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Fun Riddles for Middle School

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  • Two teachers teach at the same school. One is the father of the other’s son. What relation are they to each other?
    Husband and Wife.
  • Two mothers and two daughters were making cakes. Each one of them made one cake, yet in the end only three cakes were made. How is this possible?
    A girl, her mother and her grandmother were making the cakes!
  • It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
    Your name.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
    A coat of paint
  • If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
    A promise.
  • It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
    The dictionary
  • I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
    A goose.
  • Two men in a chess club were playing chess. They played five games. Each man won the same number of games. How is this possible?
    They played different people.
  • What goes up and down but never, never moves?
    A staircase
  • 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!
  • I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
    Seven
  • What do you call an Alligator that wants to be a detective?
    Investigator.
  • I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
    A carrot.
  • What one word has all 26 different letters in it?
    The alphabet
  • What do you call an American bee?
    A USB
  • 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.
  • What do you call a deer with no eyes?
    No idea
  • Why do cats make good warriors?
    They have 9 lives.
  • 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
    5 cats
  • What can jump higher than a building?
    Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump.
  • What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
    Lunch and dinner
  • I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
    A bat.