10 Very Hard Riddles for Kids

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Looking for a good brain challenge? Let’s see how clever you are. Try to solve these ten very hard riddles for kids. How many can you answer correctly?

  1. A parrot crosses the river without getting wet. They didn’t use a bridge or boat. How did they do it?
  2. Which month of the year has 28 days?
  3. I am a fruit, I am a bird, and I am a person. What am I?
  4. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
  5. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years?
  6. It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
  7. If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
  8. What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
  9. I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
  10. The wind blows to the west. Which direction do the leaves on the pine tree fall?

Let’s see which riddles you’ve solved correctly! The answers are below:

ANSWERS

  1. Q: A parrot crosses the river without getting wet. They didn’t use a bridge or boat. How did they do it? A: The river was frozen.
  2. Q: Which month of the year has 28 days? A: All of them.
  3. Q: I am a fruit, I am a bird, and I am a person. What am I? A: A kiwi.
  4. Q: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? A: Silence.
  5. Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years? A: The letter M.
  6. Q: It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it? A: A keyboard.
  7. Q: If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I? A: A promise.
  8. Q: What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it? A: Your voice.
  9. Q: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I? A: Seven.
  10. Q: The wind blows to the west. Which direction do the leaves on the pine tree fall? A: A pine tree doesn’t have leaves. It has needles.

These riddles were challenging but fun to solve! Some of them totally tricked me. How many did you get correct?

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