Some challenging Riddles
Here are some challenging riddles that I put forth to two different sets of students. One was a group of 4th graders (8-9 year olds) – and the other was a group of 14-16 year olds.
I am something no one wants to have, but if you have me, you do not want to lose me. What am I?
Voiceless, it cries. Toothless, it bites. What is it?
I come either before or after – never in between. I cannot be felt, heard, seen or smelled. (Additional clue: I can hide behind stars and in empty caves.) What am I?
I am a small bag. I am sitting on the floor- but you cannot jump over me. Why not?
I can slay kings, crumble mountains to dust. I cannot be heard, smelt, felt or seen. What am I?
Joe is 13 years old today. He turns 16 tomorrow. How is that possible?
What can you put in a box of wood to make it lighter ?
What’s white when it’s dirty ?
What is it that everybody does at the same time?
A man convicted to death has to pick between a room filled with raging fires, a room full of poisonous snakes, a room full lions that haven’t eaten for 3 years. Which room does he pick?
How much water can you put in an empty jar?
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Voiceless, it cries. Toothless, it bites. What is it? – The wind. From J R R Tolkien’s the Hobbit… Golem trades riddles for Bilbo’s life in the goblin caves. “Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. What is it?”
Right you are!
Room full of lions because they would already be dead.
Correct 🙂