Riddles are questions posed so you have to actually think,
perhaps use deduction and certainly think logically and laterally to find a
solution.
As a kid, I could never remember riddles or jokes but loved
the idea of them and whenever someone had memorised a bunch of them, I used to
love guessing. There are two main kinds
of riddles, the more serious kind, using logic and intelligence and the other
that force you to be ‘street smart.’
This is one of my favourites from the latter category.
If a plane is flying from Venezuela to Columbia and disaster
befalls it. There is a terrible crash and the plane lands exactly on the border
between the two countries. In which country do they bury the survivors?
(Answers to all riddles are found at the
bottom of this post.)
The rest of my Top 10 for kids would be:
9.
You are a bus driver.
At the first stop on your bus route, 4 people get on, at the second stop 8 people get on, at the third stop 2 people get off
and at the fourth stop everyone got off.
The question is, what colour are the bus driver’s eyes?
8.
One
day, a father went to his three sons and told them that he would die soon and
he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He decided to
give them all a test. He said,
"Go to the market my sons, and purchase
something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in
your pocket. From this I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy
enough to inherit my land."
So they all went to the market and bought
something that they thought would fill the room, yet was still small enough
that they could fit into their pockets. Each son came back with a different
item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try
to fill up his bedroom with whatever they had purchased.
The first son came in
and put some pieces of cloth that he had bought and laid them end to end across
the room, but it barely covered any of the floor.
Then the second son came in and
laid some hay, that he had purchased, on the floor but there was only enough to
cover half of the floor.
The third son came in and showed his father what he
had purchased and how it could fill the entire room yet still fit into his
pocket. The father replied,
"You are truly the wisest of all and you shall
receive my property." What was it that the son had showed to his father?
7.
If
there are three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?
6.
What
gets wetter the more it dries?
5.
If you
drop a yellow hat in the Red sea, what does it become?
4.
A box without
hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
3.
What
can run but never walks,
Has
a mouth but never talks,
Has
a bed but never sleeps
And
has a head but never weeps?
2.
Each
morning I appear
To
lie at your feet
All
day I will follow you
No
matter how fast you run
Yet
I nearly perish in the mid day sun.
What
am I?
1.
Three
guesses, What have I got in my pocket?
Do you have any favourite riddles? Feel free to leave them in the comments and see if anyone can guess the answers!
Euan
Solutions:
10. Silly- they don’t
bury the survivors.
9. You are the bus driver- the same colour as yours!
8. The
son had showed his father a match. Whenever he lit the match, it filled the
entire room with light, yet it was still small enough to fit into his pocket.
7.
Two (you took two)
6.
A towel
5.
Wet
4.
An egg
3. A river
2.
Your shadow
1. Good question- a magic ring? - from The Hobbit
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