Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Riddles for Children

Here are some good  riddles for children.   Read them and enjoy.  Try to answer the riddles without checking the answers.   Here are the riddles.


Riddle 1:   I go into the water red and come out black.   Who am I?

Riddle 2 :  I make up all literature, but I'm often sealed.  Who am I?

Riddle 3:  There are three jars full of equal amounts quarters, dimes, and penny's. Which one has the highest value?


Riddle 4:  Christmas and New Year's Day occur exactly one week apart. So a New Year's that occurs right after Christmas should be on the same day of the week. But in the year 2020 Christmas will occur on a Friday and New Year's on a Wednesday.   Why is this?

Riddle 5:   What two letters can spell the word candy?

Riddle 6I am a nice word composed of five letters, but the Romans would call me a numbers.
What am I?


Riddle 7:   How can you make 7 even?

Riddle 8:   The shorter I am, the bigger I am.   What am I?

Riddle 9:   I have a few points but we're not competing.   And I'll help you win when you're eating.    What am I?

Riddle 10: If a man carried my burden, he'd break his back.   I am not rich, but I always leave silver in my track.    What am I?



Did you get the answers to the above riddles........   If  not then check the answers below.

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Answer 1 :  Red hot Iron

Answer 2 : Letters

Answer 3 : The jar full of quarters would have the highest value because a quarter is worth more than a dime and penny. Amount refers to quantity, so if they have equal amounts there will be an equal number of each.


Answer 4 :
In 2020 New Year's occurs on January 1st, 2020 and Christmas on December 25th, 2020. These dates are 51 weeks and 2 days apart, not one week apart (during the year New Year's occurs before Christmas).
 
Answer 5 :
C and Y. If you take away the spaces, it will become the word CandY.

Answer 6 :
Civil (C, I, V, and L are all roman numerals).

Answer 7 : Remove the 's' from 'seven' to make it 'even.'

Answer 8 :
A temper.

Answer 9 : A Fork

Answer 10 : Snail