A collection of riddles for fun and educational activities with children. All children's riddles are given with answers.

Riddles for children are rhymes or prose expressions that describe an object without naming it. Most often, the main attention in children's riddles is paid to some unique property of an object or its similarity to another object.

For our distant ancestors, riddles were a kind of test of the wisdom and ingenuity of fairytale heroes. Almost every fairy tale asked questions that the main characters had to answer in order to receive a magical gift.

It is customary to separate riddles for children and adults. In this section you will find only children's riddles, solving which turns into a game and not only teaches, but also develops the logic of your kid. Their number is constantly growing, because people still continue to invent, and we continue to post the most interesting ones.

All riddles for children are answered so that you can test yourself. If you are playing with a very young child, then you should look at the answers in advance, because you need to make sure that he already knows the word that is the answer. Play the game with your child and he will understand that learning can be interesting and even fun!

Children's riddles: how to choose?

Surprisingly, children's preferences for riddles are so different that it is not possible to identify any tendency. Of course, kids are delighted with riddles for children about birds, animals, all kinds of bugs and spiders. Older children love to play riddles about fairy-tale characters and heroes of modern cartoons.

To turn solving into an entertaining game, you need to choose a topic in accordance with what you are currently doing and where you are. On vacation outside the city, choose children's riddles about animals and birds, if you went mushrooming in the forest - riddles about mushrooms. This choice will bring you and your child new experiences and joy. Imagine that you are relaxing on a lake or river and your little one sees a fish. And if you have prepared in advance and took with you riddles about fish? Your success in the water and marine puzzle game is guaranteed.

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Riddle 1
You are the pilot of an airplane flying from London to Berlin with two transfers in Paris. Question: what is the name of the pilot?

Your surname (at the beginning of the puzzle "you are flying ...")

Riddle 2
You enter a dark room. The room has a gas stove, a kerosene lamp and a candle. You have a box of 1 match in your pocket. The question is: what will you light up first?

Riddle 3
A businessman bought a horse for $ 10, sold it for $ 20. Then he bought the same horse for $ 30, and sold it for $ 40. Question: what is the total profit of a businessman from these two transactions?

Riddle 4
There is a hare in the forest. Rain is coming. Question: under which tree will the hare hide?

Under wet

Riddle 5
Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?

Person. In infancy on all fours, then on two, then with a stick

Riddle 6
There was a heavy downpour. A bus was driving along the road. All the people on the bus were asleep, only the driver was awake. Question: what was the name of the driver and what is the license plate of the bus?

Because of the downpour, the bus number cannot be seen, and the driver Tolya (only (s) - Only)

Riddle 7
2 people go to meet each other. Both are exactly the same. Question: which of them will be the first to say hello?

More polite

Riddle 8
The dwarf lives on the 38th floor. Every morning he gets into the elevator, drives to the 1st floor and goes to work.
In the evening, he enters the entrance, gets into the elevator, reaches the 24th floor, and then goes on foot to his apartment.
The question is: why does he do this?

Can't reach the right elevator button because he's a dwarf

Riddle 9
Dog-3, cat-3, donkey-2, fish-0. What is the cock like? And why?

Cockerel-8 (cook-re-ku!), Dog-3 (woof), cat-3 (meow), donkey-2 (eeyore), fish-0 (does not make sounds)

Riddle 10
The 12-storey building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the first floor, from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. On which floor in this house is the elevator call button most often pressed?

On the ground floor, regardless of the distribution of residents by floor.

Riddle 11
The peasant needs to move a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across the river. The boat is so small that in addition to the peasant, only one more (passenger) can fit in it. But if you leave the wolf with the goat, then the wolf will eat it, if you leave the goat with the cabbage, then the cabbage will be eaten. How should a peasant be?

The crossing must begin with the transport of a goat. Then the peasant returns and takes the wolf, which he transports to the other side and leaves him there, but takes the goat back to the first bank. Then he leaves him and transports cabbage to the wolf. And then, when he returns, he transports the goat.

Riddle 12
Exam at a military school. The student takes a ticket, goes to prepare. The teacher smoked a cigarette and banged from time to time with a pencil on the table. A minute later he approaches the teacher. He, without asking, puts 5. The happy student leaves. Clarify the situation.

The teacher in Morse code was typing on the table with a pencil: "Who needs an A, I will put it." Only one student was vigilant in a military manner and paid attention to the teacher's encryption. For this he received 5.

Puzzle 13
What lifts you up and down, while constantly being in the same place?

Escalator

Puzzle 14
A barrel of water weighs 50 kilograms, what needs to be added to make it weigh 15 kilograms?

Puzzle 15
What kind of stones do you think cannot be found in a river?

Riddle 16
Which hand do you think is the best to stir coffee with cream and sugar?

With the same hand that holds the spoon.

Puzzle 17
Tell me, what can you hold without touching it with your hands?

Your breath

Puzzle 18
The man got caught in the rain, and he had nowhere and nothing to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head got wet. Why?

He was bald

Riddle 19
What word always sounds wrong?

The word "is wrong"

Riddle 20
Two horns - not a bull, six legs without hooves, when it flies - howls, sits down - digs the earth.

Puzzle 21
A metal jar was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that 2/3 of the jar hung from the table. After a while, the bank fell. What was in the bank?

Piece of ice

Puzzle 22
Imagine that you are a pilot. Your plane flies from London to New York for seven hours. Aircraft speed 800 km / h. How old is the pilot?

As much as you, because you are a pilot

Puzzle 23
The electric train goes downwind. Where is the smoke going?

The electric train has no smoke

Puzzle 24
Why don't polar bears eat penguins?

Bears live at the North Pole and penguins at the South Pole.

Puzzle 25
When a chicken is standing on one leg, it weighs 2 kg. How much will she weigh if she stands on two legs?

