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Medium Riddles With Hints and Answers

These medium riddles mix observation, vocabulary and wordplay for kids, families, classrooms and adults ready to stretch their thinking.

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What rope can hold a story together without tying a knot?

Type:JokeSchoolLanguage
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A plot line.

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What plate never eats but can still be full?

Type:Joke
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A number plate.

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What blanket can cover a whole town but weighs almost nothing?

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Fog.

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What ticket can take you nowhere but still let you escape?

Type:What Am I?Language
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A book ticket or library card.

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What key opens a song but not a door?

Type:What Am I?SchoolMusic
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A musical key.

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What circle starts a game but is not drawn with a pencil?

Type:What Am I?Sports
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A kickoff circle or centre circle.

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What tooth bites paper but never chews?

Type:What Am I?School
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A stapler tooth.

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What river flows from a pen but never reaches the sea?

Type:JokeLanguage
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A line of writing.

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What page turns itself without hands?

Type:What Am I?ScienceTechnology
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A webpage that auto-refreshes.

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What chair can seat a whole meeting but is only one person?

Type:Joke
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The chair of a meeting.

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Which school subject is best at keeping secrets?

Type:JokeSchool
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History

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I arrive before the party guests and tell them where to go. What am I?

Type:What Am I?Parties
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The invitation

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I am made of gas, wrapped in liquid, and I pop when I get too bold. What am I?

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A bubble

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Why did the classroom clock win the race?

Type:JokeSchool
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It had a good second hand.

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I sing at night, jump in the grass, and rub my wings to make music. What am I?

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A cricket

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What gets bigger after dinner but smaller the next day?

Type:LogicFoodSeasonal
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The leftovers pile

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You have 6 blue socks and 6 red socks in a dark drawer. What is the fewest socks you must pull out to guarantee a matching pair?

Type:Math
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Three

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What wears a silver coat after the rain but owns no clothes?

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A leaf

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a day?

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The letter M

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I can pull some metals closer, but I never use my hands. What am I?

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A magnet

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What word starts with water but does not get wet?

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Watermelon

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What comes next: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?

Type:Math
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37

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What comes next: 1, 8, 27, 64, ?

Type:Math
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125

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What comes next: 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ?

Type:Math
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63

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A plot line.

A number plate.

Fog.

A book ticket or library card.

A musical key.

A kickoff circle or centre circle.

A stapler tooth.

A line of writing.

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