Riddles for the New Year

Simple and tricky, funny riddles for kids and adults will cheer you up and allow you to have a fun holiday. We have collected for you the most interesting New Year’s riddles

Fun riddles for kids

More than others, children are waiting for the New Year. Funny children’s questions will decorate any celebration – at home and in kindergarten.

1) What is more in weight – a kilogram of New Year’s snowflakes or a kilogram of cast iron?

Answer: everything weighs the same – one kilogram

2) We drag up the hill for an hour, we go down the hill in a second.

Answer: sled

3) There are three types of people in the world. The first ones know that Santa Claus exists, others do not believe in it, but who is the third?

Answer: Santa Claus

4) The lights blink brightly,

Quickly run down.

This quick command

It’s called…

Answer: garland

5) Who is never late for anything and always arrives on time?

Answer: New Year

Funny riddles for adults

Funny questions aren’t just for kids. We offer a selection of riddles for adults, which is useful for friendly gatherings or a festive corporate party.

1) Hangs to itself, does not interfere with anyone, but pull its tail – it will explode.

Answer: cracker

2) There will be a question about the welcome guest.

He will soon step into the apartment to his full height

Skillfully fulfill the desired request.

But this is not Yandex, but …

Answer: Santa Claus

3) Speech is beautiful, like in a fairy tale.

Inspirational, no clue.

Sound, noble, simple

Sweet New Year’s…

Answer: toast

4) Made in the cold,

He’s a little sloppy,

With a red and carrot nose

And with a bucket – instead of a hat.

Answer: snowman

5) How many boiled eggs can a person eat on an empty stomach on January 1st?

Answer: only one, because the rest will not be eaten with an empty stomach

Difficult riddles

Both big and small participants of the holiday always like to guess riddles with a difficult solution.

1) How is a sewing needle different from a spruce needle?

Answer: she has an ear 

2) “All covered with greenery, absolutely all.” Its length is 15 cm, and its width is 7 cm. Every woman secretly dreams of such a New Year’s gift. What’s this? 

Answer: hundred dollar bill

3) Who spends the entire New Year’s holiday standing up, doesn’t eat, doesn’t drink, and can’t go anywhere?

Answer: tree 

4) Who is always dressed in winter at the New Year’s feast?

Answer: herring under a fur coat

5) They love to let guests in, but they themselves have never been a guest.

Answer: doors

Riddles for logic

In the New Year’s company, only intellectuals crept up? Give them questions to think about.

1) Before the New Year, it melts, although not ice. And sails away, although not a boat. 

Answer: salary

2) What can only thin people find after New Year’s Eve, while the rest cannot?

Answer: waist

3) Why do people skate in the winter?

Answer: on ice

4) Where can you have a good rest for the New Year for only 100 rubles?

Answer: in 1980

5) What is the name of the place where children gather a rich harvest of cones during the winter holidays?

Answer: ice rink