Riddle Fun for Families
Start a new tradition of riddle telling in your family. Riddles are a great way to get your family's brains engaged in a fun and entertaining way. Riddles are great to have on hand when you are travelling, during waiting time at restaurants and doctor visits, or anytime the mood suits you. Once you start having fun with riddles, your family is sure to be hooked.
You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you?
Your name
What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Shorter
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
There weren’t any stairs, it was a one story house.
What has hands but can not clap?
A clock
A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?
The house is on the north pole, so the bear is white
What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W
What starts with the letter “t”, is filled with “t” and ends in “t”?
A teapot
How do dog catchers get paid?
By the pound
A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
The woman is blind and is reading braille.
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
The match
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A Towel
You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?
You draw a shorter line next to it, and it becomes the longer line.
Name four days of the week that start with the letter “t”?
Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.
What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood?
The bark on a tree.
Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten in all. How is this possible?
They were a grandmother, mother and daughter.
