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Fun Riddles for Middle School

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  • I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
    A bat.
  • What can jump higher than a building?
    Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump.
  • A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this possible?
    The other side of the rope isn’t tied to anything!
  • We fill up a bathtub with water. If you had a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket, what would you do to empty the bathtub as fast as possible?
    Pull out the plug.
  • What one word has all 26 different letters in it?
    The alphabet
  • I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
    Seven
  • It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
    Your name.
  • It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
    The dictionary
  • It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
    A keyboard.
  • What do you call an Alligator that wants to be a detective?
    Investigator.
  • I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
    A carrot.
  • Two teachers teach at the same school. One is the father of the other’s son. What relation are they to each other?
    Husband and Wife.
  • What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
    Lunch and dinner
  • Two men in a chess club were playing chess. They played five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is this possible?
    They played different people.
  • What do you call a deer with no eyes?
    No idea
  • 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
    5 cats
  • There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
    You have 2 apples. You took away 2 apples and left 1 in the basket.
  • Why do cats make good warriors?
    They have 9 lives.
  • What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
    A coat of paint
  • What goes up and down but never, never moves?
    A staircase
  • What do you call an American bee?
    A USB
  • Two mothers and two daughters were making cakes. Each one of them made one cake, yet in the end only three cakes were made. How is this possible?
    A girl, her mother and her grandmother were making the cakes!
  • If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
    A promise.
  • I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
    A goose.