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[Advanced Level] Difficult Riddles for Elementary School Students

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Riddles that require flexible thinking and free imagination—key to solving them—are one of the types of quizzes popular with children.

There are times when you might want to try not only easy ones but also high-difficulty riddles.

So in this article, we’ve carefully picked out a collection of advanced-level riddles for elementary school students.

We’ll introduce a wide range—from school- and study-themed riddles to ones you can enjoy together with adults.

Give these challenging riddles a try to deepen your knowledge and connect them to learning.

[Advanced] Difficult Riddles for Elementary School Students (21–30)

What is something that won’t break no matter how much you try to break it?

Have you ever had the experience of dropping something and breaking it? As the saying goes, “Anything with form will eventually break,” and glass or pottery will most likely shatter if you drop it.

But there are things in this world that don’t break even when you split them! In fact, they aren’t objects.

If you’re an elementary school student, isn’t there something you split during class? With that hint, you’ve probably figured it out.

The answer is “division.”

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Riddle Showdown: Volume 3

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Riddle Showdown: Volume 3

Since it starts with “something only adults can do,” it probably trips up many people, adults and kids alike.

If you’re asked, “From what age are you allowed to ride in a car?” you can’t help but brace yourself, right? It’s a fun little trick question.

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[Advanced] Difficult Riddles for Elementary School Students (31–40)

A turtle, a camel, and a rhinoceros are shopping. What will they buy?

A turtle, a camel, and a rhino go shopping…

When you imagine it, you can’t help but wonder what on earth is going on—sounds like a riddle, right? But let’s set that aside for now! Since they’re shopping, they must each have something they want to buy.

Still, thinking about items related to each animal won’t solve this puzzle.

You need to approach it from a completely different angle.

The key is to read the question repeatedly.

If you connect ‘kame’ (turtle), ‘rakuda’ (camel), and ‘sai’ (rhino), you get ‘kamera kudasai’ (which means ‘a camera, please’ in Japanese).

So the answer is ‘camera’!

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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).

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An elevator that can hold ten people broke and fell. Yet no one was injured. Why is that?

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Because no one was riding (it)/Because nobody was on it.

If an elevator breaks and falls down, normally you’d expect serious injuries, but the key point here is that no one was inside at the time. It says it’s for ten people, but it doesn’t say anyone was riding it. In other words, no one was in the elevator, so no one was injured.

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What time is it now?

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two characters

When someone asks, “What time is it now?” you’d normally answer with a time like three o’clock or six o’clock, right? But this riddle is different. If you focus on the phrase “What time is it now?” itself, it contains two words—“now” and “what time”—so together it makes ‘two characters’ (ni-moji).

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What gets hotter as it gets colder?

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This puzzle is tricky because there are many possible answers.

Things that get hotter as it gets colder… You might be thinking of hand warmers or clothing, but the correct answer is something else.

First, try picturing a winter scene.

List a few things you associate with it, and think about “getting hot” as the keyword.

Also pay close attention to the fact that it’s written in hiragana! The answer is something everyone knows, and you’re likely to see it at least once in summer.

Here’s a hint: it’s something that melts in heat.

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