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We have Animal Ones, Silly Ones and Food Ones. These Brain Teasers are all great fun for kids and we are adding more for you all the time. In fact check out our new and growing Brain Teaser Riddles...

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Animal Riddles:

  • What does a cat have that no other animal has?
    • - Kittens.

  • What has two heads, four eyes, six legs, and a tail?
    • - A cowboy riding his horse.

  • What always sleeps with its shoes on?
    • - A Horse.

  • What is as big as an elephant, but weighs nothing at all?
    • - The shadow of an elephant.

  • What fur do we get from a Tiger?
    • - As fur away as possible! -

  • Why do dragons sleep all day?
    • - They like to hunt Knights.

  • What can honk without a horn?
    • - A goose.

  • What has a horn but does not honk?
    • - A rhinoceros.

  • What is the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
    • - To cover cows.

  • What two keys can't open any doors?
    • - A Donkey, and a Monkey.


    Are there other puzzling riddles in your life?

    Want to solve the perplexing riddle of
    The Family Budget?


    Or even more puzzling at times,
    Your Teenager?

    Silly Riddles:


  • If Mounties 'Always Get Their Man', what do Postmen always get?
    • - Their Mail.

  • Why is the Mississippi such an unusual river?
    • - Because it has four eyes and it can't even see!

  • Who is the fastest runner in the whole world?
    • - Adam, because he was the first in the human race. -

  • What is higher without the head, than with it?
    • - A pillow. -

  • Why is an island like the letter T?
    • - Because it's in the middle of water. -

  • When is a chair like an expensive scarf?
    • - When it's Satin. -

  • If everyone bought a white car, what would we have?
    • - A white carnation. -

  • What is the best cure for dandruff?
    • - Baldness -

  • What do you call a man who doesn't have all his fingers on one hand?
    - Normal - You have fingers on both hands!

  • If you threw a White stone into the Red Sea, what would it become?
    • - Wet -

  • What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
    • - A Towel -

  • How many letters are there in the alphabet?
    • - Eleven, (T..h..e...A..l..p..h..a..b..e..t) -

  • Where does Friday come before Thursday?
    • - In the Dictionary. -

  • When is a car, not a car?
    • - When it turns into a parking lot. -

  • What's the difference between a Jeweler and a Jailer?
    • - A Jeweler sells watches....A Jailer watches cells. -

  • What invention lets you look right through a wall?
    • - A window. -

  • A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
    • - He fell off the bottom step. -

  • What has a ring, but no finger?
    • - A telephone -

  • What bank never has any money?
    • - The riverbank -

  • What wears a jacket, but no pants?
    • - A book -

  • What can clap without any hands?
    • - Thunder -

  • What has a bark, but no bite?
    • - A tree -

  • What ship has two mates, but no captain?
    • - A Relationship. -

  • The first man is the master of priceless gems;
    The second man is the master of love;
    The third man is the master of shovels;
    The fourth man is the master of big sticks;
    Who are they?

    • - They're the Kings in a deck of cards. -

  • What has a neck but no head, and wears a cap?
    • - A Bottle. -

  • What has four legs, but can't walk?
    • - A Table. -

  • Why isn't your nose twelve inches long?
    • - Because then it would be a foot. -

  • What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
    • - Trouble. -

  • What has many rings, but no fingers?
    • - A Telephone. -

  • What is made of wood, but can't be sawed?
    • - Sawdust. -

  • When is a door not a door?
    • - When it's a jar. -

  • What has eyes that can not see, a tongue that can not taste, and a soul that can not die?
    • - A shoe. -

  • What's easier to give than receive?
    • - Criticism. -

  • What's black when it's clean and white when it's dirty?
    • - A blackboard. -

  • What is there more of the less you see?
    • - Darkness. -

  • What kind of dress can never be worn?
    • - An address. -

  • What starts with an 'E', ends with an 'E', and only has one letter in it?
    • - An envelope. -

  • What bet can never be won?
    • - The Alphabet. -

  • What kind of coat can you put on only when it's wet?
    • - A coat of paint. -

  • What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
    • - A flag. -

  • If you have two coins, that add up to six(6) cents, and one of them is not a nickel, what are the two coins?
    • - A penny and a nickel. (One was not a nickel, but the other one was!)

  • What goes up and down, but never moves?
    • - A flight of stairs. -

  • What has only two words, but thousands of letters?
    • - A Post Office. -

  • Bobby throws a ball as hard as he can. It comes back to him, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How?
    • - He throws it straight up. -

  • What has a hundred limbs, but cannot walk?
    • - A Tree. -

  • What can you serve, but never eat?
    • - A tennis ball. -

  • Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
    • - One was bald. -



    Food Riddles For Kids:

  • What room is never entered?
    • - A Mushroom. -

  • What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
    • - An egg. -

  • One day, while I was having breakfast, my wedding ring slipped off my finger and fell into a full cup of coffee, but the ring didn't get wet. Why not?

