1. Riddle: What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
Answer: A kangaroo.
2. Riddle: I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my
flight. What am I?
Answer: A bat.
3. Riddle: I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
Answer: A goose.
4. Riddle: Why do cats make good warriors?
Answer: Because they’ve got 9 lives.
5. Riddle: The English alphabet goes from A to Z but my name goes from Z to A.
What am I?
Answer: A Zebra.
Now, let’s test their thinking skills a little more with these trickier animal riddles:
6. Riddle: I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?
Answer: A cheetah.
7. Riddle: I have horns but I can’t beep. I like to bleat but I’m not a sheep. What am
I?
Answer: A goat.
8. Riddle: I hide my treasure in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy. If you spot me
in a tree, please don’t call me scruffy. What am I?
Answer: A squirrel.
9. Riddle: I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes.
What am I?
Answer: A goldfish.
10. Riddle: I have a hole in my back and legs I lack. I live where I can’t breathe and I
eat without teeth. What am I?
Answer: A whale.
11: I have a thousand needles but I do not sew. What am I?
Answer: A porcupine.