“Why is a raven like a writing desk?” – Lewis Carroll
Today’s puzzle is another set of fun riddles called Associative Riddles. Associative riddles look for how two ideas are associated. This association is often with a word they have in common. For example, carpet and carport have “car” in common. Making an associate riddle, one may ask “what do a rug and a garage have in common“? The answer would be “car” as a “carpet” is a rug and a “carport” is a garage.
The idea is really simple – all of the riddles have answers that are a single word that the two themes of the riddle have in common. For example, “What’s a cow behind the wheel?” – a“Steer” is the answer because a “steer” is a cow and to drive, one “steers” the wheel. That’s the idea – not too crazy hard, but still thought provoking.
Below are nine associative riddles for you to try – all of them can be answered with a single word that two parts of the riddle have in common.
- 1. What tree can you hold in your hand?
- 2. What is an angry word puzzle?
- 3. What is not yet a frog in the farthest north?
- 4. What color is a designers plan of the moon?
- 5. What’s legal with “in” and illegal with “out”?
- 6. What’s a box on the waves?
- 7. What does a knitting nurse use?
- 8. What’s a measuring Monarch?
- 9. What does a hitchhiking baby use?
Good Luck and pass the puzzles onto others who may enjoy them!
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