Lantern Festival Riddles

Violet, indigo, blue and green, yellow, orange and red; there are the colors you can see after the storm has fled. What is it? rainbow

2. What is lighter than a feather yet harder to hold? air

3. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April 3. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? Johnny

4. Take off my skin and I won’t cry, but you will. What am I? onion

5. Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses? map

6. Why does Lucy like the letter K? lucky

7. What can you catch but can’t throw? cold

8. What is the center of air?

9. It only happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year? What is it?

No water in the water glass 10. A 6-foot tall magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet from a height of six feet without spilling a single drop of water. How did he do that? No water in the water glass

11. If the red house is on the left and the blue house is on the right, then where is the WHITE HOUSE? USA

12. I jump into the water. What is my job? waiter

13. What flies without wings? time

14. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

15. What goes up and never comes down? age

16. If, having only one match, on a very cold winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a heater, and a wood burning stove, which one should you light first? match

He lives in South Hemisphere. 17. Johnny was born on December 27th, but his birthday is always in the summer. How is it possible? He lives in South Hemisphere.

18. Only one color, but not one size; stuck to the ground, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in dark; doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it? shadow

19. My voice is tender, my waist is slender, and I’m often invited to play. Yet, wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I? violin

20. What has two legs but can’t walk? pants

21. What has hands but can’t feel? clock

22. What has an eye but can’t see? needle

23. What has teeth but can’t chew? comb