10 tricky riddles for the young

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A Power Point Presentation for children, students and the young to stimulate their logical, creative and divergent thinking...to think out of the box. Please download for some animated images.

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Riddle 1

A time when they’re green, a time when they’re brown,

But both of these times, cause me to frown.

But just in between, for a very short while,

They’re perfect and yellow, and cause me to smile!

What am I talking about here?

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Answer to Riddle 1

Bananas

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Riddle 2

I never was, am always to be,

No one ever saw me, nor ever will

And yet I am the confidence of all

To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball

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Answer to Riddle 2

Tomorrow

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Riddle 3

Only one color, but not one size,

Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.

Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no

pain. What is it?

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Answer to Riddle 3

Shadow

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Riddle 4

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good

feeling. Once I shine in splendor,

But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for".

What am I?

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Answer to Riddle 4

Cigarette

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Riddle 5

If you have me, you want to If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you share me. If you share me, you

haven't got me. What am I?haven't got me. What am I?

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Answer to Riddle 5

Secret

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Riddle 6

I can sizzle like bacon; I am made with an egg;

I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg.

I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole.

I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

What am I?

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Answer to Riddle 6

A Snake

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Riddle 7There was a green

house. Inside the green

house there was a white house

Inside the white house there was a

red house. Inside the red house

there were lots of babies.

What am I?

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Answer to Riddle 7

A Watermelon

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Riddle 8

You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and

it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on

a shelf, but 3 days later it walks away. What is it?

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Answer to Riddle 8

An Egg

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Riddle 9

This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He

has no lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call.

What is it?

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Answer to Riddle 9

A Waterfall

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Riddle 10

Mountains will crumble and

temples will fall, and no man can

survive its endless call. What is it?

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Answer to Riddle 10

Time

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The End

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