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Fun Riddles for Middle School

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    A collection of riddles and brain teasers for middle school students
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  • It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
    Your name.
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  • If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
    A promise.
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  • 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.
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  • I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
    Seven
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  • 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.
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  • It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
    The dictionary
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  • What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
    A coat of paint
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  • What can jump higher than a building?
    Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump.
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  • I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
    A carrot.
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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.
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  • I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
    A goose.
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  • Why do cats make good warriors?
    They have 9 lives.
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  • 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!
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  • What goes up and down but never, never moves?
    A staircase
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  • 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.
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  • 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
    5 cats
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