Riddles With Answers for Kids, Families & Adults

I carry a brown river to the table, but I never leave dry land. What am I?

I sit at the table with your name on me, but I am not a plate and I am not a person. What am I?

I get bigger when I am shared around the table, and I am not food. At Thanksgiving, everyone takes a turn giving me. What am I?

I turn red, orange and gold, then let go of my branch without anyone pushing me. What am I?

Why did the cranberry sauce get invited to every dinner?

Why did the turkey join the band?

Four families each bring 3 pies to Thanksgiving dinner. Before the meal, 2 pies are eaten. How many pies are left?

In a pretend recipe, a turkey needs 15 minutes of cooking for every pound. How many hours does a 16-pound turkey need?

Six friends share 3 whole pies. Each pie is cut into 8 slices, and everyone eats the same number of slices. How many slices does each friend eat?

Four guests sit in a row of four chairs. Dev sits in the far-right chair. Cora sits right next to Dev. Ben sits somewhere to the left of Cora. Ana does not sit at either end. Who sits in the far-left chair?

Three pies sit in a row: apple, pumpkin and pecan. The pumpkin pie is not on either end. The apple pie is somewhere to the left of the pecan pie. Which pie is on the far left?

Maya, Noah and Zoe each bring one dish: pie, rolls or salad. Maya did not bring pie. Noah brought neither pie nor salad. What did Zoe bring?

True or false: Cranberries grow on tall trees.

True or false: In the United States, Thanksgiving is always held on the fourth Thursday of November.

In a secret code, A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on to Z = 26. Which Thanksgiving bird do the numbers 20-21-18-11-5-25 spell?

I am wrapped in paper and tied with a bow, and you shake me to guess what is inside. What am I?

I am a sweet treat shaped like a hook and wearing red and white stripes. What am I?

I am a little house that nobody lives in. My walls are cookies and my roof is held on with icing. What am I?

I have no beginning and no end, and I hang on the front door at Christmas. What am I?

I am a long string of tiny stars that someone hung up without ever climbing into the sky. What am I?

I am a plant that hangs above a doorway, and tradition says people may share a kiss beneath me. What am I?

A snowstorm lives inside me, but you can hold me in one hand and make the storm stop. What am I?

Why did Santa go to music school?

What is a Christmas tree's favorite candy?