Puzzle 26
One egg is boiled for 3 minutes. How long will 2 eggs be boiled?

Puzzle 27
When is the sky lower from the earth?

When you look into the water

Puzzle 28
What can't even go into the largest pot?

Its cover

Puzzle 29
What teeth are the last to appear in a person?

Artificial

Riddle 30
Why doesn't the cuckoo make nests?

Because it lives in hours

Riddle 31. A series of 4 riddles
How to put a giraffe in the refrigerator in 3 steps? The size of the refrigerator is huge

Open the door, shove the giraffe in, close the door.

How to put an elephant in the refrigerator in 4 steps?

Open the door, get the giraffe out, shove the elephant in, close the door.

The lion called all the animals to a meeting. All but one appeared. What is this beast?

Elephant, it's in the fridge.

You need to swim across a wide river that is teeming with crocodiles. How can I do that?

What is it: blue, big, with a mustache and completely stuffed with hares?

(Trolleybus)

She will fluff her sides
Its four corners
And you, as night falls,
All the same it will attract to itself.

(Pillow)

Not a rider, but with spurs,
Not an alarm clock, but wakes everyone up.

Soup, salad, mashed potatoes, cutlets
Always served in ... (Plate)
And for tea and yogurt
Substitute, my friend, ...

Spreads its tail like a peacock
He walks an important lord,
Knocking on the ground with your feet
What is his name - ...

This subject is irreplaceable for predictions.
Wizards all use it.
It is round and transparent like glass
It's easy to see the future in it.

She is beautiful and sweet
And her name comes from the word "ash".

(Cinderella)

One eye, one horn, but not a rhino?

(A cow peeps around the corner)

Five boys
Five closets.
The boys went their separate ways
Into the dark closets.
Every boy
Into your closet.

(Fingers and gloves)

The nose is round, with a patch,
It is convenient for them to dig in the ground,
Small crochet tail,
Instead of shoes - hooves.
Three of them - and to what
Brothers are similar.
Guess without a clue,
Who are the heroes of this tale?
(Three pigs)

Father had a strange boy
Unusual - wooden.
But dad loved his son.
What a weird
Wooden man
On land and under water
Looking for a golden key?
Everywhere he sticks his nose long.
Who is this? .. (Pinocchio).

White-sided heather,
And her name is ... (forty).

I go to bed every night
I'm not afraid in the room alone.
I fall asleep sweetly
To the song of a bird - (nightingale).

We don't sleep a day
We do not sleep at night
And day and night
We knock, we knock.
(Clock)

I'm sitting on horseback
I don’t know who.
(Cap)

Autumn rain walked around the city,
The rain has lost its rain.
The mirror lies on the asphalt
The wind will blow - it will tremble. (Puddle)

I have two horses, two horses.
They carry me on the water.
And the water is as hard as stone!
(Skates, ice)

I have worn them for many years
I don’t know the account.
(Hair)

Very strange postman:
Not a Muggle, not a wizard.
Deliver letters and newspapers
Carries a parcel to the ends of the world
He knows how to keep all secrets.
Winged and brave, and he is vigilant.
Who is this postman? (Owl)

Three eyes - three orders
Red is the most dangerous.
(Traffic lights)

Who comes, who leaves,
Everyone is taking her by the handle.
(Door)

It pinches the ears, pinches the nose
Climbs into boots frost.
If you splash water, it will fall
Not water, but already ice.
Even a bird does not fly
The bird freezes from frost.
The sun turned towards summer.
What, tell me, is this in a month?
(January)

Who made me does not tell. Who does not know me, accepts. And who knows, he won't let him into the yard.
(Fake coin)

If it weren't for him,
Wouldn't say anything.
(Language)

Laughing Egorka took up the cleaning,
I went to a dance around the room,
I looked around - a clean floor.
(Broom)

There is a fat woman -
Wooden belly
Iron belt.
(Barrel)

Hot, sultry, sultry day
Even chickens are looking for shade.
The mowing of bread began,
Time for berries and mushrooms.
His days are the peak of summer,
What, tell me, is this in a month?
(July)

There is water all around, but drinking is a problem. (Sea).

There are two sharp sticks around the edges,
In the middle there is something
What all the guys will exclaim
Kohl suddenly hear him.
(Bell)

A warm south wind is blowing
The sun is shining brighter and brighter.
The snow grows thin, withers, melts,
The throaty rook arrives.
What month? Who will know?
(March)

Thirty-two are threshing
one turns.
(Teeth and tongue)

The sun is baking
Linden blossoms.
The rye is heading
Wheat is gilded.
Who will say, who knows
When does this happen?
(Summer)

There are many teeth, but he does not eat anything.
(Hairbrush)

What is it at the checkmark?
A string on a stick
Wand in hand
A thread in the river.
(Fishing rod)

I am light as a feather, but you cannot hold me for long.
(Inhale)

A sheet of paper in the morning
They carry to the apartment to us,
On one such sheet
a lot of different news.
(Newspaper)

When you see me, you cannot see anything else. I can make you walk, even if you don't have the opportunity. Sometimes I tell the truth, sometimes I lie. But if I'm lying, then I'm close to the truth. Who am I?
(Dream)

Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, on 2 legs in the afternoon, and on 3 legs in the evening?
(Man. Morning is childhood, evening is old age)

People always have
The ships always have.
(Nose)

Not a rider, but with spurs, not a watchman, but wakes everyone up (rooster)

Elastic band Akulinka
I went for a walk on the back.
And while she was walking
The back has become pink.
(Sponge)

In this month everything is hidden, in this month it is snowing, in this month everything is warmer, in this month it is women's day.
(March)

Sits by groin
Riding a horse
Himself illiterate,
And it helps to read.
(Glasses)

