The Everything Kids' Giant Book of Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers - Michael Dahl [47]
Almost everyone loves a good mystery or puzzle, and puzzles are a fun way of exercising your brain and testing your friends' skills as well. Best of all, riddles and brain teasers are there to be enjoyed. So, prepare to be tricked, tested, riddled, and teased until you can't take any more — and have fun!
TIME FOR SCHOOL
Words to Know
Brain Teaser: A question or test used to tease and entertain our brains. Some types of brain teasers also stimulate our funny bones. These popular little puzzles or mysteries have been around for a long time.
Why do scissors cut in a line?
They can't stand to wait.
What did Mary tell her little lamb?
Ewe cannot be at school.
Where do elementary school teachers like to go sailing?
Out on the AB seas.
Why couldn't O go to the game?
Because it was too busy minding its Ps and Qs.
How did all the school supplies find their way out of the classroom?
They used the compass.
Which grade keeps the best time?
“Second” grade.
The school janitor has 100 keys on his ring and can't remember which key opens the front door. What are the odds that he'll find it the first time? Bonus:What if he tries 2 keys?
1 in 100. Bonus: The odds are twice as good!
When Johnny Falls brought his plant to school for an experiment, nothing he tried could make it grow. Do you know why? Hint: His name is part of the clue.
It was fake(“false”)
On Tuesday, little Tommy was asked to write I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I DID 50 times on a sheet of paper. The last time he was in trouble, he had to write it out 100 times. What do you think about his two offenses?
What he did on Tuesday was only half as bad as what he did the last time
Do you know which letter of the alphabet comes before R? L? A?
Q, K, nothing
TRY THIS
Count Me Crazy
Can you count backward from 100 by 6's? It would go like this: 100, 94, 88, 82, 76, 70, 64, 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, 28, 22, 16, 10, 4. Now, try counting backward by 5's, only this time see if you can count backward while walking backward! Careful now, you should be somewhere safe and in the open for this one!
If Carter Elementary School has 2 front doors, 2 back doors, 3 bathroom doors, and 7 classroom doors, how many doors are there “in” the school?
15,counting the in doors
When Maddy started school, she was 5 years old. Now that she is in third grade, she is only 6. How can that be? Hint:Maddy's birthday is in February.
Maddy's birthday is on February 29 (it comes only once every 4 years, in a leap year)
What is a wizard's favorite subject?
Spell-ing.
Why is a ruler the most stub-born of your school supplies?
Because it's very narrow-minded.
Why was the English book following the math book around?
He was studying him.
Why did the pair of safety scissors fail her cutting test?
She didn't get the point.
When the police officers arrived at the scene of the crime, how did they know that the numbers, not the letters, were innocent?
It just didn't add up.
Words to Know
Riddle: A question or event of puzzling nature that requires you to think of an answer. Some riddles are a type of joke. Other riddles are really challenging.
What's So Funny?
When Mrs. Spacey's class returned from recess, she seemed very upset. She was sure someone had taken her glasses. “This isn't funny, class!” she scolded as she looked high and low under her desk and all over the room. If only they could stop laughing long enough to get one word out, someone would tell her where they were! What's so funny?
They were on her head
For an entire week the students in Mr. Wilson's science class participated in an experiment to see how many hairs you lose from your head each day. After 1 week of brushing, the average was around 100 hairs per day. Yet Mr. Wilson's brush was clean. Do you know why?
He was bald
Jennifer's teacher