Riddle Contest — August 17 – August 23
Hey everyone! Posted below are the 5 riddles for this week. Read through them and try to guess what they are. Whoever makes the closest guess for all 5 riddles will win a prize and the winner will be announced next Friday.
1. I have a little child.
When I run I do not catch it.
When I sit down I catch up with it.
2. What is it that has ears like a cat, a head like a cat, feet like a cat,
a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?
3. Born in the woods
Shaped by hand
Tall in the wind
Flat on the sand
Lives on the sea
Dies on the land
4. What holds water yet is full of holes?
5. Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though it is not a donkey, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?
Everyone is welcome to continue posting their answers on this website, but if you would prefer, they can also be submitted through an e-mail to teens@torontopubliclibrary.ca. Have fun!
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18 thoughts on “Riddle Contest — August 17 – August 23”
1. Breath
2. Kitten
3. Sailboat
4. Sponge
5. Snail
1.Breath
2.Painting/Sculpture of a Cat
3.Sailboat
4.Sponge
5.Snail
1) Breath
2) Kitten- is a cat but young
3) Sailboat
4) Sponge
5) Snail
1) Breath
2) Cat’s shadow
3) Sailboat
4) Sponge
5) Snail
1. Your Breath
2. A Racoon
3. A Sailboat
4. A Sponge
5. A Snail
1. Breath
2. A kitten
3.A sailboat
4. A sponge
5. A snail
1. Breath
2. A dog or a kitten
3. Sailboat
4. Sponge
5. Snail
1) Breath
2) Cat’s shadow/kitten
3) Sailboat
4) Sponge
5) Snail
1. Your breath
2. A kitten
3. A sailboat
4. A sponge
5. A snail
1. Breath
2. Cat’s Shadow
3. Sailboat
4. A Sponge
5. A snail
1. Breath
2. Kitten
3. Sailboat
4. Sponge
5. Snail
Answers to the Riddle Contest, August 17 – August 23:
1: Breath.
2: A cat’s shadow.
3: Sailboat.
4: A sponge.
5: A snail.
1. A breath
2. A cat’s shadow
3. Boat
4. A sponge
5. A snail
1. Breath
2. Kitten
3. Sailboat
4. Sponge
5. Snail
Breath
Kitten
Sailboat
Sponge
Snail
1.breath
2.kitten
3.boat
4.sponge
5.snail
1. breath
2. kitten
3. boat
4. sponge
5. snail
1. Breath
2. Kitten
3. Boat
4. Sponge
5.Snail