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Solve The Riddles

Put your brainpower to work and solve these mind-bending riddles!


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1.

What travels the world but always stays in a corner?

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2.

What goes to bed with its shoes on?

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3.

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and grey when you throw it away?

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4.

What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?

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5.

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

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6.

What do you break before using?

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7.

Why did the boy throw his watch out the window?

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8.

What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?

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9.

I have a head & no body, but I do have a tail. What am I?

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10.

Give me food and I will live, give water and I will die. What am I?

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11.

What is green, but is not a leaf; copies others, but is not a monkey?

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12.

How many days in a week start with the letter T?

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13.

What has a bed but doesn’t sleep and a mouth but never eats?

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14.

The more you take, the more you leave behind, what is it?

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15.

What room do ghosts avoid?

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16.

You live in a one-story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?

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17.

You buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

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18.

They have no flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?

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19.

If you were running in a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in?

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20.

What kind of nut has no shell?

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CHERYL 16th Jul 2021 CARE GIVER
Thanks FOR THE RIDDLES! THEY ARE FUN
Talita 19th Jul 2021
Thanks for your feedback Cheryl!
Anne 14th Feb 2020 Activity Coordinator
We love the riddles .... Keep them coming !!!
Ria 29th Aug 2018 Leisure and Health
During our morning tea our residents thoroughly enjoyed the riddles. Hope to see more riddles on this site. Thank you
Talita 3rd Sep 2018
Thanks so much for your feedback Ria, more coming soon!
Auriel 9th Apr 2018 RAO
Excellent activity. Residents loved it...lots of laughter
Talita 14th Apr 2018
Thanks for the feedback Auriel, much appreciated!
Megan 7th Mar 2018 Therapy Assistant
Love it :) thankyou. Quiz afternoon and newspaper reading (cognitive afternoon) with afternoon tea. Thank you.
Talita 10th Mar 2018
Thanks for your feedback Megan. Sounds like a lovely afternoon!
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