It spins, chirps,
He's busy all day.
(Magpie)

Furiously the river roars
And breaks the ice.
His starling returned to the house,
And in the forest, the bear woke up.
There is a trill in the sky.
Who came to us?
(April)

I received these miracles - bricks as a gift,
What I make of them - I break,
And I start all over again.
(Cubes)

He lives without a language
Doesn't eat or drink
And he speaks and sings.
(Radio)

He sat on the fence, sang and screamed, and as everyone gathered, he took and fell silent (rooster)

Snow falls in bags from the sky,
There are snow drifts around the house.
First snowstorms, then blizzards
They ran into the village.
The frost is strong at night
In the afternoon, a ringing is heard.
The day has increased noticeably
Well, so what month is this?
(February)

Does not bark, does not bite, but is tied to the booth.
(Chain)

The bird sits on the white mountains, waits from the dead alive (hen-hen)

In the forest tyap-tyap, at home a blooper-blooper, you take it on your knees - it will cry.
(Balalaika)

Going down - breaks the road, going up - builds.
(Dog with a zipper on the jacket)

Although she herself is both snow and ice,
And when he leaves, he sheds tears.
(Winter)

He's a swing and a bed,
It's good to lie on it
Is he in the garden or in the forest
Shakes in the air.
(Hammock)

Duck in the sea, tail on the fence. (Ladle)

It pours into it, pours out of it, weaves itself along the ground. (River).

Warm, long, long day
At noon - a tiny shadow
An ear is blooming in the field,
The grasshopper gives a voice,
Strawberries are ripening
What a month, tell me?
(June)

Every year they come to visit us:
One gray-haired, the other young,

(Seasons)

Little boy in a gray Armenian
He sneaks around the yards, picks up crumbs,
It roams at night - steals cannabis.
(Sparrow)

I puff, puff, puff
I don’t want to bask anymore.
The lid rang loudly:
"Drink tea, the water is boiling!"
(Kettle)

The river flows - we are lying.
Ice on the river - we are running.
(Skates)

Frequent, toothed,
He grabbed the swirling forelock.
(Scallop)

All his life he flaps his wings
But it cannot fly away.
(Windmill)

In a wooden house
Gnomes live.
Such good-natured people -
Distribute lights to everyone.
(Matches)

Two sisters one after another
Run round and round.
Shorty - just once
The one higher - every hour.
(Clock hands)

One says
Two are looking
Two are listening.
(Tongue, eyes, ears)

The little dog lies curled up -
He does not bark, does not bite, but does not let him into the house.
(Lock)

He knocks all the time, hollows trees.
But they are not crippled, but only healed.
(Woodpecker)

Black vest, red beret.
The nose is like an ax, the tail is like an emphasis.
(Woodpecker)

The bridge stretches for seven miles,
And at the end of the bridge is a golden mile.
(A week)

In winter, there are apples on the branches!
Hurry to collect them!
And suddenly the apples flew up,
It's ...
(Bullfinches)

So that autumn does not get wet
Not sour from water,
He turned puddles into glass
Made the gardens snowy.
(Winter)

If it's raining, we don't grieve -
We walk briskly through the puddles,
The sun will shine -
We stand under the hanger.
(Galoshes, boots)

What will this eye look at -
All the picture will be transferred.
(Camera)

He will knock on the ground with his nose,
Will flap its wing and scream.
He even screams when he is sleepy
The screamer is restless.
(Rooster)

And in the forest, mind you, children,
There are night watchmen.
The watchmen are afraid of these
Mice are hiding, trembling!
Very harsh
Owls and ...
(Owls)

Who whitens the glades with white
And writes on the walls with chalk
Sews down feather beds,
Decorated all the windows?
(Winter)

He has a rubber trunk,
With a canvas stomach.
How his motor will hum
He swallows both dust and dirt.
(A vacuum cleaner)

If I would get up, I would reach the sky b.
(Road)

Girdled by a stone belt
Hundreds of towns and villages.
(Highway)

The snow is melting, the meadow has come to life.
The day is coming. When does this happen?
(Spring)

A tree grew from earth to sky.
There are twelve knots on this tree.
Each knot has four nests.
Each nest contains seven eggs.
And the seventh is red.
(Year, months, weeks, days)

Dies in the evening, comes to life in the morning.
(Day)

I am woven from heat, I carry warmth with me,
I warm rivers, "swim!" - I invite you.
And for this you all love me, I ...
(Summer)

Front - awl, back - wilze,
Above - a black cloth,
Below is a white towel.
(Martin)

I run like a ladder
Ringing the pebbles
From afar by song
Get to know me.
(Stream)

Small, round,
And you can't catch it by the tail.
(Clew)

Black, nimble,
Shouts "krak" - the enemy is worms.
(Rook)

In the morning goes to four,
In the afternoon for two, and in the evening for three.
(Child, adult, old man)

He appeared in a yellow fur coat:
Goodbye two shells!
(Chick)

A beauty walks, easily touches the ground,
Goes to the field, to the river,
And on a snowball, and a flower.
(Spring)

On the wall, in a conspicuous place,
Gathers the news together
And then its tenants
Will fly to all ends.
(Mailbox)

She has her whole soul wide open,
And even though there are buttons - not a shirt,
Not a turkey, but inflates
And not a bird, but flooded.
(Harmonic)

Today everyone is rejoicing!
In the hands of the kids
They dance for joy
Air ...
(balls)

If I see dust, I grumble, wrap it up and swallow it.
(A vacuum cleaner)

Cracked from the very morning: "Por-r-ra! Por-r-ra!"
What is the time? What a hassle with her,
When it bursts ...
(Magpie)

Variegated fidget, long-tailed bird,
The bird is talkative, the most talkative.
White-sided traitor, and her name is ...
(Forty)

They say in Moscow, but we hear it.
(radio)

Carpenter with a sharp chisel
Builds a house with one window.
(Woodpecker)

I will sit under my armpit and indicate what to do:
Or I'll put you to bed, or I'll let you go for a walk.
(Thermometer)

Angry touchy
Lives in the wilderness of the forest.
There are a lot of needles
And the thread is not one.
(Hedgehog)

Blue house at the gate.
Guess who lives in it.

