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19 Scavenger Hunt Riddles To Solve
A Riddles Scavenger Hunt Game is a list of specific riddles that participants can solve as individuals or as a team. We've hand-selected some of the best riddles for kids with answers. Use these riddles to create your own scavenger hunt game or printable worksheet.
Riddle:
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
Answer: David.
Riddle:
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Answer: Gloves.
Riddle:
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Answer: Mount Everest.
Riddle:
How do you spell candy in 2 letters?
Answer: C and y c(and)y.
Riddle:
What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
Answer: SWIMS.
Riddle:
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not.
What am I?
Answer: The word Ton.
Riddle:
Where can you learn to make ice cream?
Answer: In sundae school.
Riddle:
You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What is it?
Answer: An ear of corn.
Riddle:
How can you tell the difference between dogs and trees?
Answer: By their bark.
Riddle:
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends And the same either way. What am I?
Answer: An eye.
Riddle:
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Answer: Nine Years.
Riddle:
John bet Tom $100 that he can predict the score of the football game before it starts. Tom agrees but loses the bet. Why did Tom lose the bet?
Answer: John said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0.
Riddle:
Why did the football team go to the bank?
Answer: To get a quarter back!
Riddle:
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel.
Riddle:
Where do penguins keep their money?
Answer: In a snow bank!
Riddle:
What do you call a happy cowboy?
Answer: A jolly rancher.
Riddle:
At a children's party, 10 kids had juice, 8 kids had cake, and 6 kids had juice and cake.
How many kids were there at the party?
Answer: Tweleve kids. Six kids had juice and cake, leaving two out of the cake eaters that didn't have juice. As there were ten juicers, there must be twelve kids in total.
Riddle:
Which of the witch's friends eats the fastest?
Answer: The goblin.
Riddle:
What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000?
Answer: One hundred - work backwards and you will understand.
Scavenger Hunt Riddles Answers:
- David.
- Gloves.
- Mount Everest.
- C and y c(and)y.
- SWIMS.
- The word Ton.
- In sundae school.
- An ear of corn.
- By their bark.
- An eye.
- Nine Years.
- John said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0.
- To get a quarter back!
- A towel.
- In a snow bank!
- A jolly rancher.
- Tweleve kids. Six kids had juice and cake, leaving two out of the cake eaters that didn't have juice. As there were ten juicers, there must be twelve kids in total.
- The goblin.
- One hundred - work backwards and you will understand.