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Riddles for Middle Schoolers
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Middle School riddles
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I speak without a mouth and answer without ears. I have no body, but repeat what you say. What am I?
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The answer is
An echo
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
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The answer is
A map
What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?
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The answer is
An envelope
How many months have 28 days?
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All 12 months
I am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Seven
Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?
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They are a grandfather, a father and a son
How can you add five to nine and get two?
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On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock
I travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?
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Light
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
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The answer is
The word “ton”
What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?
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The letter M
I form a ring without making a sound, and people look up when I appear. What am I?
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A halo around the moon
What bridge can carry a friendship but not a footstep?
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Trust
What can reflect the past in your mind but never show you the future?
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A memory
What shadow can arrive before the object that makes it?
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A warning sign
What ladder helps you rise but has no rungs?
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A plan
What room gets smaller every time more people enter it?
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Personal space
What can make a photo of a bright room darker without changing the room itself?
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A darkening filter
What chair makes you stand the moment you use it?
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A chairperson calling on you to speak.
What button starts an argument without being pressed?
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The answer is
A hot-button topic
What fish lives in a browser and catches your attention?
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The answer is
Clickbait
What ladder goes sideways instead of up?
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The answer is
A ladder in a word puzzle
What flag never flies but can still warn you?
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The answer is
A red flag in a message or situation.
What pocket cannot hold money but can trap air underwater?
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A pocket of air
What chair can seat a whole meeting but is only one person?
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The chair of a meeting
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