The door is narrow under the roof -
Not for squirrels, not for mice,
Not for a temporary tenant,
Talkative starling.

News flies through this door,
They spend half an hour together.
News does not stay for a long time -
They fly in all directions!
(Mailbox)


Little white feathers, red comb.
Who is that on the peg?
(Peter the cockerel)

There are no clouds on the horizon
But an umbrella opened in the sky.
In a few minutes
Got down...
(parachute)

Doesn't burn in the fire
Doesn't sink in water
Does not rot in the ground.
(Truth)

Who, guess what, the gray-haired mistress?
She shook the feather beds - over the world of fluff.
(Winter)

Chick-chirp! Jump to the grains!
Peck, don't be shy! Who is this?
(Sparrow)

In the linen land
By the river a sheet
The steamer is sailing
Back and forth
And behind him there is such a smooth surface,
Not a wrinkle to be seen.
(Iron)

House is a glass vial
And the light lives in it.
During the day he sleeps, but when he wakes up,
It will light up with a bright flame.
(Lamp)

Red doors in my cave,
White beasts sit at the door.
Both meat and bread - all my spoil -
I gladly give it to white animals.
(Lips, teeth, mouth)

It was important to walk around the yard
a crocodile with a sharp beak,
The head was winding all day
muttered something loudly.
Only this, it is true, was
no crocodile,
and turkeys are the best friend.
Guess who?..
(Turkey)

Everybody tramples me, but I’m getting better.
(Path)

He is in a bright uniform, spurs for beauty
During the day he is a bully, in the morning he is a watch.
(Rooster)

A steeplejack stands on the roof
And catches news for us.
(Antenna)

I silently look at everyone
And everyone is looking at me.
The merry ones see the laughter
I cry with sadness.
Deep as a river
I'm at home on your wall.
An old man will see an old man,
The child is the child in me.
(Mirror)

In a small barn
They keep a hundred fires.
(Matches)

Colds set in.
The water turned into ice.
Long-eared bunny gray
He turned into a white hare.
The bear stopped roaring:
A bear fell into hibernation.
Who will say, who knows
When does this happen?
(Winter)

Who's on the tree, on a bitch
The account is: cuckoo, cuckoo?
(Cuckoo)

Not offended, but inflated,
They lead him across the field.
And they will hit - at all
Can't keep up with ...
(ball)

Has no language,
And who will visit
He knows a lot.
(Newspaper)

Who sings so loudly
that the sun is rising?
(Cockerel)

I decorate the house,
I collect dust too.
And people trample me with their feet
And then they beat them with batogs.
(Carpet)

Yesterday was, today is and tomorrow will be.
(Time)

She doesn't need a driver at all.
With the key you start it -
The wheels will start spinning.
Put it on and she will rush.
(Clockwork machine)

Without legs and without wings it is,
Flies fast, you will not catch up with him.
(Time)

Coughs, cries, calls the children,
Gathers everyone under the wing.
(Chicken with chickens)

I have a tree
It has twelve branches;
Each branch has thirty leaves;
One side of the leaf is black,
The other is white.
(Year, months, days, nights)

Snow in the fields, ice in the waters
The blizzard walks. When does this happen?
(In winter)

Every day at six in the morning
I'm bursting: it's time to get up!
(Alarm)

I am a relative of Moidodyr,
Turn me away
And cold water
I'll wash you quickly.
(Tap)

What tool can you slurp cabbage soup with?
(A spoon)

What cannot be returned?
(Time)

I have a robot in my apartment.
He has a huge trunk.
Robot loves cleanliness
And it buzzes like a Tu-liner
He willingly swallows dust,
Doesn't get sick, doesn't sneeze.
(A vacuum cleaner)

I lie over the river, I hold both banks.
(Bridge)

Olya is listening in the forest,
How the cuckoos cry.
And for this you need
Our Ole ...
(Ears)

It is given to you
And people use it.
(Name)

Wrinkled tit
The whole village is amused.
(Harmonic)

Olya runs merrily
To the river along the path.
And for this you need
Our Ole ...
(Legs)

I stand on the roof, all the pipes are higher.
(Antenna)

He meets everyone with one handle,
With the other handle he sees off.
(Door)

Admire, look -
North pole inside!
Snow and ice are sparkling there
Winter itself lives there.
(Refrigerator)

Sleeps during the day, flies at night.
(Owl)

Night. But if I want
Click once and turn on the day.
(Switch)

If our hands are in wax,
If blots have sat down on the nose,
Who then is our first friend
Remove dirt from your face and hands?
What mom can't do without
Neither cook nor wash,
Without which, we will tell you straight
Should a man die?
To rain from the sky
So that ears of bread grow
To sail the ships -
We cannot live without ...
(Water)

The house is made of tin, and the tenants in it - to lead.
(Mailbox)

How to start talking, talking,
We need to brew the tea as soon as possible.
(Kettle)

On the pole is the palace, in the palace is the singer.
(Starling)

Slips away like a living
But I will not release it.
Foaming with white foam
He is not lazy to wash his hands.
(Soap)

What kind of blacksmiths are forging in the forest?
(Woodpecker)

All migratory birds are blacker,
cleans arable land from worms.
(Rook)

He reveals himself, he closes you,
Only the rain will pass - will do the opposite.
(Umbrella)

Day and night I stand on the roof
No ears, but all I hear
I look in the distance, although without eyes,
My story is on the screen.
(Antenna)

The monster's emerald eye flamed.
So you can cross the street now.
(Traffic lights)

I held your tail in my hand
You flew, I ran.
(Balloon)

What kind of comb does nobody brush their hair with? (cock)

What is a judge without a tongue?
(Scales)

One gray-haired, the other young,
The third is jumping, and the fourth is crying.
Who are these guests?
(Seasons)

He rides on someone else's back, but carries on his load.
(Saddle)

She walks in the rain
Loves to pinch grass,
Quack screams, It's all a joke,
Well, of course it is - (duck).

