40 riddles for a fun brain warm-up session!

What are riddles?

Riddles are not simple questions, they are phrases that have a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.

It is a useful intellectual playground in words. On that playground, participants sharpen their thinking ability, judgment and practice their ability to use language flexibly in all circumstances.

Riddles do not only have the effect of developing thinking, expanding knowledge, training observation capacity, promoting imagination, sharp reasoning ability, but also nurture the ability to think outside the box along with critical thinking. Below is the collection of 40 fun riddles to help create an exciting atmosphere as well as a great approach to put your student’s brains into work before any lesson!

40 riddles for a fun brain warm-up session!

1. What can carry a large piece of wood but not a small pebble?

– River

1. How to not hit your finger when you hit a nail with a hammer?

– Hold the hammer with both hands.

1. If you see a bird sitting on a tree branch, how do you remove the branch without disturbing the bird?

– Wait for the bird to fly away

1. What is always in front of you, that you never see?

– Future

1. What always goes to but never arrives?

– Tomorrow

1. There are three apples on the table and you take away two. How many apples do you have left?

– 2 fruits (Because you already took away 2 fruits).

1. Parents have six sons, each son has a sister. How many people are there in that family?

– 9 people (including 6 sons, 1 daughter, and parents).

1. A murderer sentenced to death. He had to choose one of three rooms: the first room was full of fire, the second was full of assassins with guns, and the third was full of lions that had been starving for three years. Which room is safest for him?

– The third room because the tigers died after 3 years of not eating

1. Can you name three consecutive days without the names Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday?

– Yesterday Today Tomorrow.

1. A glass full of water, how to get water from the bottom of the glass without pouring water out?

– Use a straw.

1. What do buyers know, sellers know, users never know?

– Coffin

1. Why do people close one eye when shooting a gun?

– If you close both eyes, you will not see the way to shoot.

1. What lives if it is fed and dies if you give it water?

– Fire.

1. What has a neck but no mouth?

– Shirt

1. There is a basket of apples, in the basket, there are three. How to divide 3 people, each person has one fruit and still have one fruit in the basket?

– Give the first 2 people 1 fruit each. With 1 left in the basket, give the whole basket of apples to the other person.

1. What is lying when walking, standing, and lying, but lying down and standing?

– Foot

1. What’s black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

– Coal

1. Each year has 7 months and 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

– twelfth

1. I travel the world and I stay in the same place, who am I?

– The stamp

1. Why are 30 men and 2 women fighting?

– Chess

1. How did the boy kick the ball 3 meters and then the ball returned to the boy?

– The boy kicked the ball towards the top of his head

1. Where does today come before yesterday?

– Print a dictionary.

1. There is a bridge with a tonnage of 10 tons, which means that if it exceeds the tonnage of more than 10 tons, the bridge will collapse. There is a cargo truck, the total tonnage of the truck is 8 tons + 4 tons = 12 tons. So, how can the driver cross this bridge (Do not remove the goods from the car)?

– The driver goes, and the car stays.

1. What is the sentence that people who are happy when they see it will become sad and vice versa, those who are sad when they see it will become happier.

– This too shall pass

1. What holds the most water without getting wet?

– Map

1. What runs around the whole yard without moving?

– A fence

1. What has six faces but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes but cannot see?

– A dice

1. I am a seed with three letters in my name, take away the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?
2. What did Adam say before Christmas?

– Christmas, Eve

1. I am a protector

I sit on a bridge

One person can see right through me

While other wonders what I hide

What am I?

• Sunglasses

1. I do not have wings, but I can fly. I do not have eyes, but I can cry. I do not have a mouth, but I can scream.

– A cloud

1. The more you take away from me, the bigger I will get. What am I?

– A hole

1. What thing has hands but it can’t clap?

– A clock

1. What falls when it’s cold but never gets hurt?

– Snow

1. What has many keys but can’t open doors?

– The piano

1. What can’t be used until it’s broken?

– An egg

1. What are two things people never eat before breakfast?

– Lunch and dinner

1. I am full of holes but I can hold water. What am I?

– A sponge

1. What gets wet when they are drying?

– A towel

1. I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

– A battery.

Are you facing difficulties in finding and securing teaching positions in Vietnam? Are visa procedures causing you trouble? Feeling overwhelmed and directionless upon your arrival in Vietnam for teaching assignments? Don’t worry, VTJ’s English Teaching Placement in Vietnam (EPIV) Program 2024 provides comprehensive support to solve ALL the matters.

👉👉👉 Click HERE to request free consultation