👨👩👧 Family riddles - fun for all ages, with answers
Some of these are easy for kids and some will puzzle grown-ups. Take turns reading them out loud.
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
💡 Hint
Look at your hand.
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A palm
What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat and a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?
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It's a baby.
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A kitten
What can you make that no one can see?
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Bang on a pot.
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Noise
What is black and white and read all over?
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"Read," not "red."
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A newspaper
An electric train is heading south. Which way is the smoke blowing?
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What powers the train?
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There is no smoke - it's an electric train.
Where does today come before yesterday?
💡 Hint
Think about alphabetical order.
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In the dictionary
What has four eyes, but can't see?
💡 Hint
It's a state with lots of the letter I.
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Mississippi
A mother and father have six sons, and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?
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Do the brothers share a sister?
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9. Two parents, six sons and just one daughter - all the brothers share the same sister.
A grandmother, two mothers and two daughters went shopping, and each bought one hat. Only three hats were bought. How?
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One person can be two things at once.
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There were only three people: a grandmother, her daughter and her granddaughter. The middle one is both a mother and a daughter.
What do you call your mom's brother's son?
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Your mom's brother is your uncle.
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Your cousin
Who is your father's sister's mother?
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Your dad and his sister have the same mom.
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Your grandmother
What gets answered, but never asks a question?
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Ding-dong!
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A doorbell
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
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Not a coat you wear.
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A coat of paint
What has one horn and gives milk?
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It honks.
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A milk truck
What is the end of everything?
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Spell "everything."
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The letter G
What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?
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What is it made of?
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A stick
What has a foot, but no legs?
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A foot is 12 inches.
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A ruler
What is dirty when it's white and clean when it's black?
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Your teacher writes on it.
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A chalkboard
What can point in every direction, but can't go anywhere by itself?
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It's on your hand.
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Your finger
What bird can lift the heaviest weights?
💡 Hint
You see one at a building site.
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A crane
What starts with P, ends with E, and has thousands of letters?
💡 Hint
Not letters of the alphabet.
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A post office
What has 21 eyes, but can't see?
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You roll it in board games.
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A die (one of a pair of dice). Its dots add up to 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21.
What has a neck but no head, and two arms but no hands?
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You wear it.
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A shirt
What can you sit on, sleep on and brush your teeth with?
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It's three different things.
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A chair, a bed and a toothbrush
Quick answers
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm
What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat and a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?
A kitten
What can you make that no one can see?
Noise
What is black and white and read all over?
A newspaper
An electric train is heading south. Which way is the smoke blowing?
There is no smoke - it's an electric train.