On the squares of the board
The kings brought the shelves together.
Not for battle at the regiments
No cartridges, no bayonets.
(Chess)

I have guys
Two silver horses.
I drive both at once,
What kind of horses do I have?
(Skates)

Ponytail with patterns, boots with spurs,
He sings songs, time counts.
(Rooster)

They love the fellow very much, but they beat, beat endlessly. (Ball).

A small head sits on the finger.
He looks in all directions with hundreds of eyes.
(Thimble)

In the belly - a bath, in the nose - a sieve, on the head - a navel. One hand, and that one on the back. What's this?
(Kettle)

The distance of the fields is turning green,
The nightingale is singing.
The garden is dressed in white,
Bees are the first to fly.
Thunder rumbles. Guess,
What month is this? ..
(May)

I am a helpful belly.
I treat everyone willingly.
Then I am silent, like an idol.
And then I sing songs. (Samovar)

The tablecloth is white
She clothed the whole world.
(Winter)

Which month do people speak least of all
(In February)

Flows-flows - does not flow out; run-run - not you-run. (River)

I'm spinning, I'm spinning
And I'm not lazy
Turn around even all day.
(Yula)

Not boots, not boots,
But they are also worn by the legs.
We run in them in winter:
In the morning - to school, in the afternoon - home.
(Felt boots)

Was born twice, never a baptismal ceremony, a prophet (rooster) to all people

Thirty-two warriors have one commander.
(Teeth and tongue)

Twelve brothers
They roam one after another,
Do not bypass each other.
(Months)

He wanders importantly in the meadow,
Comes out of the water dry,
Wears red shoes
Gives soft feather beds.
(Goose)

I have a year
the hedgehog lives in the room.
If the floor is covered with wax
He will rub it to shine.
Answer (polisher)

They knock, knock - they don't tell you to be bored.
They walk, they walk, and everything is right there.
(Clock)

In the forest, to the chirping, ringing and whistling,
The forest telegraph operator knocks:
"Hello, blackbird, buddy!"
And he puts his signature ...
(Woodpecker)

Four blue suns
Grandma's in the kitchen
Four blue suns
Burned and went out.
The cabbage soup has ripened, pancakes are sizzling.
Until tomorrow the sun is not needed.
(Gas stove)

There are four legs under the roof,
Under the roof - soup and spoons.
(Table)

They beat him with a hand and a stick -
Nobody feels sorry for him.
And why are the poor fellow beaten?
And for the fact that he is inflated.
(Ball)

Come on guys, who will guess:
Two fur coats are enough for ten brothers?
(Mittens)

Leaned over the river -
Their agreement is as follows:
The river will exchange her
Perch on a worm.
(Fishing rod)

A warm wave is splashing
Under the wave is white.
Guess, remember
What is the sea in the room?
(Bath)

I knock on wood, I want to get a worm,
Even though he hid under the bark -
It will still be mine!
(Woodpecker)

Two brothers
They look into the water,
They will not converge in a century.
(Shore)

Very fast two horses
They carry me through the snow -
Through the meadow to the birch,
Draw two strips.
(Skis)

In our house under the window
There is a hot accordion:
She does not sing or play - she heats the house.
(Heating battery)

Five brothers -
Equal for years, different in height.
(Fingers)

Not a king, but in a crown,
not a rider, but with spurs,
not an alarm clock, but wakes everyone up.
(Rooster)

He himself does not know the days, but indicates to others.
(The calendar)

Round, deep
Smooth, wide,
Twisted by a potter,
Burnt in the oven
From a jug - low
Clay ... (bowl).

The train rides tuk - tuk - tuk ...
Suddenly they bring to our compartment
What kind of liquid? Answer me!
The guide brought us ... (tea).
So as not to burn your palms,
Protect the passenger
(And protect all the guests)
When you drink hot tea
Get the installation:
This glassware
(In recent years, the main one)
The train is in charge.
The glass is his boss,
And he himself…. (cup holder).

If she works,
There will be no hungry family.
(Bake)

Narrow down, wide up top,
Not a saucepan ... (iron pot).

From the Russian stove
Pull the porridge from the oven.
The iron pot is very happy
That he was grabbed ... (grab).

Before, like a wooden basin,
Served people constantly
There were grab handles
At the old ... (tub).

To go to the bathhouse,
And carry water in it,
At such a basin
Two handles at once.
Splash water from it - ka!
That's a basin with the name ... (gang)!

Here are the nail clippers,
Here is the nail pliers,
And these (tongs) are old
For the sweet tooth, they were more important.
(Sugar tongs)

I always draw, then faces, then faces.
My palette is different faces
I help them to transform faster
Into a villain, into a beauty, into a blue bird,
Into the beast, into Bab - Yoshku,
In a horror story, in Koschei,
Into a funny matryoshka
In a cat, in Barmaleya.
My client is an actor.
I'm cool ... (make-up artist)

Works in the theater,
Protects clothes
He strokes and darns
Sequins fasten, sew.
The actor tries on
Jacket, for example,
His profession is ... (costume designer).

Every man knows
What is molded from clay ... (glechek).

The dishes have not been there for a long time
All metal and glass
And in the old days, everyone had
More often dishes ... (earthenware).

