The riddle answers follow the riddles.
1. Who is a father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son?
2. What word doesn't belong in this group?
that, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, chat, fat
3. I have no voice and yet I speak to you. I have a spine but I am not a door. What am I?
4. Which bird does not belong in this group?
finch, seagull, eagle, ostrich, sparrow
5. What is the name of the ancient invention that lets people see through walls?
6. If you take of my skin, I won’t cry, but you will. What am I?
7. A man bet his neighbor $100 dollars that his dog could jump higher than a house. The neighbor took the bet and lost. Why did he lose the bet?
8. I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
9. What five letter word, no matter how you say it, is always pronounced wrong?
10. If a man lives in Canada, why can’t he be buried in the USA?
11. What gets wetter the more it dries?
12. A baby was born on December 27, a hot summer day. How is that possible?
13. A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". A man bought the parrot and talked to it for two weeks, but the parrot never said a word. The man went back to the pet shop, but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
Riddle Answers
1. A daughter
2. what—it doesn’t rhyme
3. a book
4. ostrich—it doesn’t fly
5. a window
6. an onion
7. The house couldn’t jump
8. a bat
9. wrong
10. because he’s still alive
11. a towel
12. The baby was born in Australia
13. The parrot was deaf
