a well practiced lesson. What am I?
Hint: For some I go fast for others I’m slow…
✨ Time
L2 · what am i
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday alw
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?
Hint: Here on earth it is true…
✨ In a dictionary!
L3 · brain teaser
Here on Earth it's always true, that a day follows a day
Here on Earth it’s always true, that a day follows a day. But there is a place where yesterday always follows today!
Hint: Here on Earth it’s always true…
✨ In a dictionary
L3 · brain teaser
How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not
How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?
Hint: How is it that a person born in Massachusetts…
✨ When was he born If he was born before 1783, then Massachusetts would still be a British colony
L3 · logic
I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy
I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy. I come four times in every week, but only once in a thousand years. What am I?
Hint: I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy…
✨ The letter E.
L3 · brain teaser
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
Hint: I never was…
✨ The sun will come up ... Tomorrow
L3 · brain teaser
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all T
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
Hint: I never was…
✨ I am tomorrow - your future
L3 · brain teaser
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
John was very tired after a long day of work
John was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since John fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm woke him?
Hint: John was very tired after a long day of work…
✨ Two hours. Wind-up clocks can't be set more than 12 hours in advance
L3 · brain teaser
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Hint: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall…
✨ Time
L2 · what am i
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.
Hint: My life can be measured in hours…
✨ I am a candle
L2 · what am i
Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his older twin brother, Paul, celebrate
Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his older twin brother, Paul, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?
Hint: Peter celebrated his birthday on one day…
✨ When the mother of the twins went into labor, she was travelling by boat
L3 · logic