Fun ‘Who or What Am I’ riddles for learners of English. You will find several simple yet fun riddles that you can share with kids, perhaps while playtime before bed.
Easy
Q. I don’t have eyes, nose, ears and tongue but I can see, smell, hear and taste. What am I?
Ans: Brain
Q. Which table does not have legs?
Ans: Vegetable
Q. I am hot. I live in the sky. I am bright. Don’t look straight at me. I disappear at night.
Ans. Sun
Q. I live in the water. You can drive me. I might make you sick. Don’t put a hole in me. Tie me up when you’re done.
Ans. Boat
Q. I am in your body. I am red. I am the symbol for love. Blood pumps through me. Please don’t break me.
Ans. Heart
Q. I am red, green, or yellow. I am a healthy snack. I make good juice. You can bite me or slice me. Give me to a teacher.
Ans. Apple
Q. I am circular. I go up and down. You can throw me. You can catch me. Be careful with me near windows.
Ans. Ball
Q. I cry a lot. I love milk. Everyone smiles at me. Please pick me up. I’m new to the world.
Ans. Baby
Q. I am usually green and brown. I can live for a long time. I’m a house for a bird. Kids love to climb me. I need rain.
Ans. Tree
Q. I smell nice. I am beautiful. I come in many different colours. You can pick me. Don’t forget to water me.
Ans. Flower
Q. I have five wheels. You need a key for me. You can sit inside me. Don’t make me go too fast. Please wear my belt.
Ans. Car
Q. I twinkle. There are millions of me. I will light your way. I come out at night. I hide in the city.
Ans. star
Q. I am made of milk and cocoa.
Ans: Chocolate
Q. I pull railway carriages.
Ans: Engine
Q. You wear me when it is cold.
Ans: Jacket / Sweater
Q. You switch me on to cool a room.
Ans: Fan
Q. I am a bird with a beautiful tail.
Ans: Peacock
Q. You come to me when you have a toothache
Ans: Dentist
q. You cook food in me.
Ans: Pan
q. I am related to you.
Ans: Cousin
Q. You sweep a room with me.
Ans: Broom
Q. You open me to let people in.
Ans: Door
Q. You find me in a salad.
Ans: Cucumber
Q. You come to me when you fall ill.
Ans: Doctor
Q. I’m tall when I’m young, I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Ans. Candle
Q. People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Ans. Plate or fork or spoon or knife or dining table (the answer can be a lot of things, anything that you use to serve or eat food).
Q. Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.
Ans. Fire
Q. What has four legs, but can’t walk?
Ans. Table
Q. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Ans. Stamp
Q. What has a neck but no head? There’s even a variation to this question: I Have A Neck With No Head, But I Still Wear A Cap
Ans. Bottle
Q. What has a neck but no head, and has two arms?
Ans. Shirt
Q. I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can also find me in a calendar. What am I?
Ans. Date The date is a fruit (many we call it dry fruit), commonly found in deserts. You also find dates on the calendar.
Q. I am always in front and never behind. What am I?
Q. I am always in front of you, but you will never see me.
Ans: Future.
Q. What has hands but can not clap?
Ans. clock or a watch
Q. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
Ans. Its a Clock!
Q. What kind of cup doesn’t hold water?
Ans. A Cupcake
Q. What kind of a band, never plays music?
Ans. A rubber band.
Q. If a band plays music in a thunderstorm, who is most likely to get hit by lightning?
Ans. The conductor.
Q. You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?
Ans. Sister. The 2 persons are siblings; One is the brother while the other is the sister.
Q. Mary’s father has 4 daughters; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. What is the fourth daughter’s name?
Ans: Mary.
Q. What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?
Ans. A Pillow
Q. What is at the end of a rainbow?
Ans. the letter W
Q: Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it?
Ans: A shadow.
Q. What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Ans: Your Name.
Q. You can hold it without using your hands or arms.
Ans: Breath
Q. What are the strongest days of the week.
Ans: Saturday and Sunday because rest of the days are week days.
Q. Say racecar backwards.
Ans: Racecar Backwards
Medium
Q. What is the softest nut in the entire world?
Ans: Doughnut
Q. What is the mathematician’s favourite dessert?
Ans: Pie
Q: Which room do ghosts avoid?
Ans: Living room
Q. What starts with the letter “T”, filled with letter “T” and ends with in “T”?
Ans. A teapot
Q. What gets broken without being held?
Ans. Silence, promises or bubbles
Q. What has to be broken before you can use it?
Ans: An Egg.
By the way, did you say a bald head?
Q. What can you catch but not throw?
Ans. Cold, flu, disease, any sickness
Q: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Ans: A glove.
Q. In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower”- everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
Ans. There are no stairs. It’s a one-storeyed house.
Q. There was a plane crash every single person died. Who survived?
Ans. Married couples
Q. I am not alive but I grow. I don’t have lungs but I need air. What am i?
Ans. fire
Q. I use a long track. I transport heavy loads. Many tourists use me. Watch for lights to stop for me. I will show you the beautiful scenery.
Ans. Train
Q. Please blow air in me. I come in many colours. I’m a symbol of celebration. Don’t touch me with anything sharp. I only last a day or two.
Ans. Balloon
Q. Children love to play with me. I am not useful indoors. Don’t tangle my long string. Look up and watch me dance. Run if you want me to fly faster.
