Riddles
Riddles and maths quiz for kids
Twenty questions to get young brains working: quick sums, shapes and measures, riddles and brain teasers. For children of about 6 to 11.
A shortened quiz, to play solo
20 questions to play on your own, online. Type your answers and get your score at the end. No PDFs and no group play.
Playing with other people? Get the full quiz
- 60 questions, none of them on this page
- Question and answer PDFs, with answer sheets and tie-breakers
- Host it live: a private game room, everyone answers on their phones
- Questions
- 20
- Rounds
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy to hard
Round 01
Quick sums
- Difficulty: medium
What is 6 times 7?
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42
Also accept: Forty-two, Forty two
- Difficulty: medium
What is half of 90?
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45
Also accept: Forty-five, Forty five
- Difficulty: medium
What is 18 add 25?
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43
Also accept: Forty-three, Forty three
- Difficulty: medium
What is 100 divided by 4?
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25
Also accept: Twenty-five, Twenty five
- Difficulty: medium
What is double 150?
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300
Also accept: Three hundred
Round 02
Shapes and measures
- Difficulty: medium
How many sides does a pentagon have?
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Five
Also accept: 5
- Difficulty: medium
How many sides does an octagon have?
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Eight
Also accept: 8
- Difficulty: easy
How many centimetres are there in a metre?
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100
Also accept: One hundred, A hundred
- Difficulty: hard
How many degrees are there in a right angle?
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90
Also accept: Ninety
- Difficulty: medium
How many days are there in a fortnight?
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14
Also accept: Fourteen
Round 03
Riddles
- Difficulty: medium
What has hands but can't clap?
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A clock
Also accept: Clock, A watch, Watch
- Difficulty: medium
What has to be broken before you can use it?
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An egg
Also accept: Egg, Eggs
- Difficulty: medium
What has four legs but can't walk?
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A table
Also accept: Table, A chair, Chair, A bed, Bed
- Difficulty: medium
What has teeth but can't bite?
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A comb
Also accept: Comb, A zip, Zip, A saw, Saw
- Difficulty: medium
What is full of holes but still holds water?
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A sponge
Also accept: Sponge
Round 04
Brain teasers
- Difficulty: hard
How many months of the year have 31 days?
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Seven
Also accept: 7
- Difficulty: medium
What can you catch but never throw?
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A cold
Also accept: Cold, A yawn
- Difficulty: hard
What has one eye but can't see?
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A needle
Also accept: Needle
- Difficulty: easy
A farmer has five hens and each hen lays two eggs. How many eggs is that?
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10
Also accept: Ten
- Difficulty: easy
What number comes next: 1, 3, 5, 7...?
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9
Also accept: Nine
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Free version · this page
A shortened quiz, solo only
20 questions to play on your own, online
- 20 questions, marked for you
- Your score, answers and explanations at the end
- No PDFs: nothing to print or hand round
- No group hosting or live game room
- No team answer sheets or tie-breakers
- Anyone can look these questions up
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The Kids' Quiz
- A longer quiz: 60 questions (this page has 20), none of them on this site
- Host pack with questions and answers (PDF)
- Written for ages 6 to 11: animals, science, the world, stories, numbers and sport
- Team answer sheets and scoresheet
- Two tie-breakers
- Host it live for 30 days: a private game room with a join code, everyone answers on their phones, live leaderboard, up to 100 players
- For family and friends · instant download, and it never expires
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How to run it
- Give thinking time on the riddles. Shouting the first thing that comes to mind is half the fun.
- Do the sums as a quick-fire round: first hand up.
- Ask them to make up a riddle of their own for a bonus point.