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Lantern Festival Riddles

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  • What’s too much for two and just right for one?
    Secret
  • What can you catch but not throw away?
    A cold
  • It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
    A dictionary
  • What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters?
    The Post Office
  • People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
    Money
  • Where can you find cities, towns, shops and streets but no people?
    A map
  • What always goes up and never goes down?
    Age
  • Mary’s father has five daughters, Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What’s the fifth daughter’s name?
    Mary
  • What do every couple have in common?
    They’re married on the same day
  • What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
    the future
  • How are trees, cars, and elephants alike?
    They both have a trunk!
  • What has to be broken before you use it?
    An egg
  • What is next in this sequence? JFMAMJJASON….
    December
  • Why is "SMILES" the longest English word?
    Because there is a mile between S and S
  • What letter is an animal?
    B
  • It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
    Your name
  • What room do ghosts avoid?
    The living room
  • What has a bottom at the top?
    Your legs
  • You answer me although I never ask you questions. What am I?
    A phone.
  • Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or a boat. How?
    The river was frozen
  • Why did the teacher wear sunglasses to the class?
    Because her students were so bright.
  • What can run but not walk?
    Water
  • What starts with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?
    A teapot
  • What has hands but cannot clap?
    A clock
  • I fill up a room but take up no space? I am….
    Air
  • I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
    battery
  • Why was six afraid of seven?
    Because seven 8(ate) nine
  • You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
    The letter R
  • Why did Jack throw butter out of a window?
    Because he wants to see "butterfly"
  • What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T”in it?
    A teapot
  • What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
    A blackboard
  • What has a head and a tail, but no body?
    A coin
  • How many months of the year have 28 days?
    All of them! Every month has *at least* 28 days.
  • I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
    A candle
  • What’s full of holes but still holds water?
    A sponge
  • What word is pronounced wrong even by the best of scholars?
    Wrong
  • Which month don’t soldiers like the most?
    March
  • What man cannot live in a house?
    snowman
  • How do we make seven even?
    Take the "s" away
  • What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
    A clock
  • Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    The word “short”
  • What kind of room has no doors or windows?
    A mushroom
  • What question can’t you ever answer “Yes” to?
    Are you asleep?
  • What fruit has the most passion?
    passion fruit
  • What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
    Lunch and dinner