Ans. Kite
Q. I am a safe ride. I go very high in the sky. You will get service on me. You can watch a movie inside me. I might make your ears pop.
Ans. Airplane
Q. I am usually made of brick or wood. I have many doors and windows. I will keep you warm and cozy. Sell me when your family grows. Please clean me for visitors.
Ans. House
Q. I am paper’s enemy. Keep me away from small children. You use me in art class. I can change the style of your hair. Please don’t run with me in your hands.
Ans. Scissors
Q. I will entertain you. I tell funny and sad stories. I am shaped like a cube. I plug into the wall. Many people fall asleep watching me.
Ans. Television
Q. The ocean is my real home. Humans trick me to bite. I am an easy pet to look after. Gold is a common colour of me. I like to blow bubbles.
Ans. Fish
Q. You don’t always answer me. I can connect you to the world. I beep and ring. You have to press my buttons. Modern types of me are cordless.
Ans. Telephone
Q. I come in a pair. You have to tie and untie me. Don’t go outside without me. Take me off before you go in the water. I come in a very useful box.
Ans. Shoes
Q. You go at red, but stop at green. What am I?
Ans. Watermelon (You eat the red part and stop eating when only the green part is left).
Q. You can hear me and control me, but never see me or touch me. What am I?
Ans. Our Voice
Q. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Ans. Footsteps
Q. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Ans. Palm
Q. You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make the line longer?
Ans. You draw a shorter line next to it and it becomes a longer line.
Q Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Ans. Neither. They both weigh one pound.
Q. From house to house he goes, A messenger small and slight, And whether it rains or snows, He sleeps outside in the night.
Ans. The Path
Q. There are 4 girls in a room. Clara is playing chess. Marie is watching T.V. Suzi is sleeping. What is the 4th girl doing?
Ans: Is playing chess with Clara.
Q. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2. How many apples do you have?
Ans: 2 apples.
Q. If you have me, you want to share me. But if you share me, you no longer have me. What am I?
Ans: A secret
Hard
Q. What cannot be seen or felt, but can only be broken by voice?
Ans: Silence
Q. What tastes better than it smells?
Ans: Tongue
Q. You heard me before, Yet you hear me again. Then I die, till you call me again. What am I?
Ans. Echo
Q. I get wetter and wetter the more I dry?
Ans. A towel
Q. Name four days of the week that starts with letter “T”.
Ans. Tuesday, Thursday, Today and Tomorrow
Q. What goes around and around the wood but never goes into the wood?
Ans. The bark of a tree
Q: What is the easiest way to double your money?
Ans: Put it in front of a mirror.
Q. I have a hundred leg, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, but I’m neat and tidy as can be. What am I?
Ans. A broom
Q. I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
Ans. Shadow, duck, penguin
Q. Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?
Ans. Alphabets
Q. What asks but never answers?
Ans. An Owl. The hooting of an owl sounds like ‘who’, but it never answers.
Q. I am associated with Spring. I love to hop in the grass. I play in your vegetable garden. My teeth are long and sharp. I am soft to pet.
Ans. Rabbit
Q. I am a home for royalty. There are many of me in England. I am made of stone. I am protected by a ring of water. I’m found in many legends.
Ans. Castle
Q. I have buttons or a zipper. You don’t need me in the summer. Hang me in your front closet. I’ll protect you from a cold wind. I have pockets and sometimes a belt.
Ans. Coat
Q. I am multi-coloured. I appear after a storm. People always point at me. Everyone takes my picture. Legend says there is gold at the bottom of me.
Ans. Rainbow
Q. I am a delicious treat. Lick me with your tongue. I come in a bowl or a cone. Don’t eat me too slowly. One of my flavours is vanilla.
Ans. Ice cream
Q. I’m a pretend animal. I have four paws. I’m stuffed with fluff. Please take me to bed with you. Hug me if you have a bad dream.
Ans. Teddy Bear
Q. I’ll keep your hair dry. Bring me just in case. I’m long and light to carry. Don’t open me in the house. I hope you don’t need me today.
Ans. Umbrella
Q. I live in the jungle. I love to eat bananas. I’m very similar to a human. I’m a curious creature. I have a long curly tail.
Ans. Monkey
Q. I am popular for winter sports. I can be very dangerous. You can go up or down me. I get colder as you go higher. Don’t forget your safety gear.
Ans. Mountain
Q. You use me when you’re resting.
I protect your neck and head. I’m soft and comfortable. Ask for me on an airplane. Fighting with me is fun.
Ans. Pillow
Q. I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
Ans. Cloud
Q. Mr Brown was killed on Sunday afternoon.
The wife said she was reading a book.
The butler said He was taking a shower.
The chef said he was making breakfast.
The maid said she was folding clothes.
The gardener said he was planting tomatoes.
Who killed Mr. Brown?
Ans. The chef. Mr. Brown was killed in the afternoon, and the chef said he was making breakfast. The chef is lying as you don’t make breakfast in the afternoon.
Q. Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr. Smith have?
Ans. 5
Each daughter has 1 brother, so the number of sons = 1.
Mr. Smith has four daughters, so number. of daughters = 4.
So number of children = 4 daughters plus 1 son = 5.
Q. A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no light at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
Ans. The woman is blind and is reading Braille
Q. You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
Ans. The match
Q. My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?
Ans. A Book
Please do share these riddle with friends who have kids on WhatsApp, Facebook, and other social networking sites. Kids would really enjoy solving these riddles.
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