Riddle:
What’s the best day to monkey around with your pals? It starts with “Ape” and ends with laughs!
Answer: Ape-ril Fools' Day!
A pun on “April,” this highlights the silly, mischievous fun of the day.
Riddle:
Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Answer: Because 7,8,9. (Because seven ate nine.)
Riddle:
How can you eat and study at the same time?
Answer: Eat alphabet soup.
Riddle:
I’m a monster who loves to jest, playing tricks is what I do best. Who am I?
Answer: Prankenstein.
This playful monster embodies the spirit of April Fools' pranksters.
Riddle:
What's wide at the bottom, narrow at the top, and has ears?
Answer: A mountain with mountainears
Riddle:
Many years ago a boy and a girl are planning to run off and get married. But the boy got cold feet and needed to tell the girl. He wanted to send a telegram, but only had enough money for one word. What one word did he send?
Answer: Cantaloupe.
Riddle:
Holding two swords and eight spears and dressed in a cow-leather tunic, I peek through a hole in the door. What am I?
Answer: A Crab.
Riddle:
What did the reindeer say when he saw an elf?
Answer: Nothing! Reindeer can't talk.
Riddle:
What is a sheep's favorite type of chocolate?
Answer: A Hersheys baaa.
Riddle:
What is that which never uses its teeth for eating purposes?
Answer: A comb.
Riddle:
What did the baby robot say to his mom?
Answer: "I love you watts and watts."
Riddle:
A traveling circuit judge and a local constable had friendly discussions about how to handle misbehavior in their city. This involves burglars, robbers, cattle rustlers, drunks, and ladies of the night. The options they discussed were to put them in jail, run them out of town, warn them, or try to rehabilitate them with books, music, and art. Since the circuit judge traveled, much of this correspondence have to be by telegraph. One day the constable apprehended a lady of the night and telegraphed the circuit judge asking what to do. He described her as being young and having just taken the wrong path. The circuit judge wanted to respond to the constable. But when he got to the telegraph office realized he had only enough money to send one word. What one word did he send?
Answer: Horticulture.
Riddle:
What do you call a leprechaun's vacation home?
Answer: A Lepre-condo.
Riddle:
Where do sailors take their baths?
Answer: In a tubmarine.
Riddle:
What type of bean is a cannibals favorite to eat ?
Answer: A Human Being.
Riddle:
When is a man like a snake?
Answer: When he gets rattled.
Riddle:
How do you make a violin laugh?
Answer: Tell it a fiddle riddle!
Riddle:
What snack does the Man in the Moon like?
Answer: Space-chips.
Riddle:
I’m a tale that sounds grand, but on this day, don’t take a stand. What am I?
Answer: Fake news!
Fake news stories are a modern April Fools' tradition, designed to mislead for fun.
