Spooky riddles for October, trick-or-treat nights and Halloween parties.
I sit on your porch with a big grin, and there's a candle where my brain should be. What am I?
Hint: I started out in a patch.
Answer
A jack-o'-lantern
A jack-o'-lantern is a carved pumpkin with a face, lit by a candle (or LED) inside.
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Why didn't the skeleton go to the Halloween party?
Hint: Skeletons are all bones.
Answer
He had no body to go with
A skeleton has no body, and he also had nobody to go with.
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Which room do ghosts always stay out of?
Hint: It's the opposite of what they are.
Answer
The living room
Ghosts aren't living, so they avoid the living room.
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I fly at night, I hang upside down all day, and I'm on half the Halloween decorations you own. What am I?
Answer
A bat
Bats are nocturnal, roost upside down, and are a Halloween favorite.
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What's a vampire's favorite fruit?
Hint: Think about where vampires bite.
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A neck-tarine
It's a pun on nectarine, because vampires go for the neck.
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I'm wrapped from head to toe, but nobody's opening me on their birthday. What am I?
Hint: Look for me in ancient Egypt.
Answer
A mummy
Mummies are wrapped in cloth, but they're definitely not gifts.
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What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
Hint: It's another kind of gourd.
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Squash
A dropped pumpkin gets squashed, and squash is also a vegetable.
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I ride a broom, but I never sweep the floor. What am I?
Hint: I might stir a cauldron too.
Answer
A witch
Witches fly on broomsticks in Halloween stories, not clean with them.
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Why are ghosts such terrible liars?
Hint: Look closely at a ghost.
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You can see right through them
Ghosts are see-through, so you can "see right through" their lies.
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Kids carry me from door to door, and I always come home much heavier than when I left. What am I?
Answer
A trick-or-treat bag
Trick-or-treat bags fill up with candy as kids go house to house.
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What kind of music do mummies love?
Hint: Think about what mummies are wearing.
Answer
Wrap music
It's a pun: mummies are wrapped up, so they like "wrap" (rap) music.
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I spin all night, I catch flies for dinner, and I'm hanging on every haunted house porch. What am I?
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A spider
Spiders spin webs to catch insects and are a Halloween decoration staple.
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