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Riddles For Kids

Here are some riddles for kids. See if you can figure out the solution to each puzzle. As usual, you will find the answers to these riddles in the comments.

Riddles For Kids

Riddle 1. Christmas Presents

On Christmas day, a young boy finds three presents under the Christmas tree. Opening the first present, he finds a pair of shoes and begins to cry. Opening the second present, he finds a soccer ball and cries even harder. Opening the third present, he finds a pair of bicycle shorts. He buries his face in his hands and starts sobbing. Outside, Santa Claus is having a big laugh. Why?

Riddle 2. Locked Room

In a locked room, a man is found hanging by the neck from the ceiling. His feet are not touching the ground. The room is completely empty. There are no tables or chairs or anything else. There is a puddle of water under his feet. How did the man kill himself?

Riddle 3. Murdered Sister

A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. Even though the judge finds the sister guilty of murder, he can’t send her to prison. Why?

Riddle 4. Doctor

A man is driving down a highway with his son in his car. They get into a car accident and both are critically injured. Two ambulances from two different hospitals arrive. The man is taken to one hospital and his son is taken to another hospital. The doctor walks into the operating room, looks at the boy, and says, “I can’t operate on this boy. He is my son.” How can this be?

Riddle 5. Hole in the Suit

A man was just doing his job when he accidentally tore a hole in his suit. Three minutes later, he was dead. Why?

Riddle 6. Frog

There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way should he swim?

Riddle 7. Desert

Two men are lying in the desert. Both of them are wearing backpacks. One man is alive and the other is dead. The backpack of the man who is alive is open. The backpack of the dead man is closed. How did he die?

Riddle 8. Tracks in the Snow

The police find a dead man lying in a field of snow. The man was murdered. The police find a set of tire tracks leading away from the field. They follow the tracks to a nearby farm. At the farmhouse, they find an old man and a disbaled woman sitting on the porch. They question the man and woman and discover that neither of them can drive. Then they arrest the woman for murder. Why did they arrest her?

Riddle 9. Holiday

A married couple flew to Florida on holiday. They booked into a nice hotel. During the vacation, the husband was murdered. The police searched the couple’s hotel room and found a camera, a plane ticket and a bottle of sun-tan lotion. The police immediately arrested the wife. How did they she murdered her husband?

Riddle 10. Three Rooms

10. A man is captured and condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first room is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room should he choose?

Riddle 11. Who Was the Killer?

There was a rich man who lived in a mansion with his wife and servants. One Sunday morning, the man was murdered in his study. The police came to question his wife and his servants. The wife said she was asleep in the bedroom at the time of the murder. The cook said she was in the kitchen, preparing breakfast. The butler said he was in the dining room, polishing the silver. The maid said she was in the driveway, collecting the mail. The gardener said he was in the garden, picking vegetables. Who murdered the rich man?

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94 comments

  • OOH OMG I didnt get number 10 lol i wasnt thinking and i didnt get number 1 or 7 or 10

  • 1.The boy has no legs
    2. The man stood on a block of ice and waited for it to melt
    3. The women are siamese twins
    4. The doctor is the boy’s mother
    5. The guy is an astronaut
    6. The frog can’t swim, he’s dead
    7. The backpacks are parachutes
    8. The woman is in a wheelchair
    9. The wife was planning it because there was only 1 return flight plane ticket
    10. The lions because they would be dead
    11. The maid because there is no mail on Sunday

  • #9 There was only one plane ticket because the wife planned to go back home after she killed her husband?

  • #1 is sad. The boy has no legs and is crying, and Santa is laughing. How sad and mean.
    :/

  • I was thinking secret service agent for #5.. Got shot as a part of his job and bled out.. And the frog one says dead in the middle of the island.. I interpreted “dead in the middle” like “dead center”… In that case he can’t swim cause he’s on an island.. On land.

  • 1)He doesn’t have any legs.
    2)He stood on a block of ice. Sound like something I’ve seen in the movie saw.
    3)Don’t know. I agree that they were probably siamese twins.
    4)The doctor is the mum not the dad.
    5)He was an astronaut.
    6)The frog can’t swim because he is dead.
    7)The backpacks are parachutes. The man who is alive has an open backback because his parachute opened but the other guys didn’t.
    8) The tracks were left by the disabled womans wheel chair.
    9)There was only one plane ticket so she must have known that only she would return.
    10)The third room. The lions would have starved to death if they hadn’t eaten in three years.
    11)The maid. There is no mail on Sunday.