Wooden bottom and none -
Above and below it.
In a circle the planks are crooked,
Slightly arched, not large
And they are not fastened with nails,
And girded with rims.
(Barrel, tub)

There is a dot sign
There is a "bud" on the branch,
And it looks like a tub
On the farm ... (barrel).

There is a word "cannon".
There is a "frog"
And there is a vessel ... (tub).

For rainwater,
What flows from the drainpipe
(That flows down the roof to the ground)
At the clay hut
There was ... (tub).

There is a Dymkovo toy -
"Vodonoska" name,
On her shoulders
The arch is wooden.
(Rocker)

Long, short,
Someone galvanized,
Needed for washing
Maybe for swimming.
The vessel is strange
Has a name.
I don't know who it is
Name open
But this piece
Just …. (trough).

She is cold without work,
And after work - red from the fire.
(Poker)

An iron leg is ... (a poker).

Helps to manage
There is a beauty at the stove:
Remove the rings from the stove,
So that you put the iron pot.
(Poker)

Fix the firebox
Will help deftly
Fire helper
A hard worker ... (poker).

She has one leg
Oh, she's hot.
(Poker)

Plump, wide,
Smooth and tall.
What is her name, guys,
She's a little heavy.
Pour in ten liters
Sister in the pot ... (makitra).

The pot has a sister -
Wide, high,
Plump and kind.
Call her ... (makitra).

Even though I'm not a hammer -
I knock on wood:
Every corner in it
I want to examine.
I walk in a red hat
And the acrobat is beautiful.
(Woodpecker)

How many peas can fit in one glass?
(Not at all, because peas do not go.)

Golden sieve, full of black houses. (Language)

I am any girl
I'll cover my hair
I'll cover for the boy
Shorty haircuts.
I am protection from the sun -
For this and sewn.
(Panama)

On the stove is the chief of the pans.
Thick, long-nosed ... (Teapot)

I ride it
Until the evening time.
But my lazy horse
Carries only from the mountain.
And always up the hill
I walk myself
And his horse
I drive by the rope.
(Sled)

It starts from home
It ends at the house.
(Road)

What is the correct way to say: "I do not see the white yolk" or "I do not see the white yolk"? (The yolk cannot be white.)

Say magic words
Wave the subject so barely:
Flowers will bloom instantly
Between the snowdrifts here and there.
And you can conjure rain,
There are five cakes at once.
And lemonade and sweets ...
You name that item! (Magic wand)

What do you want -
You can't buy that
What is not necessary -
You can't sell that.
(Youth and old age)

Guess what kind of bird
Afraid of the bright light
Crochet beak, patchy eye?
(Owl)

Various girlfriends are nearby
But they look alike.
They all sit in each other,
And just one toy.
(Matryoshka)

Moscow was turned on, what was the first nail that they pounded on? (Into the hat.)

Two twins, two brothers
They sit on the nose on horseback.
(Glasses)

There will be delicious food
With a golden crust
If you use ...
Right, (with a frying pan!)

What is it: flies, rustles, and not a rustle? (Rustle's brother.)

I work in the theater.
It's just that I'm in the intermission.
And on the stage - the queen,
Now granny, then the fox.
Knows Kolya and Larisa,
That in the theater I ... (actress)

Not the sea, not the land,
Ships don't float
But you can't walk.
(Swamp)

So as not to freeze
Five guys
In the knitted stove
They sit.
(Mittens)

Admire, look -
North pole inside!
Snow and ice are sparkling there
Winter itself lives there.
Forever us this winter
Brought from the store.
(Refrigerator)

I have no legs, but I walk
There is no mouth, but I will say
When to sleep, when to get up
When to start work.
(Clock)

If it falls, it will jump
If you hit, it doesn't cry.
(Ball)

Motley fidget,
Long-tailed bird,
Talkative bird
The most talkative.
(Magpie)

Sits in a cage all day
And he keeps repeating under his breath
But hearing the door creak
He screams "Philip-Philip"
Give Kesha to drink faster,
Who is this - (parrot).

That always goes
And will not leave the place?
(Clock)

The fat man lives on the roof
He flies above all.
(Carlson)

The grandmother loved the girl very much.
I gave her a red hat.
The girl forgot her name.
Well, tell me her name.
(Little Red Riding Hood)

Your ponytail
I held in my hand
You flew -
I ran.
(Balloon)

Inaccessible, lonely
On a steep, high rock,
A gloomy block in appearance
He stands by the lake.
Through the ancient loopholes
Looks into the lake surface. (Lock)

What kind of dish can you not eat anything from?
(From empty.)

He is always at work,
When we say
And rests,
When we are silent.
(Language)

With a tail, but you can't lift by the tail
(Clew)

Which word starts with three letters "G" and ends with three letters "I"? ("Trigonometry".)

Didn't look out the window -
There was one Antoshka,
I looked out the window -
There is a second Antoshka!
What is this window
Where was Antoshka looking?
(Mirror)

This thing is functional:
It can be swept.
Well, you can (it's not a secret!)
Fly on it under the clouds.
The brand "Nimbus" thing happens,
Everyone plays Quidditch on it. (Broom)

15 challenging riddles that will make your head work and get distracted from everyday misses ...

1. This is given to a person three times: the first two times are free, and the third one has to be paid?

2. A friend of mine can shave his beard clean a dozen times a day. And still he walks with a beard. How is this possible?

He's a barber.

3. One day at breakfast, a girl dropped her ring into a cup full of coffee. Why did the ring stay dry?

Coffee beans, ground or instant.

4. When, looking at the number 2, do we say “ten”?

When we look at a clock that shows ten minutes of an hour.

5. A person bought apples at 5 rubles apiece, and then sold them at 3 rubles apiece. After some time, he became a millionaire. How did he do it?

