Interesting riddles: a collection of simple and fun questions
Riddles value flexible thinking and wordplay, and they’re said to be great for brain exercise and language training.
Indeed, the more associations you can draw from a question and the more words you know, the more riddles you’ll be able to solve.
In this article, we’ll introduce lots of easy and fun riddles!
We’ve included brief explanations along with the answers, so feel free to use them as a reference.
Now, let’s dive in and try some riddles!
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Interesting riddles: A collection of easy and fun problems (21–30)
What is a ball that’s square, even though it’s still a ball?
Speaking of balls, they’re one of the tools used in ball sports, right? When you picture a ball, most of you probably imagine a round sphere.
However, since the question in this quiz says “square,” we need to look for a square ball.
Let’s forget about balls used in sports for a moment and think of something square that includes the word “ball” (booru) in Japanese.
If you’re an elementary school student, you’ve probably seen it at home or used it for crafts.
The correct answer is “danbooru” (cardboard).
What kind of juice can you try to drink but can’t?
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The characters that read 'juice'
The word “juice” can be seen, but it can’t be drunk. The kind of juice you can’t drink no matter how hard you try isn’t an actual beverage, but the word “juice” itself. It’s a riddle that tests your ability to find the answer from the question text without being misled by appearances or the sound of the word.
A trick quiz at an elementary school level
We’re introducing trick questions at an elementary school level that make you go “Ah, I get it!” when you think them through.
Elementary school kids have flexible minds and genuinely enjoy quizzes, right? Sometimes, when a slightly tricky or trick question comes up, they get super excited and shout out the answer to teach everyone.
These quizzes have simple prompts—let’s try to find the answers.
If you think carefully, the answer might come to you intuitively in a flash.
If you can’t figure it out, asking for a simple hint is also recommended.
Poop riddle
A few years ago, drill books and workbooks related to poop-themed riddles were all the rage, weren’t they? With materials that use poop as a theme, many people might worry, “Is this really okay?” It seems that children tend to like or be highly interested in things that adults would find embarrassing.
Turning that idea around, using such topics for learning or play can actually motivate kids.
The questions are often unique, so children will probably get excited and solve the riddles with lots of enthusiasm.
5 riddles and brain teasers
There are moments in everyday life when wordplay just comes together, right? Like when you’re putting up posters in the classroom and someone says, “Too high, too high, lower,” and that makes you think of a pun like ‘Uesugi Kenshin’ (since ‘too high’ sounds like ‘Uesugi’).
Puns kind of feel similar to riddle-like brain teasers, don’t they? Here’s one: “It’s usually loud, but if you add one letter, it becomes quiet.
What is it?” The answer is ‘siren.’ Add a ‘t’ to the end and it becomes ‘silent,’ right? That rush you get when you solve a clever riddle is unbeatable!
Scary riddles
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Riddles where you look for hints in the question and use them to get closer to the answer make perfect brain teasers, don’t they? In this set, the riddles are themed around “scary things,” and the word “scary” itself serves as a clue to help you think of the answer.
Since the premise is something scary, you might hesitate to approach the solution, but treat it simply as a hint and think about it casually.
By combining the “scary” hint with the clues you glean from the question, you’ll be able to reach the answer smoothly.
Even though it was taken, everyone’s laughing. I wonder why.
I ended up fighting after my friend and I both tried to take it… It’s something every elementary schooler has probably experienced at least once.
Having something taken from you feels awful and makes you sad, right? So let’s try this puzzle.
Why is everyone smiling even though something was ‘taken’? The first thing to think about when solving this is the meaning of the word ‘taken’ (torareta).
It’s deliberately written in hiragana, so try converting it to kanji and imagining what situation it might describe.
The answer is: because it was a photograph.