  • 1. The boy has no legs.
    2. He stood on a block of ice and waited for it to melt. (rather dumb if you ask me -.-;)
    3. Maybe because she’s a mental patient or maybe because she killed in self-defence?
    4. Maybe because the doctor is the grandfather of the boy. Or maybe the doctor is the father of the man?
    5. He was in space? Dunno…
    6. Why should he swim? The frog is dead.
    7. The 2nd one’s parachute didn’t open that’s why he died.
    8. The woman was on a wheel chair. The tires left tracks in the snow.
    9. The wife had carried only one return plane ticket. It was a pre-planned murder.
    10. The 3rd room. No one can live without food for 3 years.
    11. The maid was the culprit. Mail on Sunday? Interesting, huh…

  • 1. the kid have no feet
    2. he used a block of ice to climb then waited for it to melt and hung himself
    3. because her husband has attempted to rape her sister?
    4. the doctor is his mother
    5. working on a nuclear job,, the radiation got in
    6. the frog is dead
    7. backpacks are parachutes. the one dead didnt open his parachute
    8. the woman was in a wheel chair
    9. the woman only bought 1 ticket
    10. room with lions, theyre already dead for 3 years with no food
    11. the maid.. theres no mail on sundays

  • #5-I also believe that he could’ve been a cop…’cause if he tore a ‘hole’ in his suit it could also be caused by a bullet (bullet hole) wich would cause him to die :] most of the time

  • 1. He doesn’t have legs/ he can’t play because it’s too cold out?
    2. EASY. He stood on an ice block until he died.
    3. Because they’re Siamese twins
    4. The doctor is the mom
    5. I don’t know…he tore the skin, too, and bled to death?
    6. He can’t swim because he’s dead?
    7. I heard this before, I think the answer is that the backpack had water in it?
    8. ‘cuz she didn’t make them a SAMMICH. …I don’t know.
    9. Left him out in the sun with the sun tan lotion on him?
    10. Third room, if the lions haven’t eaten in 3 years…they had to of starved, right?
    11. THE MAID. *dun dun duuunnn*

  • Aren’t these all in a book or something?

    1. The boy has no legs (Santa! :c )
    2. He was standing on a block of ice.
    3. The sisters are Siamese twins.
    4. The doctor was the boy’s mother
    5. He was an astronaut.
    6. The frog was DEAD
    7. They had been skydiving and the dead man’s parachute malfunctioned.
    8. The disabled woman had a wheelchair.
    9. The wife only had one return ticket O_o
    10. Umm.. the lions? OMG they are dead from starvation right?
    11. Mail doesn’t come on Sunday.. but newspapers do xD

  • 1.) The boy doesn’t have legs
    2.) He stood on a block of ice
    3.) Her sister is dead…?
    4.) The doctor is the mom
    5.) He was an astronaut
    6.) No way. He’s dead.
    7.) The dead man’s parachute didn’t open
    8.) The disabled woman was on a wheelchair, thus making the tracks
    9.) The wife only had one ticket for herself…?
    10.) He should choose the room with the lions because if they haven’t eaten in three years that means they are dead.
    11.) The Maid killed him because there is no mail on Sunday.

  • 1)the boy didnt have legs
    2)he stood on a block of ice and the ice melted
    3)they were identical but they were blaming it on eachother
    4)the docter is the mum
    5)he was in space
    6)he was dead,he couldnt swim
    7)the parachute didnt open
    8)if she is disabled,she would be in a wheelchair
    9)the wife had only one ticket for herself,not 2
    10)room 3,becauze the lions would be dead if they didnt eat for 3 years
    11)the maid,there is no mail on sunday

    i hope here are right!:)

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  • @werewolfgirl
    I think 5.he was an astronot on a moon walk,but very good guess though.

  • 4.It is his mom
    5.His job was something underwater and when his suit ripped he drown?
    10.The third room because a lion that hasn’t eaten in three years would be dead(I can’t take credit for this,I’ve heard it before)
    That’s all I got :( More riddles!!!

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