He was a billionaire.

6. You are standing in front of two identical doors, one of which leads to death, the other to happiness. The doors are guarded by two identical guards, one of whom speaks the truth all the time, and the other lies all the time. But you don't know who is who. You can only ask one question to any of the guards.
What question should you ask in order not to be mistaken with the choice of the door?

One of the solutions: "If I ask you to show me the door to happiness, which door will the other guard show?" And after that you need to choose another door.

7. You are invited to work as a financial analyst at Gazprom. They promise a starting salary of $ 100,000 per year and two options for raising it:
1. Once a year, your salary is increased by $ 15,000
2. Every six months - by $ 5,000
Which option seems more profitable to you?

Second.
Layout according to the first option: 1 year - $ 100,000, 2 years - $ 115,000, 3 years - $ 130,000, 4 years - $ 145,000, and so on. Layout according to the second option: 1 year - $ 50,000 + $ 55,000 = $ 105,000, 2 year - $ 60,000 + $ 65,000 = $ 125,000, 3rd year - $ 70,000 + $ 75,000 = $ 145,000, 4th year - $ 80,000 + $ 85,000 = $ 165,000, and so on.

8. There are three bulbs in one room. The other has three switches. It is necessary to determine which switch from which light bulb. You can enter a room with light bulbs only once.

You must first turn on one light bulb and wait, then turn on the second for a very short time, and then turn both off. The first will be the hottest, the second will be the warmest, and the third will be the coldest.

9. You have five and three liter bottles and lots and lots of water. How to fill a five-liter bottle with exactly 4 liters of water?

Collect a five-liter bottle, pour 3 liters from it into a three-liter bottle. Pour out of the three-liter, pour the remaining two liters into it. Dial again a five-liter bottle and drain the extra liter from it into a three-liter bottle, where there is just so much space left.

10. You are sitting in a boat that floats in the pool. The boat contains a heavy cast iron anchor, not tied to the boat. What happens to the water level in the pool if you drop the anchor into the water?

The water level will drop. While the anchor is in the boat, it displaces the volume of water, weighing the same as the anchor, its own weight and the weight of the cargo. If the anchor is thrown overboard, it will displace only the volume of water equal to the volume of the anchor, and not the weight, i.e. less, since the density of the anchor is greater than that of water.

11. A father with two sons went on a hike. On their way they met a river, at the bank of which there was a raft. He can stand on the water either a father or two sons. How can a father and sons cross to the other side?

First, both sons are ferried. One of the sons goes back to the father. The father moves to the opposite bank to his son. The father remains on the shore, and the son goes to the original shore after his brother, after which they both cross over to the father.

12. A steel ladder was lowered from the steamer. The bottom 4 steps of the ladder are immersed in water. Each step is 5 cm thick; the distance between two adjacent steps is 30 cm. The tide began, at which the water level began to rise at a speed of 40 cm per hour. How many steps do you think will be under water in 2 hours?

There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police put out?

The police do not extinguish fires, firefighters extinguish fires

How can a person stay awake for 8 days?

Sleep at night

You enter a dark kitchen. It contains a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light up first?

A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?

She sits in your lap

You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall, three light bulbs are off. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb each switch belongs to.

First you need to turn on two switches. After some time, turn off one of them. Enter the room. One lamp will be hot from the switched on switch, the second - warm from the switched off, the third - cold, from the untouched switch

It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit one, which has a lower weight than the rest of the coins. How can a counterfeit coin be determined using a scale in two weighings?

1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. The counterfeit coin in the pile that weighs less. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: Any 2 coins from the pile with the lowest weight are compared. If they are equal, then the fake is the remaining coin.

Two people come up to the river. Off the shore is a boat that can only hold one. Both men crossed over to the opposite bank. How?

They were on opposite shores

Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and shared them. Each got a whole orange. How can this be?

The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?

The rope was not tied to anything

How can a thrown egg fly three meters and not break?

You need to throw an egg four meters, then the first three meters it will fly whole

The man was driving a large truck. The lights on the car were not lit. There was no moon either. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see it?

It was a bright sunny day

If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take for one cat to catch one mouse?

Five minutes

Can you light a match underwater?

It is possible if water is poured into some container, for example, into a glass, and the match is kept below the glass

The boat sways on the water. A ladder is thrown from it along the side. Before the tide, the water covered only the bottom step. How long will it take for the water to cover the third step from the bottom, if during the tide the water rises by 20 cm per hour, and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?

Never, as the boat rises with the water

How to divide five apples between five girls so that each gets an apple and one of the apples remains in the basket?

Give one girl an apple with a basket

One and a half pike perch costs one and a half rubles. How much do 13 pike perch cost?

Merchants and potters. In one city, all people were merchants or potters. The merchants always told the truth, and the potters always told the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: "You are all merchants!" How many potters were there in this city?

The potter was alone, because:

  1. If there were no potters, then the merchants would have to tell the truth that all the other merchants are, and this contradicts the condition of the problem.
  2. If there were more than one potters, then each potter would have to lie that the other merchants.

There are two coins on the table, in total they give 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What are these coins?

1 and 2 rubles

The satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other - in 100 minutes. How can it be?

100 minutes is 1 hour 40 minutes

As you know, all Russian female names end either with the letter "a" or with the letter "I": Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalia, Olga, etc. However, there is one single female name that ends in a different letter. Name it.

What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?

Time, temperature

If it rains at 12 o'clock in the morning, can we expect that in 72 hours there will be sunny weather?

No, since it will be night in 72 hours

Seven brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there?

One yacht goes from Nice to San Remo, the other from San Remo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. The first hour the yacht moved at the same speed (60 km / h), but then the first yacht increased the speed to 80 km / h. Which yacht will be closer to Nice at the time of their meeting?

