34 school riddles with answers

I'm the most stuck-up thing in the classroom, and I dry out if you leave my cap off. What am I?

Hint: Stuck-up can mean proud, or it can mean really stuck.

I help you draw a perfect circle in math class, and I help you find north on a hike. What am I?

Hint: One tool has a sharp point and a pencil; the other has a needle.

I go to school every day and carry all the books, but I never learn a thing. What am I?

Hint: It rides on your shoulders with two straps.

The more I'm used, the shorter I get, and I leave white words on the board. What am I?

Hint: Picture an old-style board that is dark green or black.

I chew on wood every day, but I'm not a beaver. When I'm done, your pencil has a brand-new point. What am I?

Hint: It shaves off thin curls of wood when you turn it.

Which school supply is hiding in the word PENGUIN?

Hint: Look at the first three letters of the bird's name.

I carry every country and ocean, but you can spin me with one finger. What am I?

Hint: It is a round map that sits on a stand.

I'm the longest part of the school, but nobody ever sits down in me. What am I?

Hint: You walk through it between classes, past the lockers.

I end every lesson without saying a word. What am I?

Hint: Listen for the ring at the end of class.

I have thousands of stories, but I'm the quietest room in the school. What am I?

Hint: Picture the room where you check out books.

I'm the only work that follows you home from school. What am I?

Hint: Your teacher gives it, and you finish it at the kitchen table.

I'm a break in the school day, but nothing gets broken, and everybody runs outside to play. What am I?

Hint: It is the part of the day when you get to go out and play.

I'm yellow and I stop a lot, but I'm not a traffic light. What am I?

Hint: Picture the big yellow ride that picks kids up each morning.

I'm a day off school that falls from the sky. What am I?

Hint: Imagine waking up to a white, cold yard and no school.

The teacher said, "Everyone who is not here today, raise your hand." How many hands went up?

Hint: Ask yourself who could actually hear the teacher.

Four kids line up for lunch. Amy is behind Ben, Ben is behind Cara, and Dan is last. Who is first in line?

Hint: Start at the back with Dan, then work toward the front.

My first half is what you do at recess. My second half is under your feet. Together I'm where you spend recess. What am I?

Hint: It has swings and slides.

Your teacher writes on me, and I sound like how you feel when there's nothing to do. What am I?

Hint: Say it aloud and remember a dull, rainy day with nothing to do.

I'm a big letter at the start of a sentence, and I'm the city where a country's leaders work. What am I?

Hint: Washington, D.C. is one example for the United States.

I'm a dot at the end of a sentence, and I'm also one part of the school day. What am I?

Hint: Look at the dot at the end of this sentence.

You do me on a spelling test, and a wizard casts one. What am I?

Hint: Think of magic words, like hocus pocus.

I'm a line of desks in a classroom, and I'm also what you do with the oars of a boat. What am I?

Hint: Picture desks lined up side by side, from front to back.

I'm the year you're in at school, and I'm also the mark your teacher puts on your test. What am I?

Hint: Your teacher may write an A or B at the top of your test.

I open a lock, and I'm also the list of answers your teacher keeps. What am I?

Hint: Think of what you use to open your front door.

I'm a message you pass in class, and I'm one sound in music class. What am I?

Hint: Think of do, re or mi in music class.

Which school subject is hiding inside the word SMART?

Hint: Look at the last three letters for a class with paint.

My first half is a short message. My second half is something you read. Together you write in me. What am I?

Hint: Picture something with lined pages and a spiral.

Change the first letter of TEST, and you get the opposite of worst. What is the new word?

Hint: Try letters from the start of the alphabet in front.

Change the first letter of BOOK, and you get what a chef does. What is the new word?

Hint: Picture someone in a kitchen stirring a big pot of soup.

Change the first letter of MATH, and you get something you walk along in a park. What is the new word?

Hint: Picture a trail through the trees in a park.

I'm what happens in a story, and I'm also a small piece of land for a garden. What am I?

Hint: A gardener might rent one in a community garden.

I'm how loud the TV is, and I'm also one book in a set. What am I?

Hint: Look at the buttons on a TV remote.

You earn me when you finish college, and I'm also how you measure how hot it is. What am I?

Hint: Look for the little circle after a number in the weather report.

Rearrange the letters of TEACHER to get the one person a teacher never wants in the class.

Hint: Picture someone who copies answers during a test.