    • - The cup was filled with dry, ground coffee. -

  • I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole; I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

    What am I?

    • - A snake. -

  • I have no bones and no legs, but if you keep me warm, I will soon walk away.What am I?
    • - An egg. -

  • What are two things you cannot have for breakfast?
    • -Lunch and dinner. -

  • How many blocks can you put in an empty box?
    • - One. After that it's not empty anymore. -

  • What kind of cup can't hold water?
    • - A cupcake. -

  • Why did the Bumble Bee put honey under his pillow?
    • - He wanted to have Sweet Dreams -


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    One night a King and a Queen went into a room.

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    Question: I have a face and hands, but no legs.

    What am I?

    Answer: A clock.


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    I am part of a bird, I soar through the sky, I dip in the pool but always stay dry.

    What am I?

    A shadow.

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    I can live in the ice and I can swim.

    What am I?


    A Penguin.

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    Question:

    What is the most dangerous city in the whole wide world?


    Answer:

    Electri city .

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    Q.

    What do you call a fairy who hasn't taken a bath?

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    Stinker Bell.

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    Q.

    I stop working when there's no point, but when I sharpen my neck I start to work again.

    What am I?

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    A pencil.

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    Question:

    Which is the biggest gate in the world, that you can't pass through?

    Answer;

    Col gate .

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    Question:

    There are 2 fathers and 2 sons on a fishing trip. They all caught a fish but only brought home three fishes.

    Nothing happened to ...

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    Q. What is a jam that you cannot eat?


    A. A traffic jam.

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    Q. What is a jam that you cannot eat?


    A. A traffic jam.

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    Q: What's black and white and 'red' all over?

    A: A newspaper.

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    A man and his son are in a car accident.

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    Q. What comes once in a year, but twice in a week?????????????


    A. The letter 'e'.



















    Answer:
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    Question:

    Why did the chicken cross the road?

    Answer:

    To get to the other side.

    Kids Riddle - What am I thinking of?  Not rated yet
    What am I thinking of?

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    Question:

    Which driver can't drive car?

    Answer:


    A Screw driver.

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    Question:

    What do you call a fish without an eye?

    Answer:

    F_sh.

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    A pony feels sick so it goes to the docs office.

    The doctor examines him and says I know the problem, you're a little horse.

    Food Joke   Not rated yet
    Question:

    What is yellow, black, and white?

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    Scrambled eggs with salt and pepper.

    Animal Joke  Not rated yet
    Q: How do you get a giraffe into a refrigerator?

    A: Open the door and put it in!

    Q: How do you get an elephant into a refrigerator?

    A: Open the ...

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    Question:

    What has i's but cant see???



    Answer:

    MISSISSIPPI !!

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    Question:

    Five copycats were in a car.
    One jumped out.

    How many were left?

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    None. (They all copied the first one!)

    Silly Riddle  Not rated yet
    Question:

    If the clock shows '1';
    It is one o'clock.

    If the clock shows '13';

    What time is it??


    Answer:

    Time to repair your clock....

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    Question:

    What do you call a cow with 2 legs?

    Answer:

    Lean Beef.

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    Question:

    What weighs a ton forward but not backward?

    Answer:

    ton--not

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    Question:

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    Answer:

    A pork chop.

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    Question:

    What did the coffin say to the other coffin?.....

    Answer:

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    Question:

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    Question:

    There was a man with two sons. Each son weighed 40 pounds. The man weighed 80 pounds. They had a boat that could carry 80 pounds.

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    Q. What do you call a little girl who cuts her own hair?





    A. A snip it!

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    Question:

    What do you call an old snowman?


    Answer:

    Water!

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    Question:

    There was a father and his son that were going on a trip. They got into an accident, the father was killed and the son was badly injured....

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    Question:

    What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, the end of every place?

    Answer:

    The letter ...

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    What is pink and fluffy?
    -Pink fluff


    What is blue and fluffy?
    -Blue fluff


    What is white and fluffy?
    -A cloud!

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    Question: How do you stick an elephant in the fridge?

    Answer: Open the door and push him in.

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    Question:

    What did the Lion say when it saw the lion hunter in a jeep?


    Answer:

    Meals on wheels.


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    Person: "Doctor, Doctor I feel like a pair of curtains!"

    Doctor: "Oh, pull yourself together."

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    Question: I am sometimes pointed, sometimes dull, my head is the color red, green, pink or white.

    What am I?

    Answer: A pencil.

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    Question: What do you call a girl who stands under the roof during the rain?