At the time of their meeting, they will be at the same distance from Nice.

A woman was walking to Moscow, and three men came to meet her. Each has a sack, each sack has a cat. How many creatures were heading to Moscow?

Only the woman went to Moscow, the rest went the other way

There were 10 birds sitting on the tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?

None - the rest of the birds flew away

The train goes from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. In which direction is the smoke flying from the chimney?

You are running a marathon and overtook the runner-up. Where are you now?

The second. If you answered that you are now the first, then this is wrong: you overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position.

You are running a marathon and have passed the last runner. Where are you now?

If you answered that it was the penultimate one, you were wrong again :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you run after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is that it is impossible, you cannot overtake the last runner.

There were three cucumbers and four apples on the table. The child took one apple from the table. How many fruits are left on the table?

3 fruits and cucumbers are vegetables

The goods first went up in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its cost now relative to the original?

99%: after the price increase, 10% was added to 100% - it turned out 110%; 10% of 110% = 11%; then subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%

How many times does 4 appear in integers from 1 to 50?

15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46.47, 48, 49

You have covered two thirds of the way by car. At the beginning of the journey, the car's gas tank was full, but now it is one-quarter full. Will there be enough gasoline until the end of the journey (at the same consumption)?

No, since 1/4< 1/3

Mary's father has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

A deaf-mute man went to a stationery store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck his finger in his left ear and made a rotational motion with the fist of his other hand near his right ear. The seller immediately understood what they were asking for. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the salesman that he wanted to buy scissors?

He just said he was blind, but not dumb

A rooster flew to the border of Russia and China. He sat down exactly on the border, absolutely in the middle. Lay an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. Which country does the egg belong to?

Roosters don't lay eggs!

One morning, a soldier who had previously been on the night guard approached the centurion and said that that night he had dreamed about how the barbarians would attack the fortress from the north tonight. The centurion did not really believe in this dream, but nevertheless he took measures. That evening, the barbarians did attack the fortress, but thanks to the measures taken, their attack was repulsed. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning, and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?

For sleeping at the post

There are ten fingers on the hands. How many fingers are there on ten hands?

The plane with English tourists flew from Holland to Spain. In France, he crashed. Where should the surviving (injured) tourists be buried?

The survivors do not need to be buried! :)

You drove a 42-passenger bus from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people got out of it, and at every second - four. What was the driver's name when the driver arrived in Washington 10 hours later?

How are you, because at the beginning it was said that you drove the bus

What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not years, decades and centuries?

How many times can 3 be subtracted from 25?

Once, because after the first subtraction, the digit "25" will change to "22"

All of Mrs. Taylor's bungalows are decorated in pink with pink lamps, pink walls, pink carpets and pink ceilings. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?

There are no stairs in the bungalow

In the old castle, where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners sat in captivity. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one day he hid in a corner, and when the guard entered, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, changing into other clothes. Could this be?

No, since the towers were round and there were no corners

The 12-storey building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the first floor, from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. What's the most pressing button in the elevator in this house?

Regardless of the distribution of residents by floors - button "1"

A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: how many kilometers did each horse run individually?

20 kilometers

What can at the same time: stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie?

Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?

The score of any match before it starts is always 0: 0

What can a person have 7 times in diameter in a few seconds?

Pupil. In the transition from bright light to dark, the diameter can change from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either hardly increases, or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times

A seller in the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he has only 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy with these 25 rubles. to the neighbor to exchange. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 +5 rubles. The seller gives the hat and change 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. keeps himself. After a while, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns the money to her. How much money was the seller deceived?

The seller was deceived into a fake 25 rubles.

How many animals did Moses take on his ark?

The animals were taken into the ark, not by Moses, but by Noah

2 people entered the entrance at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other has an apartment on the 9th. How many times will the first person get there faster than the second? Note: they pressed buttons at the same time in 2 elevators moving at the same speed.

The usual answer is 3 times. Correct answer: 4 times. Elevators usually run from the 1st floor. The first will pass 3-1 = 2 floors, and the second 9-1 = 8 floors, i.e. 4 times more

This puzzle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can rack their brains for a long time to figure out how to solve such a problem, so you can arrange a competition: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Anyone who guesses, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here's the challenge:

6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2

2793 = 1; 4895 = 3

The main thing is to look at the problem in a childish way, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the recording of numbers)

Two horsemen competed: whose horse will come to the finish line last. However, the matter did not go, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that both galloped at full speed.

The sage advised the horsemen to exchange horses

One student tells another: “Yesterday our college basketball team won the basketball match 76:40. At the same time, not a single basketball player scored a single goal in this match ”.

Women's teams played

A man walks into a store, buys a sausage and asks to cut it, but not across, but along. The saleswoman asks: "Are you a firefighter?" - "Yes". How did she guess?

The man was in shape

The lady did not have a driver's license with her. She did not stop at the railway crossing, although the barrier was lowered, then, not paying attention to the "brick", she moved along the one-way street against the traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of the traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.

The lady was walking

There were three tailor shops on one Odessa street. The first tailor advertised himself like this: "The best workshop in Odessa!" Second - "The best workshop in the world!" The third "outdid" both of them.

"The best workshop on this street!"

The two brothers were drinking at the bar. Suddenly one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then pulled out a knife and, ignoring his brother's attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At the trial, he was found guilty of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: "You have been found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go." Why did the judge have to do this?

The culprit was one of the Siamese twins. The judge could not send the guilty person to jail without putting the innocent in the same place.

We rode in the same compartment Baba Yaga, Serpent Gorynych, a stupid warrant officer and a clever warrant officer. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel, it became dark. When the train exited the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank the beer?

The stupid ensign drank the beer, since the rest of the creatures are unreal and do not occur in life!)


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