Funny Riddles
These funny riddles mix short jokes with light wordplay for riddles for kids and adults. Smile first, then peek at the answer.
1. Why did the bicycle tip over in the driveway?
Answer: It was two-tired.
2. What do you call cheese that clearly belongs to someone else?
Answer: Nacho cheese.
3. Why do eggs refuse to tell jokes at breakfast?
Answer: They would crack each other up.
4. What field has ears but never listens?
Answer: A cornfield.
5. Why was the math book feeling gloomy?
Answer: It had too many problems.
6. What do you call a bear that lost all its teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear.
7. Why did the scarecrow earn a prize?
Answer: He was outstanding in his field.
8. Which room has no doors and no windows?
Answer: A mushroom.
9. Why can’t a nose grow exactly twelve inches long?
Answer: Then it would be a foot.
10. What do you get if a snowman and a dog become friends on a freezing day?
Answer: Frostbite.
11. Why did the golfer pack an extra pair of pants?
Answer: In case of a hole in one.
12. What kind of tree fits neatly in the palm of your hand?
Answer: A palm.
13. Why do bees always seem to have sticky hair?
Answer: They use honeycombs.
14. What is a pirate’s favorite letter—besides the one that sounds like “arr”?
Answer: The C (the sea).
15. Why did the tomato blush in the kitchen?
Answer: It saw the salad dressing.
16. What do you call a sleeping bull?
Answer: A bulldozer.
17. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
Answer: It felt crumby.
18. What kind of music do balloons hate?
Answer: Pop music.
19. Why are fish so smart?
Answer: They live in schools.
20. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator.
21. Why did the student eat his homework?
Answer: Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake.
22. What do you call a fake noodle?
Answer: An impasta.
23. Why don’t oysters share their pearls?
Answer: Because they are shellfish.
24. What do cows read in the morning?
Answer: The moos-paper.
25. Why did the stadium get hot after the game?
Answer: All the fans left.
26. What do you call a dinosaur that sleeps all day?
Answer: A dino-snore.
27. Why did the computer go to the doctor?
Answer: It had a virus.
28. What do you call a dog magician?
Answer: A labracadabrador.
29. Why was the broom late?
Answer: It overswept.
30. What do you call cheese that is lonely?
Answer: Provolone.
31. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: It wasn’t peeling well.
32. What do you call a pig that does karate?
Answer: A pork chop.
33. Why can’t you give Elsa a balloon?
Answer: Because she will let it go.
34. What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back?
Answer: A stick.
35. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Answer: Because it ran out of juice.
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