    Answer: "Miss-understanding"

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    Q. What goes up a chimney down, but won't go up a chimney up?


    A. An Umbrella!

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    Q. There are four men in boat the boat sank and the men sank to the bottom of the lake, yet not one single man got wet.
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    Q. I have a foot but it doesn't get cold, I have four legs but I can't walk, I have a head but I can't talk.

    What am I?


    A. I'm a bed!

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    Q. What goes around the world in a corner?

    A. A stamp!

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    Question: What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?




    Answer: A teapot!

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    Q: Why do cows wear bells?









    A: Because their HORNS don't work!!!

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    Q: A cowboy came to town on Friday, stayed 3 days and left on Friday.

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    A: His horse was named Friday....

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    Question:

    There is an electric train going west.
    The wind is blowing east.

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    There is no ...

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    Q. What crawls on four legs in the beginning, walks on twos in the middle and on threes in the end?

    A. A human.

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    Q. What do you call a cat that drinks lemonade?

    A. A Sour Puss.

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    Q. Why did the nose cross the road?

    A. It was tired of being picked on!

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    Q. What story can only be told at night?





    A. A "knight"s tale...

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    Q. What wears a shirt but no pants?

    A. Winnie the Pooh! -Seriously Silly!

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    Q. - What is green and has wheels?

    A. - Grass! I was joking about the wheels!

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    Question: I am yellow and black, and I blow bubbles. Who am I?

    Answer: A Bubble Bee.

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    Question: What do you call a cow that gossips about you?


    Answer: A cattle tale.

    An Animal Riddle  Not rated yet
    QUESTION: Where does a dog get his hair cut?

    ANSWER: At the barker shop.

    An Animal Riddle  Not rated yet
    Question: I am small, I have a pink tail. People really don't like me, I rhyme with bat.

    What am I?

    Answer: A Rat

    Silly Riddle  Not rated yet

    What get's bigger, the more you take away?
    -A hole.


    What holes hold water?
    -A sponges holes!

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    What goes up, but never comes down?
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    Your Age.

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    Q.) There are 10 girls and 1 dog, all standing under one small umbrella and none of them get wet.


    How is that possible?



    A.) Who said ...

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    Q. Why did the bus stand waiting at the bus stop?




    A. Because it couldn't sit at the bus stop.

    Kids Riddle  Not rated yet
    What's round but not always around? Light but sometimes dark, and sometimes it's both. You can walk on it but not many have.

    What is it?

    -The ...

    Funny Knock-Knock Joke  Not rated yet
    Knock-knock.

    Who's there?

    The Interrupting Cow.

    The Interrupting Co-

    "MOOOO!"

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    Romeo and Juliette lied dead surrounded by tiny pieces of glass and a small puddle of water.


    How did they die?
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    Why did the sheep cross the road?




    To get to the baa-barshop.

    Silly Joke  Not rated yet
    Question: What is the difference between an onion and an oboe?








    Answer: Nobody cries when you chop up an oboe.

    Just a riddle  Not rated yet
    Question: What English verb, by rearranging its own letters, becomes its own past tense?









    Answer: Eat!

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    What turns everything around but doesn't move?
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    A Mirror!

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    Why was Cinderella never a part of the football team?
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    How many months in a year have 28 days?
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    They all do!(Each month has 28 days or more!)

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    What is green on the outside, red when you eat and black when you spit out?

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    -Watermelon-

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    What do you call a frog that says, "Hey I'm a frog?"
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    A talking frog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Just A Plain Silly Joke  Not rated yet
    I run around but never race, my hands are always on my face, I cannot count very many numbers, you hit me and i let you slumber.

    What Am I?

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    There is a family with 5 kids and exactly half of them are boys. How is this possible?
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    Funny Jokes  Not rated yet
    1.) FUNNY SIGNS:

    Spotted in a toilet of a London office:
    TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

    In a London Laundromat:
    AUTOMATIC WASHING ...

    CHILDREN JOKES  Not rated yet
    CHILDREN JOKES

    TEACHER: Johny, why are you doing your maths sums on the floor?
    JOHNNY: You told me to do it without using tables!

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    Animal Riddle  Not rated yet
    Q. How do you get an elephant out of a pond?




    A. All Wet ...

    Kid Riddle  Not rated yet
    Q. What bow can't be tied?


    A. A Rain bow !

    plain joke  Not rated yet
    Q. Why did the boy sprinkle sugar on his pillow before he went to sleep?

    A. So he could have Sweet dreams.

    plain silly  Not rated yet
    Q. What is so fragile that it breaks once you say its name?

    A. (Silence)

    Car Joke For Kids   Not rated yet
    Q. What travels with no wheels?
    A. A plane!





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